politics
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Good and Herd Mentality Leadership
Common sense tells us when a train is already coming off the tracks it is not a good time the hitch a ride on it. So why is the United States hitching a ride on the aggressions of Russia and… Continue reading
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Good, Forgiveness, the 3R’s of Tyranny and Second Chances
Never has the country ever had a president who needed and still has needs forgiveness more than our current president. Never has an individual apparently received more unconditional forgiveness from his support base than this same politician. There must be… Continue reading
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Good and the Devil You Think you Know
The easiest thing in the world is to accumulate evidence supporting your hatred of another person in the political realm. At the same time it is almost impossible to imagine how you yourself became the devil other people hate. Yet,… Continue reading
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Good and Mistaking Wax for Bronze in Leadership
We have too many people in high places who have discovered you can be in high places wielding immense power for a few billion dollars flying on wings of wax and feathers. They, along with us who put them there,… Continue reading
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Good and Congress’s lmpotence in Crisis: A Call for Presence, Help, and Hope
How would you feel if you opened your heart and spilled your troubles to a person who could help and that person just turned around and walked out the door mumbling something about needing a break? I suspect you might… Continue reading
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Good, Peace, and Violent Voices Condemning Violent Acts
I once explained to a friend I couldn’t vote for the current president because it struck me he has a warring mind and warring minds beget warring acts. Violence begins with violent minds and violent minds express violence leading to… Continue reading
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Words Better than Mine: Hannah Arendt and Authoritarian Government
Hannah Arendt was a German, Jewish, American, Philosopher, and Historian from the 20th century. Her insights on authoritarian and totalitarian government accurately predicted today’s situation in the United States. If you read nothing else by her, these quotes should get… Continue reading
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Good, Melting Pots, and America as Creativity
A minister in our community recently warned about` the dangers of attempting to render the complex web of American stories into one absolute, value laden, dominant story. Americans are a tapestry of dynamic, powerful stories in interaction with evolving communities… Continue reading
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Good, Globalism and Heart Disease
Certain forms of disregulation in the human body can add up to a heart attack in the human body. No mystery that from the moment the heart stops the entire body begins to break down in a catastrophic hurry. The… Continue reading
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Good, Avoidable death and Affordable life.
It is most unfortunate that when this administration began its budget cuts not many of us had any idea how many lives our taxes in the form of aid were saving in the world and how many lives would be… Continue reading