writing
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Good, Lethality and What Can’t be Unknown
What we think and how we think matters. What we think and document matters even more for what we think and document has power. That power separated from you, the author, has its own destiny engaging beyond your private universe… Continue reading
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Good and Shooting Ourselves to Death
War Like a whale, is all consuming Everything fits into its mesh mouth … The bullet is a beast, as are we Our invisible battles are the hardest to win. . . by Amanda Gorman, excerpted from her poem; War:… Continue reading
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Good, The Damage We do, and Lasting Wounds
Wendall Berry, American poet, essayist, conservationist, teacher and, at root, a farmer provided the following quote. His words are humble and instructive as we navigate the age “In general I have used my farm carefully. It could be said I… Continue reading
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Good and Saving Your Soul for the Long Struggle
The Good Decisions Project’s series of posts, the current news, and this writers instincts warn that the current life of an activist and resister to the chaotic, often brutal policies in the United States can lead to the malnutrition of… Continue reading
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Good and America the Godfather: the Downside of Mafia Tactics
Anyone who watches the Godfather trilogy knows after watching the three hypnotic and strangely depressing trilogy of movies, in the end, the last Corleone simply collapses over the ashes of brutal life in which he achieved everything, bought the world,… Continue reading
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Good, Ai, and the Assault on Reality
Reality used to be a place one visited when one’s mind became too self-serving, toxic, tiring, or simply boring. Then one day an aggressive cancer composed of digital media inserted itself between us, our minds and the reality of the… Continue reading
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Good and Language More Elegant than My Own
Sometimes in this project I receive from readers language more elegant and helpful than my own. The note below came to me through a dear friend who owns and operates a book store in a Washington state. The writer of… Continue reading
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Good and Death by Disconnected Detail
This writer’s adult life has spanned the birth of the personal computer, invention of internet, and the spread of social media, so the concept of a society drowning in an ocean of detail stands out in near perfect relief. From… Continue reading
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Good and Overcoming the Short Comings of Histrionics in National Leadership
Histrionics as a term is used often by misogynists to describe their presumed female gender’s response to complex situations that often require new levels of nuance, intuition, and clear thought. When a word in the english language gets trapped in… Continue reading
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Good and “My Child is Being Poisoned”. When to Intervene?
For a quick short answer I urgently suggest “RIGHT NOW”. What parent wouldn’t immediately rescue their young child from death or life long injury seeing their child in imminent danger? But suppose there were two children and it was your… Continue reading