writing
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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
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Good, Xenophobia and the Gold of Common Ground
The price of gold has had a wild ride in these contemporary economies. That is largely because with gold we can fake it but we can’t make it (yet). Like gold, common ground exists and in terms of value to… Continue reading
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Good and “Rage Bait”: Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the year
Rage Bait is Oxford dictionary’s word of the year; except of course it is two words. How many words must one have to build a phrase of the year? I guess dictionaries would collapse under their own weight if they… Continue reading
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Good, Pure Capitalism, and People as Problem
The unavoidable flaw in pure Capitalism is the spreadsheet is not the whole story even when it is the only book you read. The unavoidable problem for people right now is they are facing a competition that has never existed… Continue reading
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Good and Sad Lives Without a History
This writer’s life, like probably most other people whose lives that exceed a certain number of years has been eventful without being exceptional. My spouse of 53 years, it happens, comes from a family that hand wrote letters to each… Continue reading
