All ideals are dangerous since they denigrate and stigmatize what is actual. They are poisons, which, however, as occasional medicaments, are indispensable. – Friedrich Nietzsche In Buddhist philosophy, two debilitating human…
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2016
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Let’s begin by positing two premises. First, America is number one on the global stage. America is only super power militarily and economically, and remains solidly the petri dish of innovation.…
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The deed is done. Donald Trump is the face of the Republican Party. Is this then the beginning of the end of what I call “the once venerable Republican Party”? More…
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In his statements, Donald Trump frequently speaks of “beautiful people” while standing in the midst of them. He likes to talk about the great buildings he’s constructed and unfailingly points to…
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As I seriously approached seniorhood a few years ago, I began observing men a few years older than I to ascertain what type of geezer I might become. While I took…
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Scientists have discovered that another consequence of climate change is that the earth’s poles are migrating. The North Pole is slowly making its way toward London. I am imagining the Queen…
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Recently, states within the citadel of slavery that gave rise to a war that resulted in 600,000 American casualties, within the land that proudly claimed “Segregation now, segregation forever” as its…
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With the news the county might be asking Clear Creek voters for permission to create a health service district financed in large part by property and sales taxes, it is now…
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The popular storyline correlates the Trump Phenomenon to anger over the current intractable state of our national discourse and processes as well as bitterness over stagnant wages and increasing economic disparity.…
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In addition to who will be our next president, this election will be especially insightful about who we are as a people. The best way to make sense of the rise…
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Last week I indicated I would continue this week with the theme of Democrats and other clear-sighted voters being a firewall against a potential Donald Trump presidency. Instead, I will write…
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I’ve always been intrigued by what moves people to do what they do. That includes the reasons they vote as they do. The big talking point today across the spectrum of…
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One of the fun aspects of writing for a weekly paper that comes out on Wednesday and having to submit one’s column several days before is that I cannot write an…
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In exchanges with fellow progressives, I would posit there are four reasons to support Hillary Clinton for president: Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Anthony Kennedy, and Stephen Breyer, each a justice…
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Swagger is American. John Wayne. John Elway. Donald Trump. Swagger isn’t just talk; it’s the walk. Strut your stuff. Swagger is a guy thing. A six-foot-plus-tall guy thing. And the guy…