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Monthly Archives: March 2019
Tumbleweed Connection
Based in part on The Epistle to the Philippians 3:7-14: Tumbleweed Connection by Michael Romani You only have this life to live For its worse and what it might give But each of us lives each day One at a … Continue reading
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Tagged Carpe Diem, Chisel, Connection, Curtain-Fall, Direction, Dress Rehearshal, Fate, Full, Glory, Gold Nugget, Hammer, Heaven, Highest Calling, Intentional Living, Journey, Kingdom, Life, Live, Number, Peace, Performance, Philippians, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Process, Procrastination, Road, Second Chance, Strife, Time, Tumbleweed, Way, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: It Is Better To Prevent Crimes Than To Punish Them
“It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.” – Cesare Beccaria, philosopher and politician (15 Mar 1738-1794)
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Tagged Cesare Beccaria, Crime, Criminal Justice, Prevent, Punish, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Power Is the Essence of Government and Ever Liable To Abuse
“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)
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Tagged Abuse, Esesence, First Principles, Government, Human Hands, James Madison, Liable, Power
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Scorpion’s Sting
Danger is the stranger that leaves us curious enough to look closer… Scorpion’s Sting by Michael Romani We stain our souls In our house of pain Nothing left to console As we flail against the strain Venom of the scorpion … Continue reading
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Tagged Blunder, Broken, Case, Console, Curious, Danger, Deserve, Embrace, House of Pain, Looking Glass, Observe, Outgun, Outplay, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Scorpion, Shatter, Shun, Soul, Spoke, Sting, Strain, Stranger, Trap, Truth of Claws, Vein, Venom, Wonder
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Hello Brother
Hatred stokes the fear that burns across our world in random outcroppings of rage and destruction. That being said, to take away the people’s right to bear arms and defend themselves seems like an ill thought out consequence, Madam Prime … Continue reading
Article 19 (The Burden of Secularism)
I have been reading through a series of works by Yuval Noah Harai that seems topical and a historian’s blend of philosophy and history projecting into humanity’s future. It’s been challenging and is spawning a few poems that are often … Continue reading
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Thought of the Day: We Laugh At Honor and Are Shocked To Find Traitors In our Midst
“We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” – C.S. Lewis
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Castrate, Chest, Enterprrise, Fruitful, Function, Geldings, Honor, Organ, Thought For the Day, Traitor, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: Let Kindness, Beauty and Truth Light Your Way Giving Courage to Face Life Cheerfully
“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.” – Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (14 Mar 1879-1955)
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 
First Principles: It Is For the President Alone To Decide To Act Or Not Act Consistent Within the Bounds of the Constitution
“If, for instance, the president is required to do any act, he is not only authorized, but required, to decide for himself, whether, consistently with his constitutional duties, he can do the act.” – Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, … Continue reading →