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Monthly Archives: June 2019
First Principles: It Is Better That Ten Guilty Persons Escape Than One Innocent Suffer
“It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.” – William Blackstone This guiding principle behind the legal system in the United States has stood like a strong wall between justice and injustice and is a cornerstone … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th Amendment, Escape, First Principles, Guilty, Innocent, One, Persons, Suffer, Ten, William Blackstone
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Thought For the Day: In the Attitude of Silence the Soul Finds the Path In A Clearer Light
“In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal-clearness.” – Mahatma Gandhi
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Tagged Attitude, Clear, Crystal, Deceptive, Elusive, Light, Mahatma Gandhi, Path, Resolve, Silence, Soul, Thought For the Day
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Satellite
Light pollution and tricks of manmade light are dulling out the nighttime sky almost irreverently. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Satellite by Michael Romani Looking up to heavens with naked eye Cosmic specks no longer glitter the sky Even outside the dense … Continue reading
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Tagged Better Days, Blunder, Cosmic Speck, Diamond, Dim, Divine, Dream, Dystopia, Glitter, Gone, Heavens, Humanity, International Space Station, Just, Lament, Light Pollution, Mad Hatter, Magic, Mountain, Nake Eye, Nature, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remember, Rim, Satellite, Sensation, Shine, Shooting Stars, Sky, Space X, Spirituality, Stars, Technology, Text Alerts, Tragic, Twinkle, Urban Center, Wish, Wonder
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First Principles: Depending On the Favor of Another Nation Is Illusory
“There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. ‘Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.” – George Washington (1796)
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Tagged Calculate, Cure, Discard, Error, Expect, Experience, Favor, First Principles, George Washington, Illusion, Nation To Nation
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Thought For the Day: Poetry Is the Shadow Cast By Our Streetlight Imaginations
“Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations.” – Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and painter (b. 24 Mar 1919)
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Tagged Cast, Imagination, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poetry, Shadow, Streetlight, Thought For the Day
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Cultivating Kindness III
The Lord shows His kindness is His Yes, His No and His Wait. All things that happen, happen with purpose. It’s important in our growing to consider this perspective no matter how personally unsettling things get or are. Cultivating Kindness … Continue reading
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Tagged Atmosphere, Clear, Community, Compassion, Compromise, Cross, Cultivate, Darkness, Discipline, Effort, Experience, Family, Fear, Find, Forgive, Genuine, Gift, God, Integrity, Kind, Kindness, Lesson, Lord, Love, Obedience, One, Path, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Promise, Reflect, Repent, Seek, Sense, Sin, Smile, Sublime, Truth, Walk Back, Warning
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In Memory of D-Day
God bless those who lived and died for liberty all those many years ago. Peace is that better place we would all prefer to live. Dying is the price some are willing to pay so that others might have that … Continue reading
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Tagged Aging Eyes, Civilization, Commemoration, D-Day, Die, Honor, Liberty, Live, Memory, Normandy, Price, Sacred Trust, Sacrifice, Soldiers, Some Gave All, Thought For the Day, Worth
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Thought For the Day: More Powerful Than American Arms Is the Strength of American Hearts
“More powerful than the strength of American arms was the strength of American hearts.” – Donald Trump, commemorating D-Day Also, noteworthy in his remarks: “We are gathered here on Freedom’s Altar. On these shores, on these bluffs, on this day … Continue reading
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Tagged American Arms, American Hearts, Bluffs, Brothers, Civilization, Country, Cross, D-Day, Donald Trump, Freedom's Altar, Liberty, Lives, Normandy, Powerful, Sacrifice, Shores, Star of David, Strength, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Our Obligation To America Ends Only With Our Lives
“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” – John Adams (1808)
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Tagged America, Cease, First Principles, John Adams, Lives, Obligation, Our
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Straight Up, No Chaser
I am so far down right now that my chin up is just going to have to wait for some other day. Straight Up, No Chaser by Michael Romani Straight up, no chaser I know I can’t replace her I … Continue reading
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Tagged Beast, Beautiful, Beauty, Better Man, Chaser, Down, Dream, Fire, Good Enough, Heart Break, Hide, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Shame, Sorrow, Straight Up
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