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Thought For the Day: The Bedrock Principle of Our Justice System Is A Presumption of Innocence
“It was not the special counsel’s job to conclusively determine Donald Trump’s innocence or to exonerate him because the bedrock principle of our justice system is a presumption of innocence. Donald Trump is not above the law, but he damn … Continue reading
First Principles: The Virtues of Men Are of More Consequence To Society Than Their Abilities
“The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities; and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.” – Noah Webster (1788)
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Tagged Ability, Assiduity, Consequence, Cultivate, First Principles, Head, Heart, Mankind, Noah Webster, Reason, Society, Virtue
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Satan’s Kiss
Madness knows no mercy. Satan’s Kiss by Michael Romani Loneliness becomes her friend The only one on which to depend In a chosen profession of glory A mild confession is given in story To hold belief in once upon As … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Belief, Broken, Children, Confession, Courage, Depend, Dream, Fire, Friend, Funeral Pyre, Glory, Key, Kiss, Loneliness, Madness, Mercy, Mist, Noble, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Satan, Sorrow, Sting, Story, Strong, Thought
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First Principles: It Isn’t A Question of What Mankind’s Natural Rights Are, But, How These Are To Be Guarded
“The question is, not what rights naturally belong to man, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.” – Roger Sherman
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Tagged Belong, Effect, Equal, First Principles, Guard, Mankind, Question, Rights, Roger Sherman, Society
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Thought For the Day: An Idle Life Is Evil, But A Life of Too Much Constant Hurry Leaves Little Time For Reflection
“I always considered an idle Life, as a real evil, but, a life of such hurry, such constant hurry, leaves us scarcely a moment for reflection or for the discharge of any other then the most immediate and pressing concerns.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Concerns, Constant, Discharge, Edward Rutledge, Evil, Hurry, Idle Life, Moment, Pressing, Reflection, Thought For the Day
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Blown Away
I guess it’s not much of a confession to say that I love art and the arts, right? Have you ever looked at what it takes to create blown glass art? Years ago, at an amusement park I know of … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, Art, Attention, Beauty, Blown Glass, Break, Breath, Butterfly, Chice, Clock, Cool, Correct, Cracking, Creativity, Design, Desire, Disaster, Eternity, Face, Finesse, Fire, Flowers, Fragile, Funnels, Furnace, Glory Hole, Gravity, Haunt, Heart, Hollow Pipe, Inspirtation, Intimate, Lesson, Light, Lime, Liquid Glass, Maker, Master, Meditation, Mold, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Punsies, Rendition, Reveal, Roll, Sand, Scuplt, Shakers, Shape, Simple, Snapshot, Soda, Tick, Vase, Vases, Voice, World
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Thought For the Day: Be Yourself
“Be yourself — it’s the one thing you can do better than anyone else.” – Ethel Merman
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Tagged Anyone, Be, Better, Else, Ethel Merman, One Thing, Thought For the Day, Yourself
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Walking Talk of Talking Walk
Some say that a nice walk is the best time and way to observe, think and observe. I see the point of this. For me, it use to be to go on a nice 10-15 mile run. Those days … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Amble, Argument, Best Ideas, Boots, Breakthrough, City, Country, Creativity, Crime, Daily Rite, Desire, Dream, Face, Feeling, Footfall, Forret Gump, Fule, Grime, Happy, Imagination, Immerse, Innovation, Knot, Landscape, Meander, Mental, Mind, Nation, Nature, Observe, Old, Open Spaces, Photograph, Pindaric Ode, Pledge, Poem, Poetry, Ranble, Raw Stuff, Smile, Stride, Talk, Thought, Town, Tramp, Walk, Write
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