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Thought For the Day: Children Are The Surest Sign That God Still Loves Mankind
“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.” – Rabindranath Tagore, in Stray Birds (1916).
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Tagged Child, Children, Future, God, Love, Mankind, Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Licentiousness In Spreading False News Is Abusive
“During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been leveled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse of Free Speech, Disruptive, Fake News, Falsity, First Principles, Gossip, Licentiousness, Media Attacks, Regret, Thomas Jefferson
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Poetry of William Blake
Born on November 28, 1757, William Blake spent his life as a poet, painter and printmaker before passing on August 12, 1827. Blake has long been considered a seminal figure in the history of modern English poetry and in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, Individualism, Literature, Litographs, Poetry, Romantic Period, Spiritual, William Blake
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – One Way
I told the elf that it was really kind of neat He was willing to show me down the polar street He told me to hop on aboard the back of the sleigh Because there was only one way, only … Continue reading
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Tagged Belief, Daily Prompt, Elf, Kris Kringle, Love, Magic, One Way, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sleigh, Sleigh Ride, Teddy Bear, Wordpress
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First Principles: Government Acts Not Enabled By the Constitution Are Illegal
“[S]hould Congress, under the pretext of executing its powers, pass laws for the accomplishment of objects not entrusted to the government, such [acts are] not the law of the land.” –John Marshall, McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 Back in the day, … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Constitution, Executive, First Principles, Government, John Marshall, McCulloch v Maryland, Powers, Precedent, Stare Decisis
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Thought For the Day: Thought Is the Blossom
“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
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Tagged Action, Education, Language, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thinking, Thought, Thought For the Day, Words
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Run, Run
Run, Run by Michael Romani Run, run But you can’t get away Undone Thrown into the fray Caught in a blaze Lost in a daze Of the good and then the bad Saner than I’m mad Encircled in fury Always … Continue reading
Sonic Gems: XTC – Skylarking
Formed in 1972, XTC is an English rock band that was active until 2006. Led by songwriters Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding, this band emerged from the punk and new wave movements and ranged in style from angular guitar riffs … Continue reading
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Tagged Abby Road, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, New Wave, Post Punk, Pyschedelic Sound, Skylarking, Sonic Gems, Todd Rundgren, XTC
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Thomas More – Utopia, Book 2
As we know from previous discussion, Sir Thomas More was an English lawyer, philosopher and humanist who was counselor to Henry the VIII. In 1516, he wrote and published Utopia. This classic tells the tale of the political system of … Continue reading
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Tagged Amaurot, Amerigo Vespucci, Communism, Governance, Harvard Classics, Henry VIII, Private Property, Thomas More, Utopiia
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