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Writer, poet, musician, surfer, father of two princesses.

First Principles: Good and Wise Government Is Dependent On Family

“[T]hat important and respectable, though small and sometimes neglected establishment, which is denominated a family…[The family is] the principle of the community; it is that seminary, on which the commonwealth, for its manners as well as its numbers, must ultimately … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Daughter Is For Life

“A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.” –Irish Saying Times this times two princesses and you have my idea of paradise!      

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Painted Words

Painted Words by Michael Romani An outside walk through typography Welcome to the streets of New York City A city of signs plentiful and adjusted Neon and offset messages awkwardly entrusted In a painting of a myriad of words Until … Continue reading →

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Street and Racing

Street and Racing by Michael Romani Always chasing Street and racing Kindred spirits of technology Attainable bits of luxury Point of acceleration Stuck forward toward destination Full throttle challenge given In this life of the driven Holistic sense of the … Continue reading →

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Proactive Health: Establishing Your Core Principles II – Self Care In Eight

In all this recent talk about healthcare reform and so on, there seems to be one huge component overlooked in the discussion, time and again.  That is that self-care is perhaps the most important component of all.  It is, as … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Constitutional Law Is A Noble Inheritance

“If these Commentaries shall but inspire in the rising generation a more ardent love of their country, an unquenchable thirst for liberty, and a profound reverence for the constitution and the union, then they will have accomplished all that their … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Reading Allows You To More Fully Experience the Other

“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.”  – Joyce Carol Oates I do not know that I fully agree with Ms. Oates on this one.  But, I do … Continue reading →

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Street Cred

Street Cred by Michael Romani To get it; to feel it To get to the seamless real it Punching a hole through the wind Taking the curve around the bend Through the end of the era of ugly Turned back … Continue reading →

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First Principles: United We Stand

“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”  – Benjamin Franklin        

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Thought For the Day: We All Have A Little Devil Inside

“No matter how an individual views Satan, whether they believe that he is a real character or that he is just the product of literary scholars and imaginations, no one can deny that each one of us has an aspect … Continue reading →

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