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First Principles: Abuse of the Press Cheapens Its Usefulness
“During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled 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 Abuses of the Press, First Principles, Lessen, Licentiousness, Sap, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Creativity Is a Transition From One Context To Another
“Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the Aha. Art also has this element. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aha, Alan Kay, Computer, Context, Creativity, Laughter, Thought For the Day
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Take Five, #3: Recognizing the Enemy
The third poem from tonigh’s short-form poetry workshop relied on the following words: Take Five, Part 2: 1 – defenestration the action of throwing someone or something out of a window. the action of dismissing someone from a position of … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Colaphize, Defenestration, Emetic, Hapax, Lucifer, Marx, Poetry, Republican, Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky, Short Form Poetry, Take Five, Tax, Vicissitude
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Take Five, #2: I Come Seeking Wisdom
The second poem from tonight’s short form poetry workshop relied on the following words: Take Five, Part 2: 1- Pedagogy The discipline that deals with the theory and practice of education 2 – senescence the condition or process of deterioration … Continue reading
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Tagged Bajulate, Gregorian Chant, Mendicant, Pedagogy, Repent, Senescence, Short Form Poetry, Take Five, Theology, Truculent, Wisdom
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Take Five, #1: The Serpent
At tonight’s short form poetry workshop, we engaged in a sort of game of poetic wordplay. The goal of the game is to take five selected lesser used words and quickly form a dash of poetry from these words. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Ebullience, Garden of Eden, Ineluctable, Lethean, Naked Simian, Perfidy, Short Form Poetry, Sibilant, Take Five
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First Principles: Beware of A Corrupt Press
“[The press] corrupts, it deceives, it inflames. It strips virtue of her honors, and lends to faction its wildfire and its poisoned arms, and in the end is its own enemy and the usurper’s ally. It would be easy to … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: A Society Must Be Just and Humane
As a general truth, communities prosper and flourish, or droop and decline, in just the degree that they practise or neglect to practise the primary duties of justice and humanity. The free-labor system conforms to the divine law of equality, … Continue reading
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Tagged Communities, Consciences, Context, Equality, Flourish, Free Labor, Humanity, Justice, Prosper, Thought For the Day, William H Seward
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Foot Ware
In a continuing theme that I have been exploring lately, I have been looking at the fine art of design, abstract and otherwise. Today’s poem is a play on designing footwear. Despite a lifetime of running, working out and competition, … Continue reading
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Tagged Competitive Response, Design, Foor Wear, Olympian, Poetry
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Proactive Health Care: An Introduction
My purpose here is to get this ball rolling in way of a comprehensive introduction. Afterward, it’s my hope that many of the health topics will be prepared by my resident expert and love of my life, Ally Romani. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Body, Cure, Individuals, Mind, Preventtion, Proactive Health, Self Responsibility, Soul, Whole Health
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First Principles: Sustaining Governance Depends On A Broad Base of Support
“The pyramid of government, and a republican government may well receive that beautiful and solid form, should be raised to a dignified altitude: but its foundations must, of consequence, be broad, and strong, and deep.” – James Wilson (1804) … Continue reading
