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Thought For the Day: I Believe That Our National Security Lies Not Just In Protecting Our Border, But In Bridging Divides
“I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.” – Joe Lieberman
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Tagged Believe, Border, Bridge, Divide, Joe Lieberman, National Security, Protect, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: To Admit Foreigners Indiscriminately To the Rights of Citizens the Moment They Put Foot In Our Country Would Be Nothing Less Than To Admit the Grecian Horse Into the Citadel of Our Liberty
“To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens the moment they put foot in our country would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian horse into the citadel of our liberty and sovereignty.” – Alexander Hamilton, The Examination … Continue reading
Moonbow Symphony
Moonbow Symphonyby Michael DoyleMy daughters and I are proneTo take all-day drivesPreferably together, not aloneTo feel the peace of being aliveLast weekend, early on SaturdayOur packed-up SUV got underwayThe goal was to see the MoonbowTo Cumberland Falls, we would goLexington … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Alive, All-Day Drives, Beautiful Phenomenon, Beauty, Blaze, Bluegrass, Breeze, Colors, Crowd, Cumberland Falls, Cumberland Gap, Daniel Boone, Daughters, Days, Design, Expected, Forest Green, Goal, Gray, High, Horses, Ledgge, Lexington, Lifestyle, Light, Luck, Magic, Mist, Moon, Moonbow, Moonbow Symphony, Mystified, Nature, Night, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Rainbow, Rejected, River, Saturday, Second To None, Serene, Silver, Sky, Spectral Bridge, Sun, SUV, Toes, Together, Travel, Water's Edge, Waterfalls, White
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Remembering Prince
Remembering Princeby Michael DoyleI remember listening to a nightingale singSomewhere in Europe and just about springAnd thinking about things dismissed in hasteA lot of which was only my imagined wasteOne of these was Prince, dead at fifty-sevenDid find his way … Continue reading
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Tagged America Singing, Argue, Blind, Dark Side, Decay, Deep Discography, Delay, Diminutive, Dirty-Minded Minstrel, Dismiss, Europe, Eyebrow, Eyes, Feedback, Fifty-Seven, Forgotten, Freedom, Funky Treasure, Grief, Harm, Haste, Heaven, Hum, Life, Loaded Dice, Lost Culture, Love, Measure, Melody, Memories, Memory, Minor Gods, Mourning Doves, Music, Musical Genres, Nightingale, Pain, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Price, Prince, Pulse, Purple Rain, Rain, Remember, Reverence, Reverie, Rock-n-Roll, Shape of One, Soft Voice, Somehow, Something From Nothing, Soul, Sound, Spring, Strong Spirit, Surprise, The Purple One, Time, Transcend, Trtuh, Waste, Wicked Charm, Wisdom, Writing
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First Principles: Life Is A Kind of Chess, In Which We Have Often Points To Gain, and Competitors or Adversaries To Contend With
“Life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Adversaries, Benjamin Franklin, Caution, Chess, Circumpection, Competitors, Consequences, Contend, First Principles, Foresight, Gain, Life, Points, Prudence, The Morals of Chess
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Thought For the Day: The Most Important Thing In Communication Is Hearing What Isn’t Said
“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” – Peter Drucker
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Tagged Communication, Hearing, Important, Peter Drucker, Thought For the Day, What Isn't Said
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First Principles: History Teaches That War Begins When Governments Believe the Price of Aggression Is Cheap
“History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Aggression, Cheap, First Principles, Government, History, Price, Ronald Reagan, Teach, War
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Comfortable In the Discomforts of the Heart
Comfortable In the Discomforts of the Heartby Michael DoylePast all the great and well-known speakersIs the preacher in comfortable sneakersHe’s giving a shout-out about RevelationAs he provides a succinct explanationA life lived in a would-you-rather gameThe choice was made to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Comfortable, Discomfort, Faith, God, Heart, Jesus, Poetry and Poems, Preach, Revelation, Truth
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