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First Principles: National Defense Is One of the Cardinal Duties of A Statesman
“National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.” – John Adams (1815)
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Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave National Parkby Michael DoyleInto the mouth, we stand and peerSacred sandstone cap and biosphereFrom the Frozen Niagara to Fat Man’s MiseryMy family comes to observe your mysteryBatwings fly above the and blind shrimp belowThe endless dark is something … Continue reading
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Tagged Biosphere, Care, Fat Man's Misery, Frozen Niagara, Green River, Mammoth Cave National Park, Mouth, Observe, Poetry and Poems, Share
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Thought For the Day: When We Find Someone Whose Weirdness Is Compatible With Ours, We Join With Them and Fall Into Mutually Satisfying Weirdness – and Call It Love – True Love
“We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness — and call it love — true … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Compatible, Find Someone, Join, Life, Little Weird, Love, Mutal, Ours, Robert Fulghum, Satisfy, Thought For the Day, True Love, We, Weirdness
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First Principles: In Disquisitions of Every Kind There Are Certain Primary Truths, or First Principles, Upon Which All Subsequent Reasoning Must Depend
“In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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First Principles: Where There Is No Law, There Is No Liberty; and Nothing Deserves the Name of Law But That Which Is Certain and Universal In Its Operation
“Where there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” – Benjamin Rush (1788)
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Thought For the Day: In War, Truth Is the First Casualty
“In war, truth is the first casualty.” – Aeschylus – Aeschylus
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First Principles: The Multiplication of Public Offices, Increase of Expense Beyond Income, Growth and Entailment of A Public Debt, Are Indications Soliciting the Employment of the Pruning Knife
“The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife.” – Thomas Jefferson (1821)
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Tagged Employ, Entailment, Expense, First Principles, Growth, Income, Increase, Indication, Multplication, Pruning Knife, Public Debt, Public Offices
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Thought For the Day: It’s Not Too Much For You To Love Those With Whom You Sleep, Share the Happiness of Those Whom You Call A Friend…And Remove From Your Life Those Who Offer You…Disrespect
“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save the world, I do think it’s not asking too … Continue reading
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Tagged Always, Ask, Comfort, Depression, Despair, Disrespect, Engage, Expect, Feed, Friend, Happiness, Hungry People, Life, Love, Make Well, Naked People Clothe, Nikki Giovanni, Remove, Save, Share, Sleep, Something To Do, Thought For the Day, Visionary
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On the Role of Grandparenting
On the Role of Grandparentingby Michael DoyleIn a celebration of one anotherWe commemorate the blessings of each otherThis is part of being God’s familyAs we live within God’s holy communityThe lessons taught by new facesAre blessed when revisited by old … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Boom, Celebration, Community, Confidence, Death, Dignity, Embrace, Example, Expression, Full Attention, God's Family, Godly Intention, Gospel, Grandparenting, Grandparents, Honor, Integrity, Lasting Impression, Legacy, Lessons, Life, Living Culture, Love, Loved and Safe, Loving Eyes, New Faces, Nurture, Old Traces, Poetry and Poems, Positive, Purpose, Quality, Relevance, Reveal, Reverence, Role, Scrapbook, Shape, Stages, Talk, Tongue, Touch, Tradition, Values, Walk the Walk
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