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Thought For the Day: Giving Books For Christmas Is A Healthy Alternative
“Do give books – religious or otherwise – for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.” – Lenore Hershey
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Thought For the Day: Presents Endear Absents
“Presents, I often say, endear absents.” – Charles Lamb, essayist (1775-1834)
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First Principles: Stability In Government Is Essential To National Character
“Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society.” – James … Continue reading
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Tagged Advantage, Civil Society, Confidence, First Principles, Government, James Madison, National Character, Stability, The People
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In the Shimmer
Will there come a day that AI becomes more human than human? What would the implications be if AI comes to replicate itself by fusing with other AI? What about if AI developed feelings and the desire to create as … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Angel, Beauty, Call, Cascade, Crash, Cry, Death, Die, Dimmer, Fad, Fall, Fear, Fight, Flight, Forgot, Glory, Heartbreak, Heed, Home, Joy, Life, Memory, Need, Night, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pricless, Rain, Reason, Saviors, Shimmer, Shore, Siren, Sorrow, Story, Tears, Thought, Tomorrow, Trust, Waves
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Broken
It is what it is… Broken by Michael Romani When to myself a danger I’m perhaps better as a stranger Love can be funny that way I have too many dragons to slay Fixed hard to this reality Beginning to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Believe, Broken, Capable, Child, Conceive, Conception, Connection, Courage, Danger, Deception, Doubt, Dragons, Dream, Eternity, Eventuality, Fly, Free, Greed, Imperfection, Key, Know, Love, Man, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Puzzle, Real, Reality, Reveal, Self-Perception, Sought, Spoken, Stranger, Wisdom, Wish
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First Principles: We Are Intended To A Nation Ruled By Law and Not Men
“They define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men.” – John Adams
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Tagged Arbitrary, Define, First Principles, Government, John Adams, Man, Republic, Under Law
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Thought For Today: The Gift of Tomorrow Is One of the Greatest Things In Life
“There’s a lot of things great about life. But I think tomorrow is the most important thing. Comes in to us at midnight very clean, ya know. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrive, Clean, Great Things, Hands, Important, John Wayne, Learn, Life, Midnight, Perfect, Thought For the Day, Tomorrow, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: It Is Through the Sharing of Knowledge That Members of Civilized Society Can Pursue Individual Ends So Successfully
“It is largely because civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual’s use of his particular knowledge may serve to assist others unknown to him in achieving their ends that … Continue reading
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Tagged Civilization, Ends, FA von Hayek, Individual, Knowledge, Profit, Society, Success, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Personal Security and Private Property Rest On the Courts of Justice
“Personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.” – Joseph Story (1833)
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Tagged Courts, First Principles, Integrity, Joseph Story, Justice, Personal Security, Private Property, Stability, Wisdom
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