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Thought For the Day: I Believe That Our National Security Lies Not Just In Protecting Our Borders, But In Bridging Divides
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First Principles: If You Do Not Take An Interest In the Affairs of Your Government, Then You Are Doomed To Live Under the Rule of Fools
“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” – Plato
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Nantucket’s Sound
Nantucket's Sound
by Michael Doyle
In the depths that feel formidable
Is the key to knowing the unknowable.
There was an urgency for resources on demand
From the ocean floor up to supply the land.
Petroleum, minerals, and whale oil,
Have all had their turn as the capitalist foil
Pushing mankind further into the sea,
And unleashing all kinds of mystery.
The unknown is a land of imagination.
It tantalizes mankind with fascination.
As we push further in anticipation,
Believing it will bring our greatest emancipation.
How do we begin to know the unknown?
The mind of man responds to clues thrown.
Explored by a metaphor of great white whales.
These and other fantastical tales.
Some such tales frighten those who were there.
It becomes unspeakable, this driving fear.
These are torments in need of confession.
But they become hidden like a secret obsession.
The unknown is a land of imagination.
It tantalizes mankind with fascination.
As we push further in anticipation,
Believing it will bring our greatest emancipation.
To speak only as much as necessary,
We dance around the edges of the legendary.
Some tales become the tales told by lesser men,
And still humanity fights its way through our sins.
The Essex set out to sea to seek a whaler's profit,
But the truth of it didn't need a prophet.
To know that a liar's word is worthless,
And that feigned promises are meritless.
The unknown is a land of imagination.
It tantalizes mankind with fascination.
As we push further in anticipation,
Believing it will bring our greatest emancipation.
Life is full of stories and comprises.
The promises made aren't meant to be lies.
But in a world of broken alibis,
Cheap suits come down to tattered neck ties.
Sometimes all a man knows is what he knows,
And some only know the sea and how the wind blows.
We do our best to live up to family names,
Knowing we have but little beyond our family's fame.
The unknown is a land of imagination.
It tantalizes mankind with fascination.
As we push further in anticipation,
Believing it will bring our greatest emancipation.
A voyage begins with conception's prayer,
Knowing only what can be known as if it is a snare.
Nantucket sought to be a nation's healing light,
Scared enough to seek to show it in the night.
Harpoons and whaling pins tell the story
Of whaling crews setting sail for particular glory.
An experienced crew knows who will belong.
They equally foresee what can or could go wrong.
(c) January 28, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Kindness One Can Render To Any Man Consists In Leading Him From Error To Truth
“The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.” – Thomas Aquinas
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First Principles: The Constitution Enjoins An Oath Upon All the Officers of the United States. This Is A Direct Appeal To That God Who Is the Avenger of Perjury
“The Constitution enjoins an oath upon all the officers of the United States. This is a direct appeal to that God Who is the avenger of perjury. Such an appeal to Him is a full acknowledgement of His being and providence.” – Oliver Wolcott
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No Cause To Be Afraid
No Cause To Be Afraid
by Michael Doyle
Sometimes it feels like death follows me,
Creeping along like a shadow that swallows me.
Maybe it is that I should already be dead,
I know that's too much to have been said.
At three, I was pushed backward in a pool,
Sinking down into the deep end felt peaceful and cool.
My dad saw and dove in to save me,
But never understood the perspective it gave me.
I stared into the eyes of death,
Unafraid to the edge of my last breath.
Only certain that there was no cause to be afraid,
It was as if life were cards to be played.
Life goes by so quickly, too fast.
The truth of it is, it won't last.
It's filled with danger as we find our way,
When our number is up, that's our final day.
We find our happiness under the moon above,
And we cherish those we were born to love.
We search for dreams under unturned stone,
Until the day comes, we end life again alone.
I stared into the eyes of death,
Unafraid to the edge of my last breath.
Only certain that there was no cause to be afraid,
It was as if life were cards to be played.
Life goes on, and you slowly fall apart,
Until you are broken even in your heart.
Everywhere you go, you build new family.
They are so precious in your memory.
Life's beauty is lost through injury.
Sometimes it is lost without any memory.
In this life, it is what we don't and what we do.
It's the truth of life and death given to you.
I stared into the eyes of death,
Unafraid to the edge of my last breath.
Only certain that there was no cause to be afraid,
It was as if life were cards to be played.
Without love, there is only loneliness,
That and memories of what it is you miss.
So much of life turns out undeserved,
Whether it is to own riches or be underserved.
I build my memorials to those I've lost.
Sometimes, it is too much to count the cost.
This is the path of faint hope lived in.
At the end, I can only hope that I'll be forgiven.
I stared into the eyes of death,
Unafraid to the edge of my last breath.
Only certain that there was no cause to be afraid,
It was as if life were cards to be played.
(c) January 27, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Neither A Lofty Degree of Intelligence Nor Imagination Nor Both Together Go To the Making of Genius. Love, Love, Love, That Is the Soul of Genius
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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First Principles: The Only Thing Necessary For the Triumph of Evil Is For Good Men To Do Nothing
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
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A Man Finds Love
A Man Finds Love
by Michael Doyle
Rolled up like a scroll,
You still feel the roll
Of a train around the bend.
It echoes like a friend.
It takes you back to yesterday,
When you didn't have as much to say.
You were building your own mystery,
And you didn't know it had its own history.
One fallen timber at a time.
It becomes something sublime.
Memories unwanted, pushed from the mind
As if meant to be left behind.
I loved it when you said my name,
And who could ever be to blame
For falling in love every single day,
With how you took my breath away.
On the river, we built our house of dreams,
The foundation stones made it as real as it seems.
I asked you to marry me; You said we already were.
It was days like this that lived as just a blur.
One fallen timber at a time.
It becomes something sublime.
Memories unwanted, pushed from the mind
As if meant to be left behind.
We built a little life together.
There along that beautiful river.
It was something real and better,
That beautiful life lived together.
Your love for me was a mystery.
You gave me love and a family.
There in the life we made,
Beneath the oak tree's shade.
One fallen timber at a time.
It becomes something sublime.
Memories unwanted, pushed from the mind
As if meant to be left behind.
With the arrival of this lady,
There was a feeling of just maybe
We were formed by Heaven above,
Every moment spent was one of love.
Looking into your eyes erased the miles.
I was always lost in your smiles.
Late at night, our sweet baby cries.
I found my life inside your eyes.
One fallen timber at a time.
It becomes something sublime.
Memories unwanted, pushed from the mind
As if meant to be left behind.
(c) January 26, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Too Many People Spend Money They Haven’t Earned To Buy Things They Don’t Want To Impress People They Don’t Like
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.”– Will Rogers
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 