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Moments In Joe Rogan’s Mind

Moments From Joe Rogan’s Mindby Michael DoyleLife is the near-death experienceIn which you always stay aliveThe truth of this is felt by preferenceEven when uncertain that you’ll surviveThe backhand data feels a little missingBut no matter how, it feels a … Continue reading

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First Principles: Be A Free Thinker and Don’t Accept Everything You Hear As Truth. Be Critical and Evaluate What You Believe In

“Be a free thinker and don’t accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.” – Aristotle

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Thought For the Day: Where Exactly Does It Come From, I’d Like To Know, This Ineradicable Attitude of Superiority Toward the Past?

“Where exactly does it come from, I’d like to know, this ineradicable attitude of superiority toward the past? This stubbornly dumb, can’t-kill-it-with-an-ax conviction that we, the now, critically and categorically know better than they, the past. Is it from the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Principal Goal of Education In the Schools Should Be Creating Men and Women Who Are Capable of Doing New Things, Not Simply Repeating What Other Generations Have Done

“The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive, and discoverers, who can … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Protest Songs Have Long Played A Critical Part of Our Political Dialogue, From “Yankee Doodle Dandy” to “War”

“Protest songs have long played a critical part of our political dialogue, from ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ to ‘War.’ This controversy only helps highlight how the corporate effort to control what people hear or consume is backfiring.” – Jonathan Turley As … Continue reading

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Together We Will Stand

Together We Will Standby Michael DoyleThere is now in this time of historyA grain going against the orthodoxyThat states that the power rests in populismDespite the modern move against nationalismToday, a certain set wishes our knees to bowAs if to … Continue reading

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On Capturing the Iconic

Photography, of all sorts, is a passion of mine! On Capturing the Iconic by Michael Doyle Subject, light and composition Each of these open to interpretation Each of these subject to natural limitation These are the things essential To the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Critical Thing To Life Is Whether You Take Things For Granted or With Gratitude

“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton    

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Thought For the Day: The Less You Respond To Rude, Harsh People, The More Peaceful Your Life Is

“The less you respond to rude, critical, argumentative people, the more peaceful your life will become.” – Charlie Brown          

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Critical

I don’t want to seem hysterical And I know at times, I’m too self critical Always certain that the past I was living Is more than can possibly be forgiven The pathway seems a little too hot My soul feels … Continue reading

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