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Without Apology

Without Apologyby Michael DoyleOf the things noticed as lethal,One does the best that one can.Leaning in toward the seduction to evil,Thoughts ran toward being and murdering the man.Backroom cards are shared with frivolity,But there is a depth below the venality.There, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: I Have Known A Vast Quantity of Nonsense Talked About Bad Men Not Looking You In the Face. Don’t Trust That

“I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.” – Charles Dickens, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Threat To Today Is the Climate of Dishonesty

“The greatest threat to American democracy isn’t communism, jihadism or any other external force or foreign power.  It’s our own willingness to tolerate dishonesty in service of party, and in pursuit of power.” – Michael Bloomberg While I disagree with … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Dishonest People Are Often So With Straight Faces

“I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance, any day in the week, if there is anything to … Continue reading

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First Principles: Dishonesty Poisons the Heart, Soul and Mind

“This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” —Thomas Jefferson (1785) Fairly self explanatory on a personal level, isn’t it?  And when the media has decided to become propaganda … Continue reading

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