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First Principles: Love of Truth and Veneration of Virtue Are the Sparks of Discernment of Right and Wrong and True and False

Posted on November 10, 2018 by

“A love of truth and a veneration of virtue. These amiable passions, are the ‘latent spark’… If the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Beware the Bluster of Feigned Patriotism

Posted on August 19, 2018 by

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” – George Washington (1796)      

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First Principles: Guard Against the Impostures of False Patriotism

Posted on April 27, 2018 by

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” – George Washington (1796)    

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Coral Vanity of Man

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

Watching Chasing Coral a troubling thought keeps going through my mind.  I seem to recall lots of bleach coral in some spots in the Philippines when I was in approximately kindergarten.  I don’t want to give my age completely away.  But, … Continue reading →

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