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Thought For the Day: The Future Belongs To Those Who Believe In the Beauty of Their Dreams
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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Lapsed Into Vulnerability
Lapsed Into Vulnerabilityby Michael DoyleFor most of my life, it’s been grasp and capabilityNow we’ve followed the Silent Generation into vulnerability. Our straightforward path toward security and prosperityLent itself to jaded jokes that were mostly others’ jealousy.The sky was the … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdity, Age of Austerity, Boomer Generation, Capability, Confident, Easy Stride, Free Ride, Future, Grasp, Imagination, Innovation, Jaded Jokes, Jagged Edges, Jealousy, Jeopardy, Lapse, Life, Nurture, Our Share, Poetry and Poems, Policy, Poverty, Relaxed Feeling, Silent Generation, Social Security, Spending Hawks, Vulnerability
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First Principles: Immigration Is Not Just A Link To America’s Past; It’s Also a Bridge To America’s Future
“Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific, across the Atlantic, they came from every point on the compass-many passing beneath the Statue … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Bridge, First Principles, Future, George H.W. Bush, Illegal Migration, Immigration, Legal Migration, Link, Past
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First Principles: Let Us Not Seek the Republican Answer Or the Democratic Answer, But the Right Answer
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” – John F. Kennedy
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Thought For the Day: Overregulation Stifles Creativity. It Smothers Innovation. It Gives Dinosaurs A Veto Over the Future.
“Overregulation stifles creativity. It smothers innovation. It gives dinosaurs a veto over the future. It wastes the extraordinary opportunity for a democratic creativity that digital technology enables.” – Lawrence Lessig
Thought For the Day: There Is No Saint Without A Past, No Sinner Without A Future
“There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.” – Saint Augustine
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An Angel Imperfectly
An Angel Imperfectlyby Michael DoyleIn protection from life’s adversity An angel spread his wings imperfectlyKnowing that life has limited mercyTo protect us from the things of historyMore profound than deep, I hear the river flowSomewhere beside where life’s garden growsA … Continue reading
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Tagged Affliction, Angel, Debris, Endured, Future, Garden, History, Humanity, Imperfect, Nurture, Poetry and Poems, Protection, River, Winds
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Thought For the Day: We Cannot Always Assure the Future of Our Friends; We Have A Better Chance of Assuring Our Future If We Remember Who Our Friends Are
“We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.” – Henry A. Kissinger
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In the Whisper of Time’s Sands
In the Whisper of Time’s Sandsby Michael DoyleWe can’t get a lock on the futureWithout knowing our pastWe can’t know what to nurtureIf we don’t know what was once castThe good hunter seeks to rise to the heightAs he sips … Continue reading
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Tagged Cacophony, Cast, Choices, Darkness, Falsity, First, Fool, Future, Good Hunter, Height, Knows All, Light, Lock, Nurture, Obstacles, One's Own Man, Open Mind, Past, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Right, Sight, Thirst, Time's Sands, Voices, Water of Life, Whisper, World
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 
History Dignifies the Presidents
History Dignifies the Presidentsby Michael DoyleOn this Presidents Day, a few comments are deservedAs we look back on nation as it is preservedTrue to the faith of our republic’s sovereignty Is the struggle to keep our nation’s dignityOur story is … Continue reading →