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Missing the Mark

Posted on October 17, 2018 by

Based in part on James 4:17 Missing the Mark by Michael Romani Whoever knows the right things to do And doesn’t do these, like me and you We’re all sinners in our Lord’s eyes And He isn’t one to buy … Continue reading →

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First Principle: At Special Times and After Cool, Deliberate Thinking, The Real Voice of the People May Be Known

Posted on September 17, 2018 by

“It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known.” – George Washington, letter to Edward Carrington, 1796      

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First Principles: The Known Propensity of Democracy Is Toward Licentiousness

Posted on September 12, 2018 by

“The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty.”  – Fisher Ames, speech in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788  

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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 18: Love Revealed

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

Yesterday’s poetry challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 18 was to take a poem from someone else, flip it upside down in responsive lines and then make it your own.  I don’t spend a lot of time in revision.  But, okay.   … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 7, 2018 by

“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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