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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 20: Petri Dish
The challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 20 is to write a poem pertinent to rebellion. Rebellion against tyranny being my second nature I have had to contend with the notion that perhaps I should just write a poem contending that we should … Continue reading
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Tagged Agitation, America's Tale, Appearance, Division, Evidence, Experts, Fascism, Fear, Finger Pointing, Illusions, Masses, Modern World, Na/GloPoWriMo, Partisan Hacks, Pessimism, Petri Dish, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Rebellion, Rectify, Sophistry, Substance, Totalitarianism, Vilify, Word Games
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First Principles: Speeches Should Be Given For Reason Not Word Count
“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735) Just ask Nancy Pelosi.. or anyone forced to listen that eight hours of nothing….
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, First Principles, Reason, Rhetoric, Sophistry, Speeches, Words
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First Principles: Moral Relativism Is A Quagmire of Moral Confusion
“If the people are capable of understanding, seeing and feeling the differences between true and false, right and wrong, virtue and vice, to what better principle can the friends of mankind apply than to the sense of this difference?” –John … Continue reading
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Tagged Ethics, First Principles, John Adams, Moral Relativism, Morality, Sophistry, Truth
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First Principles: Constitutional Interpretation Is Dependent On Original Intent
“On every question of construction [of the Constitution], let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the … Continue reading
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