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Thought For the Day: The Study of Money, Above All Other Fields In Economics, Is One In Which Complexity Is Used To Disguise Truth Or To Evade Truth, Not To Reveal It
“The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to evade truth, not to reveal it.” – John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)
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Tagged Above All Other, Complexity, Disguise, Economics, Evade, Money, Not Reveal, Study, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: There Is A Chart and A Compass For Us To Study, To Consult, and To Obey. That Chart Is the Constitution
We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land — nor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. That chart is … Continue reading
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Tagged Chart, Compass, Consult, Daniel Webster, First Principles, Obey, See No Land, Stars, Study, Sun, The Constitution, Tossed Upon An Ocean
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An Incident of Oxford Compilation
An Incident of Oxford Compilationby Michael DoyleIn my mind gathered so silentlyI pray against evil so vigilantlyIn the darkness of a blind alleyLost among the madmen in the galleryThough words come at me namedLanguage itself will not be tamedIt grows … Continue reading
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Tagged Agreed, Alley, Approach, Best Laid Plans, Capability, Cast, Change, Charade, Clear, Compilation, Contrary, Crumble, Darkness, Dictionary, Eloquent, Encroach, English Language, English Tongue, Gallery, Incident, Known, Lairds, Language, Lexicon, Linguist, Madmen, Mind, Nation, Need, Nuance, Oxford, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Proctor, Propriety, Quotation, Refine, Rubicon, Search, Shown, Silent, Sketches, Study, Supplication, Symbols, Tamed, Tumble, Turn, Vigilant, Volumes, Wise Men, Words
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A Most Holy Compact
The Mayflower Compact serves as the rudimentary model for the governance of the United States of America. As a document, it also served as a model for both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution itself. This year … Continue reading
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Tagged Accepted, America, American Nation, Basis, Beginning, Belief, Christian, Circumstance, Class, Common Society, Commonwealth, Community, Compact, Conformed, Cooperation, Covenant, Declaration, Depart, Divine Authority, Divinity, Equality, Family, Follow, Formed, Frame, Given Right, God, God's Divine Light, God's Name, Governance, Government Given, Grow, Happenstance, History, Holy, Inspiration, Jamestown, Journey, Liberties, Liberty, Lord's Name, Love, Matters of Worship, Mayflower Compact, Model, Mystery, Nation, Not Coercion, One Another, One's Own Conscience, Our Nation, Parsing, Passenger, Photograph, Pilgrim, Plurality, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Poem, Poetry, Political Society, Pressure, Purity, Quest, Relief, Rights, Rough Strangers, Sacred, Sailing Ship, Seek, Social Compact Theory, Stand Together, Study, Thanksgiving, Theology, Toleration, United States of America, Walk
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Thought For the Day: Success Is No Accident. It is Hard Work, Perseverance, Learning, Studying, Sacrifice and Most of All, Love of What You Are Doing Or Learning To Do
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele
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Tagged Doing, Hard Work, Learn, Learning To Do, Love, No Accident, Pele, Perseverance, Sacrifice, Study, Success, Thought For the Day
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Theatrical Dawg Bones Thrown
However much the director whines that he’s only got 2 1/2 hours to present his hip hop distortions of American history and however much he manages to make his errors rhyme and dance match the music’s time, I don’t appreciate … Continue reading
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Tagged 1619 Project, All Life Is Sacred, All Lives Matter, America, American History, Anyone, Believe, Blackfaced, BLM, Cancel Culture, Catching Lightning In A Bottle, Come A Time, Complex, Contribution, Create, Cull, Debate, Disguise, Distortion, Elevate, Equality, Errors, Evangelists, Fallacious, Falsehoods, Falsity, Feet, Fight, Flip Side, Founders, Frederick Douglass, From the Beginning, Fundamentals, Glory, Great Story, Hamilton, Heart and Soul, Heritage, Hip Hop, History, Holding True, Image, Immigrants, Immigration, Joy, Justice, Land of Mine, Less of a History, Lies, Martin Luther King Jr, Marxism, Marxist, Mediocrity, Misconceived, Miscreant, Musical, Narrative, Nation, Norm, Notions, NPR, Opposed, Outright Mockery, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop Culture, Presupposed, Principles, Racist Pride, Rap, Realize, Recall, Reflective, Repercussions, Reserve Racism, Revolution, Rhyme and Dance, Rock the Streets, Ruin, Seen As, Set Loose, Shame, Shine, Society, Speaking In Terms, Spotlight, Study, Stupdendous, Theater, Transform, Trap, Travesty, Truth, Well Rehearsed, Youth
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Brand Me
Watched a Ted Talk with my princesses on branding. Brand Me by Michael Doyle Thinking back on life Through all of the joy and strife There has been one question Held back with some hesitation What then is my story? … Continue reading
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Tagged Adore, All I'll Ever Be, All-American, All-Star, American, Any, Bed, Believe, Best of Life, Body, Books, Brand, Branding, Care, Choir Boy, Conversation, Crazy, Destiny, Devote, Dream, Dreams, Echo, Eighteen, Family, Fine Enough, First Chorus, Glory, Gratefully, Grave, Grindstone, Head, Hell, Hesitation, Humble, Joy, Just As Well, Laughter, Life, Love, Many, Me, Military Man, Moment, Nose Held Down, One Question, Open Door, Passion, Photograph, Place, Placed, Poem, Poetry, Precedent, President, Pride, Pride and Joy, Princesses, Privilege, Put Away, Read, Song, Story, Stride, Strife, Study, Sunbeam, Team, TED Talk, Thank God, Thinking Back, Time, Tombstone, Trust, Two, Wounded, Years
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First Principles: I Must Study Politics and War That My Children May Have Liberty To Study Math and Philosophy
“The Science of Government it is my Duty to study, more than all other Sciences: the Art of Legislation and Administration and Negotiation, out to take Place, indeed to exclude in a manner all other arts. I must study Politicks … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Administration, Art, Arts, Children, Duty, First Principles, Geography, I, John Adams, Legislation, Liberty, Mathematics, Natural History, Negotiation, Philosophy, Politics, Science of Government, Sciences, Study, War
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