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First Principles: Nothing Is So Contagious As Opinion, Especially On Questions Which, Susceptible of Very Different Glasses, Beget In the Mind A Distrust of Itself
“Nothing is so contagious as opinion, especially on questions which, being susceptible of very different glosses, beget in the mind a distrust of itself.” – James Madison (1790)
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Pretender or Contender
Pretender or Contenderby Michael DoyleDrawing on song lyrics in my dayMakes life special in its own wayThe singer is my daughter, and she’s on fireAs legends are made to grow and conspireA life led in three-part inspirationWe all know the … Continue reading
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First Principles: Nothing Is So Contagious As Opinion, Especially On Questions Which, Being Susceptible of Very Different Glosses, Beget In the Mind A Distrust of Itself
“Nothing is so contagious as opinion, especially on questions which, being susceptible of very different glosses, beget in the mind a distrust of itself.” – James Madison (1790)
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Tagged Contagious, Distrust, First Principles, Gloss, James Madison, Mind, Nothing, Opinion, Questions, Susceptible
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Mathing the COVID-19 Curve
Day 7 of Na/GloPoWriMo! The target objective? “…a poem based on a news article.” My subject today can be drawn on any number of articles plastered throughout our daily news periodicals to the point it cannot be escaped really. But, … Continue reading
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First Principles: To Move Even A Step Beyond the Prescribed Powers Of Congress Is to Create Power No Longer Susceptible to Definition
“To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to definition.” – Thomas Jefferson
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