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Long Gone Phrases (Phases of Yesterday)

Long Gone Phrases (Phases of Yesterday)by Michael DoyleI’m not sure where this story should beginIt doesn’t matter – the color of your skinAnd what you care to believeMatters not as much as you don’t deceiveThere are jokes enough to not … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: An Entirely New and Unique and Dense Sort of Ignorance Will Be Manufactured By A Combination of Censorship of the Press and.. By the Press

“An entirely new and unique and dense sort of ignorance will be manufactured by a combination of censorship of the Press and censorship by the Press.” – G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

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Thought For the Day: This Idea – That Government Was Beholden To the People…Is Still the Newest, Most Unique Idea In All The Long History of Man’s Relation To Man

“The Founding Fathers knew a government can’t control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a … Continue reading

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Inseparable

Inseparableby Michael DoyleA black orphanGrown to be an honest intellectualChild of the Jim Crow SouthHe sought after what’s effectualEmancipation is what makes America uniqueThe 1619 ProjectIs one of breathtaking ignoranceSlavery does notAnd did not bring prosperityAnd the fight against this … Continue reading

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A Perspective of Identity

A Perspective of Identityby Michael DoyleIdentityMulti-facetedYet abstractIntegral Stated with trustCrucial To communicationEssentialTo humanity’s explanationPervasive In every social interactionAn accelerated Mix of culture in transitionDiscussed amongst us allLike Babel’s great fallA conception in definitionDeveloped in competencyOr lost in the incendiarySocial categoryPersonal … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Answer Is…To Teach Ourselves To Comprehend Each Person, Not As A Symbol of A Group, But As A Unique and Special Individual Within A Common Context of Shared Humanity

“The answer is to go deeper than race, deeper than wealth, deeper than ethnic identity, deeper than gender. To teach ourselves to comprehend each person, not as a symbol of a group, but as a unique and special individual within a … Continue reading

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Getting To the Photographer’s Prize

Getting To the Photographer’s Prizeby Michael DoyleIf you don’t want to be left in the lurchIt is always best to start with researchTrying to find the photo with something to sayCannot best be left to an improvised dayThere is not … Continue reading

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Together We Will Stand

Together We Will Standby Michael DoyleThere is now in this time of historyA grain going against the orthodoxyThat states that the power rests in populismDespite the modern move against nationalismToday, a certain set wishes our knees to bowAs if to … Continue reading

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Unique Just Means Alone

They say no man is an island.  Perhaps for some of us, it would be better if we were. Unique Just Means Alone by Michael Doyle I guess it doesn’t matter if it’s deserved That special designation that’s been reserved … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: America Uniquely Among Nations Has the Capacity To Champion Human Rights and the Dignity of Every Human Being Made In the Image of God

“America uniquely among nations has the capacity to champion human rights and the dignity of every human being made in the image of God, no matter their nation.” – Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States of America … Continue reading

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