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Trouble on the Hill
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanThere are: no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche What happened to our “shining city upon a hill?” The concept was always a myth but one that held us...
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I’ve tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think I know enough of hateTo say that for destruction iceIs also greatAnd would...
Best Commencement Speech Ever
This is our favorite commencement speech ever. It was written by David Foster Wallace and delivered to the Kenyon College class of 2005. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI&app=desktop
Karson’s Favorite National Park – Yellowstone – A Story by Karson Jones
Karson is 8 years old. He enjoys writing stories. He welcomes your comments Previous stories posted by Karson JonesSome States I Have Visited by Karson JonesKarson’s Favorite Train – The White Pass & Yukon Railway: A Story by Karson JonesThe Best Giant's Catcher...
Bleak America
What I want to see is not a rush to judgment, but a rush to justice. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don't understand the protests? What you're seeing is people pushed to the edge… fifth risk: the risk a society runs when it falls into the habit of responding to long-term...
Look Homeward Angel and The 1918 Pandemic
Previously on Think in the MorningPale Horse, Pale Rider: Katherine Anne Porter’s Classic Story of the 1918 PandemicWilliam Maxwell’s They Came Like SwallowsThe 1918 Pandemic And Willa Cather’s One Of Ours Then, under the terrible light which fell directly and...
Here We Go Again
One of the first blogs I wrote concerned a philosophical conundrum that is also a political conundrum: The Trolley Problem and the Winter of our Discontent. The problem addressed is simple in theory but oh so difficult in practice. How should we deal with a policy...
Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Katherine Anne Porter’s Classic Story of the 1918 Pandemic
Death always leaves one singer to mourn. In 1918 Katherine Anne Porter was 28 years old working for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver Colorado. A young soldier lived in her boarding house while waiting to be deployed overseas. They became close and spent much of...
Have We Outgrown Democracy?
NOTE: To get the most out of this blog please click on the BLUE links for references and further information Previous Blogs with a similar theme:When To CompromiseCivility I’m not the first to notice that the political divide has been growing in America. Surveys by...
The Upside of the Coronavirus
Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions will likely get the coronavirus and tens of thousands, maybe many more, will die from it. How could there be any upside to this crisis? There may not be. Yet, the incurable optimism built into the human psyche shows that we...
Autarky
Autarky is the characteristic of self-sufficiency; the term usually applies to political states, societies or to their economic systems. Autarky exists whenever an entity survives or continues its activities without external assistance or international trade. ...
PANIC
Here we are again in a panic. The financial markets are reeling in response to the coronavirus, oil market disruptions and not least because stock prices were historically high relative to fundamentals. Near zero interest rates give the FED little room to...