Showing posts with label Freedom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freedom. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Filters Old And New

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     One of the perennial questions about the differences in economic and military status among the nations of the world is Why is the Unite...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

A Monitory Message For America

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     If you enjoy historical fiction, you may already be familiar with the work of Taylor Caldwell. Her great historical novels are among t...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

One Of Those “You Had To Be There” Days

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     I saw this episode of The Twilight Zone when I was very young:      Rod Serling’s ominous forewarning sounded strange to my nine-ye...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Schismata Part 3: The Cracks

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     I’ve received a couple of questions about the neologism in the titles of these pieces. The resemblance to stigmata is deliberate. The ...
Monday, July 20, 2026

Schismata Part 2: The Unity

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     A long time ago, I wrote:      In the kitchen, Louis took a small saucepan from the cabinet beneath the cooktop, filled it half-full ...
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Sunday, July 19, 2026

Schismata Part 1

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     Depending on what time zone you were in at the time, either today or tomorrow, in the Year of Our Lord 1969, Neil Armstrong first set f...
Sunday, July 5, 2026

I Hadn’t Planned To Post Today

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     This tweet, the product of an AI, has impressed me more than anything else I’ve seen from such a source:      I asked Anthropic's...
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Saturday, July 4, 2026

Rather Than Repeat Myself

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     – which is what you expected from me on America’s 250th Independence Day, isn’t it? – allow me a few thoughts snatched out of the lumin...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

Of Cars And Cash

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     First, some music:      Did you play it? Did you listen with attention? It’s one of the most moving odes to freedom ever put into s...
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Saturday, March 28, 2026

Once In A Great While…

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     …an entertainer does something that’s worth celebrating:      Stand-up comedian Mark Normand believes in making fun of everyone, equ...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

The State And I

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     “I don't mean that a business politician won't steal; stealing is his business. But all politicians are nonproductive. The only...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

The Pillars Of Power

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     I once wrote:      Many are the laws that go unenforced, or are selectively enforced according to the whim of “the authorities.” Many...
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Friday, October 31, 2025

Backing Away

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     Beware: I’m furious. I’m about to launch a “rant.” It might turn ugly. All the same, I’m not going to hold anything back. Consider your...
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