An Homage to Our Senses

We May Overlook the Gifts of Our Senses. Today, We Recognize Them A Change of Pace for Agents of Reason More times than not, this blog talks about our lack of sense – as in Common Sense. National and international news has been so intense of late (and will get …
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Competition is the Key

For Governance and Economics, This is The Key Ingredient Human Frailties Will Arise, Every Time Every human endeavor has the potential to be a thing of beauty and long-term benefit for all concerned. Unfortunately, they also hold potential for great distortion and damage. Eventually, those failures of excess and …
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Core Issues – Balance and Perspective

Deciding Issues of Rights, Responsibilities, and Governance Two Topics Dominate the News – More is at Stake Than the Obvious While Ukraine and other important issues continue to be important and visible, two new topics have seized the headlines and our consciousness: the sale of Twitter and the risks …
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Humor, Humility, and Hubris in High Places

A Demonstration This Past Weekend of Important Qualities A Long-Delayed Event The White House Correspondents Dinner happened last weekend, the first time in several years, and the first time in 6 years one has been held with a sitting president in attendance. It is very much an insider’s gathering, …
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A Little Bit of Everything

All Sorts of Interesting and Varied Stories Catch Our Attention This Week Noticed of Late As is so often the case, all sorts of things rose to the top our consciousness this week. Let’s poke around a bit, shall we? Macron Wins. So, Too, Does Democracy It would be hard …
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Four Great Reasons to Quit Carbon Energy

No Matter Your Politics or Economics, Now is the Time Energy Remains a Defining Element of Human Life The ability to harness energy has been a defining qualify of human existence for a very long time. So much of what we know, do, and assume is based on harnessing energy …
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