Why do we seem so intent on destroying our shared history and, in the process, destroying ourselves? Left, right, conservative, liberal, a hundred names simultaneously representing both our divisions and strident beliefs. We know how self-destructive we’ve...
Current events make my head spin. I’m one of those oddballs that have never been satisfied with ignoring logical inconsistencies and feel compelled to address them when they show themselves. The problems, debates, positions, obvious intellectual fallacies, and...
Can every thinking adult finally understand US financial crisis? Our outlays exceed our receipts by 140%. The last time US financial crisis was during the Second World War, and deficit spending restraint was not optional. The American people seem to have washed our...
The definition of Cognitive Dissonance in relationships is the perception of contradictory information, together with the mental toll it takes on us. Relevant items of information include a person’s actions, feelings, ideas, beliefs, values, and things in the...
Hello Fellow Patriots: One of the joys of wide distribution of my musings is the people I get to meet. The other day, two of my readers, while in general agreement with my writings, pointed out, and I’ll paraphrase, “there’s no going back to the good old days”. Where...
Two things one must understand about evil. First, while everywhere, evil is frequently hidden from our view. Second, evil is seductive and attracts those to it that may live otherwise ordinary lives. It may help us to better understand evil as some kind of cult. Those...
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