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We Never Listen

April 7, 2010

Some readers may have skipped the Classics. Some may just have memory problems associated with age. That I can identify with. Ms. Cassandra’s beauty caught the eye of Apollo. He gave her the gift of knowing the future. She spurned Mr. Apollo, so he cursed her. Her predictions were to be ignored. Obviously she is [...]

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Doing God’s Work

November 25, 2009

The CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, claims that he is doing God’s work. Has God retired? Is God not upset with Lloyd for causing his 401K to tank? Wouldn’t you like to get a peek at God’s portfolio? Such gems of wisdom from one of the Masters of the Universe generates lots of questions. [...]

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Don’t Miss This

October 9, 2009

Bill Moyers is one of the few serious, informative journalists on television. Rather than have you labor over my writing, I’m giving you a break. The bulk of this post consists of several paragraphs of transcript from tonight’s Bill Moyers Show on PBS. There is also a couple of minutes of video from tonight’s show. [...]

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Experts On Astrology

September 9, 2009

This post was inspired by one by Ryan Grim. Although long, you really should read it in its entirety – after you’ve finished mine. Although the inspiration came from another source, you will find that this topic has long been of interest to me. Despite the title, the subject actually concerns another pseudo science, economics. [...]

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Odds And Ends

March 11, 2009

There are so many issues on which to comment that I can’t keep up. Each one deserves at least a book, as an antidote to all of the nonsense clogging up the airwaves, cable, the Internet and the dead tree media. Note: I have a special video treat for everyone staying to the end of [...]

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