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The Future, the Myth of the Digital Age, Opportunity, and a Lesson from the 1980 Winter Olympics
The more things change, the more they stay the same – but it need not be thus, forever.
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A Tale of An Awakening, or How Andrew Breitbart Reignited the Pilot Light of Cultural Orphan, and Hope for Conservative Storytellers
What was once conventional is now considered alternative. We would do well to take Breitbart’s admonition to heart.
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NotFromTexas
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An Open Letter to Mr. John McWhorter
My respect and admiration of the author, and friend of Glenn Loury, Ph.D., once ran quite deep. Sadly, that is no more – not that it matters.
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NotFromTexas
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Revisiting Suffering and Its Purpose, and the Bittersweet Hereafter
This is the companion to my most recent post which focused on the now late Zoraya Ter Beek’s suicide, coping with adversity, and overcoming the urge to…
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A Most Desperate Cry for Help, Get Off My Lawn While I’m Shouting at Clouds, and Hope
Timbuk 3 is not wrong, necessarily; but even extreme adversity – a temporary condition – is no reason to opt for a permanent solution.
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A World-Class Heel, the Appeal of Elitism, and Satisfaction in Being Uncool
Mike Jeffries, former CEO of men’s fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, is living proof that, in the words of Annie Savoy, the world is made for those…
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Republicans Who Buy Sneakers, Corporate Class Cowardice, Civics, and Free & Independent Thought
Courses like rhetoric, forensics, civics were once crucial in developing critical-thinking skills in school, but have largely vanished. Two generations…
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Cultural Orphan
Cultural Orphan
A newsletter – blog – repository for my comments and observations of the world around me.
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