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Imagination, Reality, and Responsibility
Part II: Reality (an essay in three parts) The concept of Reality has troubled philosophers, scientists, and the insane since the beginning of time. What is real, actual? Can we ever be sure? Of course we can. If it is…
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Imagination, Reality, and Responsibility
An Essay in Three Parts Part I: Imagination I wonder what happened to the concepts of Imagination, Reality, and Responsibility. I was born into the baby boomer generation. I grew up in the age of Post-World War II prosperity, the…
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Trying something new
As many of you know I am in the midst of publishing my first novel. It is a trying, difficult, yet exhilarating experience. That work, Collision of Faith, is in the publishing review process. Meanwhile, I am experimenting with different…
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For my daughter, in whom I am well pleased.
The birth of a child brings a total upheaval to one’s life. From the moment of birth, to when they first open their eyes and smile, to the time they first head out a door on their own, they encompass…
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Good Cop, Bad Cop
I have always found it amusing when people, whose total law enforcement experience comes from watching television, speak authoritatively about the difference between a Good Cop and a Bad Cop. Those of us that have actually been on the job…
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Nostalgia and defeating the seat belt warning
I, like most people that are online and “connected”, are inundated with nostalgic emails touting the “good old days”. Some are quite touching in spite of their superficial treatment of history. Harmless I suppose. So I thought I would indulge…
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Ascending and Descending
From the moment of birth for most of us, our skills, abilities, knowledge, associations, and character is in ascendency. We are expanding, improving, developing, learning, refining, and gathering. We reach a point where we begin to shed certain characteristics, young…
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Misinformation: More evidence of the dumbing down of America
(POLITICALLY SENSITIVE DISCLAIMER: This is not an attempt to sway anyone’s opinion or feelings about abortion, just a demand that if one is going to argue against, or in favor of, something we should at least expect real facts, not…
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A Dying Art
I have reached that point in life where everything I learned, everything I was taught, everything I embrace seems old and obsolete. In most cases, I have learned new things to replace the old, adapted old teachings to new realities,…