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Politics And Life
I’m not sure if, at the age of 54, I can officially consider myself “old.” I’m not even sure there is any kind of “official” definition. I know that—though the age has “moved up” in my lifetime many places—I am eligible at some venues, for the “senior discount.” Maybe that’s old, maybe not, I’ll leave…
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So this is Fifty Four
I hope it’s true for everybody, age aside, that they learn a little more—become a little wiser and a little bit more able to deal with their respective world—on a daily basis. I’ve never been one to celebrate my own birthday, and I’m not intending to “break that trend” today. Rather than throwing confetti or…
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On the Concept of Wage Slavery
Having recently heard the term “wage slavery” used by someone on social media—who said it and on what social media is pretty much beside the point—I came to the conclusion I had to write an article on the subject. The more I considered the concept, the more I realized that it was a sort of…
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On Equality
One reality of life is that generalization is a necessity. If we cannot compare two things and talk about how they are alike and different, it becomes more than a little difficult to learn “new” things. That having been said, an important realization is that, while two things may have similarities that make it possible…
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Choice, Where the Rubber Meets the Road
It turns out that some of the most difficult things to discuss are the most worthwhile. Sometimes that’s because of the complexity involved, sometimes not. On the present subject, in truth, though there appears to be the result of a high level of complexity, I don’t believe there really is a great deal of difficulty…
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On Celebration
It’s been years since I celebrated most of the things the average person considers worth their time and effort. Oh, I wish folks a happy birthday, and congratulate them on new jobs, the birth of babies and things of that sort. On the other hand, I don’t do things like, really celebrate Hallowe’en, Christmas or…
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On the Ills of Social Media
Do these pants make me look fat? Wait! That wasn’t what I intended to ask. Sorry, the question I intended to ask is, “Do I seem long-winded to you?” Both questions are about appearances, but the first doesn’t really bother or concern me; and because it’s not a real concern for me, I don’t have…
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More on Success and Failure
I’ll be the first to admit that I have found myself to be wrong on more than a few counts over the course of my life. As one might expect, some of the errant perspectives I have held have been entirely minor, some more major, and some life changing when internalized and understood. In this…
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On Freedom of Speech in the United States
Perhaps one of the most enduring things where the United States is concerned is its founding documents. Many have called, for example, the United States Constitution all but—if not—a miraculous document. I’m not entirely sure I would go that far. What I would say, however, is that the Constitution is in many ways a marvelous…