by Ai Friendly | Aug 30, 2017 | Politics, The Law, Witty Repartee on any topic
Colin Kaepernick Colin Kaepernick says he wants to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Here’s what he did right and what he did wrong. It is his right and even his duty to protest injustice as he sees it; but when he disrespects the National Anthem, he...
by Ai Friendly | Aug 25, 2017 | Politcal Parties, Politics, Witty Repartee on any topic
Left versus Right “You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well I’d like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There’s only an up or down: [up] man’s old — old-aged dream, the ultimate in...
by Ai Friendly | Aug 24, 2017 | Politics, The Law, Witty Repartee on any topic
On Liberty John Stuart Mill The Department of Motor Vehicles in each state publish a handbook or manual that contains the rules of the road. The “rules of the road” for Democracy in America were written by a British citizen, John Stuart Mill. On Liberty has been...
by Ai Friendly | Aug 1, 2017 | Politics, Witty Repartee on any topic
Motivated Reasoning “The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.”– H. L. Mencken President Trump’s attacks on media and “fake news” is somewhat justified. There is a grain of...
by Ai Friendly | Jul 31, 2017 | Politics
Marcus Aurelius The Stoic Emperor Role models can be found in the modern world or the ancient. Marcus Aurelius, for instance, ruled ancient Rome from 161 to 180 Common Era (C.E.), and has become known as the last of the five “good” emperors. He came closest to...
by Ai Friendly | Jul 29, 2017 | Politics, Witty Repartee on any topic
Hastings Florida The National crisis in Microcosm If you have read the New American Constitution, then you know about the dissolution of the city charter in the former town of Seneca Nebraska. If not, please read that post. The small town of Hastings Florida in St....
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