Lacking a Clear Focus

In each individual post I strive for clarity, but there is no narrow theme to this blog overall, no tight focus. It's a grab bag.(Yes, I should have called it "Without a Narrow Focus," but too late now.) IF SOMETHING HERE MOVES YOU, PLEASE SHARE!

Thursday, October 9, 2025

The Worst Thing You Can Call Someone

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S ince the end of World War II, even though the world since then has seen massacres by Stalin, Pol Pot, Pinochet, Idi Amin, and others, ther...
Monday, September 22, 2025

An Honored Guest

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Today I am turning this blog over to the late Langston Hughes. The images below are a two-page carbon copy of a statement Hughes felt compel...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Old Book, Thoughts Still Relevant

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  In 1943 Alexander Woollcott wrote a piece called “For Us, the Living,” which was subsequently republished in  Clifton Fadiman’s Fireside R...
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Saturday, August 2, 2025

Blame is no cure for pain.

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There is so much pain in the world! Some of it is unavoidable, obviously. We are embodied and mortal, prey to sorrows and afflictions of the...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

For Crying Out Loud!

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When confronted with the character flaws of the person she supported for president in the 2024 election, one person I know replied that we a...
Saturday, July 12, 2025

"Look what they're doing!"

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What are the current aims of the administration in our nation's capital, and what was your first clue? How about this? Anything you hear...
Friday, July 4, 2025

Reminder Found in a Book

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