Author: Andrew
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Real and Symbolic Power
In a recent group discussion at church, Pope Francis’s death came up. We seemed to agree, spoken and unspoken, that he was a good man. A different kind of pope. His papacy was one that restored and reordered the Catholic church. Perhaps the church catholic too. He emphasized those things which are commanded unto us…
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Live Not by Lies
https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies One to read over, and over again.
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‘Cry More Libs’ is not a Strategy
https://www.thefp.com/p/rod-dreher-trump-enemies I’d read almost anything that’s self-critical of one’s own “party.” This should tell me what I need to know about my own ability (and responsibility) to do this. This was a striking paragraph:
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Reflections on Current Affairs
I have a tendency to over-consume and over-indulge on a subject without stopping and reflecting on why. Recently, I’ve been consuming lots of information on the Trump 2.0 tariffs and the potential fall (destruction?) of Pax Americana. In school as a kid, I didn’t pay much attention to the way things work. As an adult…
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Trying hard
I’m not someone who can maintain an effort in something I’m not interested in. I know this well about myself now. For example, there are lots of little side quests one can take with AI to money a bit of extra money. These anecdotes and “you should try this” statements are everywhere with my generation…
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The Emergency is Here
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This is sin
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The Long Now
“The Long Now is the Fiat World of reality by declaration, where we are TOLD that inflation does not exist, where we are TOLD that wealth inequality and meager productivity and negative savings rates just “happen”, where we are TOLD that we must vote for ridiculous candidates to be a good Republican or a good Democrat, where…
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Good take, things time.
I was sitting in the park this evening reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and looked across to see this little expression on the window of the yarn shop. I noticed that I read it panel to panel, rather than like words on a page. Naturally I wondered, Why? When do I ever read words top…
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MAGA Maoism
An interesting and new framework for me on the “left-is-right and right-is-left” phenomenon that’s being revealed.