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Self Reliance

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I was first introduced to the brilliance of Ralph Waldo Emerson when studying the principles of Science of Mind over...

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The Joy of Defiance

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Born free, as free as the wind blows. As free as the grass grows. Born free to follow your...

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The World of Deception

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I swear it didn’t used to be like this. I don’t remember thinking everything I looked at wasn’t real,...

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We Should Know Better

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How unnatural does it need to be before we humans realize this environment is not one in which a...

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Hanging by a Thread

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It is quite amazing how close people are to serious mental illness. What is serious mental illness? Suicidal depression,...

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Judging Character

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I do think it is interesting these days that people can no longer accurately judge character. This seems to...

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The Turn of the Screw

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Remember when you were a kid and saw “thumbscrew torture” for the first time in some late-night horror film?...

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Nothing is Perfect

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I was reading an article from KW Norton Borders about AI going rogue and for whatever reason my brain...

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What, Me Worry?

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Is it over? Will people continue to die due to the Covid vaccines? Or have the excess deaths hit...

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Don’t Kid Yourself

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So many people I read or talk to seem to think that we shrews are making inroads, primarily in...

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Looking Forward to the Future

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It seems to be a common consensus among shrew types that most likely we will end up in a...

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The Death of the Shadow

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Recently my sister gave me an article written in a weekly magazine that the El Convento Hotel in San...

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Better Than…

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It seems that the concept of “better than . . .” has completely left the human experience. And wow,...

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And the Cancer Keeps Rolling In

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Kate Middleton has cancer. The King of England has cancer. Every day we hear of more and more people...

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Democracy is Not the Same as Freedom

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You hear the word “democracy” thrown around quite a bit these days. “Democracy is being destroyed in the United...

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Too Massive to Comprehend

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I remember a time not too long ago when you could sort of see what was happening in the...

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Alice in Wonderland

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I used to be shocked and amazed when weird things happened in the world that seemed to be connected...

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Humanity is Messy

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One thing that really annoys me is this idealistic quest for a perfect society. Whether this quest comes from...

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Killing a Few for the Benefit of Millions

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Since when has this (the title of the article) become the mantra of civilized humanity? I grew up in...

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What We Don’t Seem to Care About

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When I say “we” in the title of this article, I don’t mean us shrews. I think most of...

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