Category: articles
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Airplane Mode
“A poet…manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,to be struck by lightning five or six times.”— Randall Jarell Gathering kindling —silver tin can flies aboveagainst black sky– thwack!
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Reading and Decoding English
Reading and Decoding English 8 Letter 2.3 Desirous of Glory If you know people who have Dyslexia, help them learn to read starting with this column. It takes patiences to teach them the individual sounds. This is an excerpt from Title: Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley Wel, thez ar usles…
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“Sanguine”
People are beautiful give them a chance. Not everyone is out to get you Strangers bring light into the darkest places Play. Laugh. Keep a tight grip on childish emotions. Stay excited Fuel the fire Fall. Hard. Plunge into love. Spoil your dreams Seek out the good in people Indulge. Humor. Fiction is…
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What do we mean by moral law?
A few have asked in recent days what we mean when we say “moral law” or “virtue” or “moral philosophy” in the liberal arts. It seems, very often, that an oft repeated lie gets turned into the truth of the minds of those who have not studied broad enough or deep enough. A broad reading…
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5 Big Questions: Technology and Virtue
We’re starting 5 Big Questions because we had a really vibrant comment section years ago that has since switched to more personal interactions with you all via email. Though we cherish those interactions, we also wanted to encourage you all to dialog with one another as well in the comments. So we’re going to try…
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WHOLESOMELY HOLISTIC
i. Transformative SeeingTraining in ethics,wisdom then meditation— follow Buddha’s path. ii. Hansel And Gretel Path to our delight’shopefully something inside— no need to import. iii. My Privates Peaceful heart and mindare revolutions you useto stop suffering. iv. Winter All’s fine now when sunout but notice how nice moodchanges when cloudy. v. Right ActionConsequential deedscan create lovingkindness,equanimity.…
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“Throw a Flower”
When someone throws you a stone, throw back a flower—Gandhi If you and your soulmate are made of the same stuff same star-studded atoms electrons, neurons then is it not the same for you and your enemy? Are not your atoms molecules and cells acted on by the same laws of the same universe? Are…
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“The Journey”
They will resist you, beautiful darling. When you near your prize monsters will rise from their lairs challenge you and prove your mettle. Show you are worthy to enter the Cave of Wonders. Your heart’s desire is at your fingertips if you survive the barbs and stings of traps waiting within. Poisoned arrow tips, strangling…
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Child Rearing
Pushover as dad, kids did everything I asked. But my youngest’s strict with hers who will not do one single solid thing: a coincidence?
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Dwarf Tossing
Florida is a beautiful state with all the sand and sunshine you could ask for, and sometimes more than you want. It’s a great place to live and visit. If you have an odd sense of fun, however, you may want to ready the legal fees. In the hit movie “Wolf of Wall Street”, Leo…
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Math is Beautiful
Having grown tired of his students asking why they needed to know math, Mike Glank came up with a plan. For eight months he had responded to their question with “You should know math because it is beautiful.” This would stun them long enough that he could go on to the next thing. But they…
