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    • We Sad Prisoners of Myth
    • Confronting Our Dual Nature
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    • Whiffing on What Really Matters?
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President Biden and Democratic Bedwetting

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  • Post published:July 8, 2024
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All the angst and prognostications of gloom post-debate reveal a central reality most of the politically astute have always known. Democrats’ timidity to the point of near-paralysis is almost a…

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People, Honor and Power

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  • Post published:May 7, 2024
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What the Marines I Led Taught Me Khe Sanh, Quang Tri Province, Republic of Viet Nam, 1968 (Combat Camera, Public Domain) Last Memorial Day, my neighbor and I—Vietnam era vets—were…

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Focusing on What Really Matters…

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  • Post published:April 11, 2024
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There’s been a lot of ink spilled, recently, over the seemingly endless litany of problems confronting us as U.S. citizens. And no, it’s not all in your head. In 2024…

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Like Wind I Go-A Short Story of Love and Loss

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  • Post published:March 11, 2024
  • Post category:Art and Life/Uncategorized
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Iowa State Campanile Carillion Photo by Patrick Keep with our thanks The Campanile chimes the quarter hour. As though awakened by the bells, the autumn wind stirs, teasing my neck,…

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Knolan Culture Versus Kurrithaali Culture

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  • Post published:February 22, 2024
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Different but Like... Among the first things most Kurrithäali (Earth) people will notice about the Knolans when they meet one for the first time is how similar they are to…

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Romance-Dream Vs. Reality

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  • Post published:February 21, 2024
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Romance-Dream Versus Reality People who know me well know that my writing focuses on contemporary fiction and science fiction—both of which come at you with a dollop or two of…

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Whiffing on What Really Matters?

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  • Post published:December 15, 2023
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We are as divided as we let ourselves be. I would love to say that U.S. citizens collectively can be relied on to reason from evidence to a thoughtful if…

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At the Fringes of Empirical Scientific Method

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  • Post published:November 16, 2023
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In Praise of Science If you’re like me, you’re fascinated by the (at times) overpowering intellectual reach of the men and women working at the scientific frontiers. How could we…

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Men This, Women That…Blah, Blah, Blah…

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  • Post published:October 25, 2023
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Can we stop, already? Gender Polemics, anyone? There’s been a lot of back and forth on gender roles lately, on Medium, one of the online platforms to which I contribute.…

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Confronting Our Dual Nature

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  • Post published:September 30, 2023
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Humans...the rational animal? I don’t remember the first time I heard being human characterized as being “the rational animal.” Aristotle, it is said, argued that man is “a creature distinguished…

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