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“Is he correct?”

I read this today: In Boston today, Judge William G. Young answered an anonymous correspondent who trolled the judge on June 19 by writing a postcard that said: “TRUMP HAS PARDONS AND TANKS…. WHAT DO YOU HAVE?” Young reproduced the … Continue reading

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Repurposing political leverage: beware the Ides of March

The US administration tried to pass a ruling through FEMA to withold Federal funding for aid following a disaster, if the state refused to back the US support for Israel’s Netanyahu policy on Gaza. FEMA admitted this week that it … Continue reading

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Humanity with and without Empathy

If you are fortunate to have been born with a neurotypical brain, you will have developed empathy, an important component for interacting with other life forms, sensing what they might be thinking, using an amazing set of tools provided by … Continue reading

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Margaret, ‘Pearl of Scotland’

I struggle with pyramid style societies. As Lenny Bruce once quipped,”If the Venusians aren’t scufflers we’re screwed.” Placing each other in hierarchies; identifying ourselves along a line from bottom to top; forming friendships, alliances with those ‘at our level’ – … Continue reading

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