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Posted onJanuary 29, 2022January 29, 2022

Being Alone III

Being alone is the most interesting subject to me, which brings up “being.” The unlikelyhood of “being” in the vastness of the universe (assuming that…

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Posted onSeptember 29, 2021September 30, 2021

Link between conspiracy and critical thinking

I am one of the last people who should pass on references to research linking conspiracy theorists and their inabilities to think critically. I devote…

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Posted onMay 31, 2021June 1, 2021

April Moore: About Writing

I want to post here an essay/talk April wrote/gave to our Harrisonburg Unitarian Universalist group. Her message involves writing, leaving messages behind for the generations…

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Posted onMay 14, 2021May 14, 2021

Pickalballers Vaccinating?

Here is a problematic scenario for the vaccination syndrome: a group of us are playing Pickleball outside. I’m waiting with one of my friends, a…

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Posted onMarch 31, 2021April 1, 2021

On Getting Over Oxy

3.29.2021: I’m having a difficult time, perhaps the consequence of going off oxycodone after my hip-replacement four weeks ago. I can see why people don’t…

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Posted onJanuary 8, 2021

Ben Cline’s Sedition

I am disappointed in Representative Ben Cline for signing on to the bogus lawsuit initiated by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (currently under investigation for…

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Posted onNovember 24, 2020November 24, 2020

What We See

I am fascinated by how the logic of misinformation appeals to people who want to believe it—key to interpreting the current social warfare over the 2020…

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Posted onOctober 4, 2020October 12, 2020

Politics and Religion

When I think about the link between politics and religion, I think diachronically and synchronically, historically and contemporaneously.  I’ll address the historical first. Although I…

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Posted onAugust 21, 2020

The Virtual Democratic Convention

The following is an email I sent to a close friend who was bothered by a perceived slight to progressives in the virtual Democratic convention.…

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Posted onAugust 20, 2020August 20, 2020

Healing

Thanks to the many family and friends who have responded to my post on August 15th, celebrating my anniversary and what I took to be…

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