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The Journey: July 2007
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Monday, July 30, 2007. On the Nature of Fear. Part Two: Fear and the Demon. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. It is one of the most often repeated phrases in the history of political speech but what exactly does it mean? But why were people starving? Why did factories close and businesses lay off long time employees? The answer is that ...
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The Journey: You're Number One!!
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010. In 1998 I watched a title fight between the world welterweight champion, Oscar De La Hoya and the European champion, Patrick Charpentier. They all agreed, Patrick Charpentier, the undefeated European champion, would be lucky to make it five rounds against De La Hoya. He wasn't lucky. He got knocked out in three. One moment you are number one, the next moment, you are over. The truth is, it’s an incredible motivator. It's never really been easy to be number one, but in the twenty...
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The Journey: Why we should Kill the Networks
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011. Why we should Kill the Networks. And maybe take a big chunk out of the cable companies while we are at it.). Here’s what I want to do. I want to turn on the TV and watch whatever the hell I want to watch whenever the hell I want to watch it and I’m willing to pay for the privilege (but not too much). Most of you probably feel the same way. The same can be said of the music industry who saw digital distribution, not as an opportunity to deliver their product more efficiently, ...
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The Journey: April 2006
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Monday, April 24, 2006. Nietzsche, God and the Search for a Rational Morality. In 1885 Fredrick Nietzsche declared that God was dead. Regardless of whether or not you accept his premise, the theoretical absence of a deity creates an interesting dilemma. You've all heard the old riddle about a tree falling in a forest. Well, if a man lies or steals or kills and there is no God around to judge it, is it a sin? Even the early Judeo/Christian God was far from an icon of moral perfection. The God of Genes...
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The Journey: A Letter to my Son
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011. A Letter to my Son. In a way, this is the test I have studied for my whole life. The time when I must pass on what I have learned, frame it, focus it, and perhaps most importantly, strive to live up to the ideals which I espouse, so that I can show you the way, not with words, but with actions. But what are those ideals? What hard lessons has life has taught me that I can pass on in the hope that you might do better? Knowing you are right is easy. Admitting you are wrong is ha...
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The Journey: June 2007
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007. Paradigm Shifts in Military Strategy: Part One. The war in Iraq has now been going on for four years and three months, making it one of the longest wars in US History. Only the Revolutionary and Vietnam Wars were longer. If you include the war in Afghanistan as part of the greater War on Terror we have been in a continuous state of war for five and a half years. What has brought us to this state? They could’ve shifted strategies, abandoned their rigid tactical systems for more f...
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The Journey: December 2007
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Saturday, December 01, 2007. The Myth of the Spotted Owl or Let's Make Some Money. In many ways, the opposite sides in our current environmental debate continue to see the conflict in these stark black and white terms. Depending on where you get your news the two sides might be described as:. The soulless elite, too obsessed with lining their already bloated bank accounts to see the ravages they are inflicting upon the earth. That is a lie. And what about the cars we bought? One of the way the auto manuf...
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The Journey: November 2007
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Saturday, November 17, 2007. Have you ever killed a chicken? This is one of the questions that my good friend, Mike Hoover, likes to ask when someone is saying something particularly naive or insensitive. Have you ever killed a chicken? On some level, Hoover divides the world up into, Chicken killers. and non-Chicken Killers , those who are connected to the world in all it’s brutal reality and those who are not. What’s the big deal? No The opposite was true. However, to kill the animal and not use every ...
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The Journey: August 2006
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Friday, August 11, 2006. Rain Man, Jimmy Carter and the Polarization of Values. In the movie Rain Man there’s a scene where Dustin Hoffman’s character, Raymond Babbit proves his genius at mathematics by calculating incredibly complicated equations in his head. However, in the next moment he is unable to differentiate the price of a car and that of a candy bar. Everything, to Raymond Babbit is worth about a hundred dollars . But some values aren’t considered to be flexible and personal. Some values ar...
