Truth Shift

The business of laws is not to provide for the truth of opinions, but for the safety and security of the commonwealth, and of every particular man’s goods and person.  And so it ought to be.  For the truth certainly would do well enough if she were once left to shift for herself.
—    John Locke
From:  “Letters Concerning Toleration“
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2020	Fate, Agency And Dumb Luck
2019	You Too Can Choose
2018	In Line
2017	Just Get It Right
2016	In Support Of Common Core
2015	Oscillation
2014	Truth Shift
2013	Real Heroes
2012	Controlling The Beast
2011	1,002

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One Thing Is Clear

I have a vision —  maybe just a hope — of a great revulsion:  a moment in which the American people look at what is happening, realize how their good will and patriotism have been abused, and put a stop to this drive to destroy much of what is best in our country.  How and when this moment will come, I don’t know.  But one thing is clear:  it cannot happen unless we all make an effort to see and report the truth about what is happening.
—    Paul Krugman
From his book:  “The Great Unraveling“
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2021	But That’s Certainly Irrational
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2020	The Butterflies Are In Trouble
2019	The Deep Center
2018	Oh, Heaven (Too)
2017	Now Pausing Makes Sense
2016	Just Spicy
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2015	Positive Acts Of Creation
2014	One Thing Is Clear
2013	Corrections
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2012	Gemutlichkeit
2011	Back On The Asphalt

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Still Trying To Cope

The point is that our new, threatened condition isn’t temporary.  We’re in this for the long haul, so any measures we take to fight terrorism had better be measures that we are prepared to live with indefinitely.
The real challenge now is not to stamp out terrorism;  that’s an unattainable goal.  The challenge is to find a way to cope with the threat of terrorism without losing the freedom and prosperity that make America the great nation it is.
—    Paul Krugman
From his book:  “The Great Unraveling“
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2022	Desert Springs
2021	And Usually The Former
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2020	The Doggie Dab
	A Fork In The Road
2019	#LyingDonald’s Problem With The News And Truth
2018	Oh, Hell
2017	No Welcome Mat Here
2016	Making It Up
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2015	We Are All Explorers
2014	Still Trying To Cope
2013	Dear Diary (A good chuckle!)
2012	Conveniently Sequential
2011	King’s Speech Number Four
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Which Is It?

When I feed the poor they call me a saint.  When I ask why so many people are poor they call me a communist.
—    Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop Dom Helder Camara
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2023	First Things First
2022	A Little Perspective
2021	Put ‘Er There
	Are You Goin’ On Again? (Dreams)
2020	And In The Back
2019	Sunlight Stream
2018	Wars Without Taxes
2017	Multiplication And Division
2016	I Went To The Woods…
2015	I’ve Got To Run
2014	Which Is It?
2013	Making You Stronger
2012	Sick Of Being Sick
	Greater Than Power
2011	Clear, Specific And Measurable
2010	The Runner’s High
	Into The Dark…

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Feeling Kept?

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
—    Napoleon Bonaparte
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2022	A Reminder Of Pride And Responsibility
2021	And Last Minute Blog Posts
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2020	Pat, Pat, Pant, Pant
2019	You (Too) Are Related
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2018	My Hope
2017	We All Lose
2016	Wants
2015	Let Us Join
2014	Feeling Kept?
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2013	The Lucky Few
2012	A Post-Valentine’s Day Message
2011	Risk, Lyrics, Starting Over, And My Trip To The ER
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Professional Beliefs

When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.  Can we conceive of anything more destructive to morality than this?
—    Thomas Paine
From:  “The Age of Reason“
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2021	Thousands
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2020	A Profound Source
2019	Sad Words
2018	Self-Sorted
2017	Right
2016	At Least One Step
2015	Month To Month Rental
2014	Professional Beliefs
2013	Books Are…
2012	True Distinguishing Marks
2010	Sub-300

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At Least One Difference

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
—    Oscar Levant
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2020	More Than Satisfying Hunger
	End Of Year Thoughts Of Those Gone Before Us (Night Shift)
2019	Still Hoping To Soar
2018	Why America Stinks More Than It Did 50 Years Ago
2017	No Universal Thinking
2016	Supervise The Results
2015	Just Magic!
2014	It Lies Ahead…
2013	At Least One Difference
2012	Are We, Are We?
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2011	Nutcracker And Nooks
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Both

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
—    Joseph Addison
[Musta been talkin’ ’bout Rush Limbaugh…    —    kmab]
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	Advice For Sons, Too
2019	Almost Soulful Pleasure
2018	Cursive In The News
2017	Coffee Crunch
2016	Preparation
2015	Scarcely Asked
2014	They Resemble Us
2013	Both
2012	That’s Success!
2011	Losing At Dominoes
2010	1,001

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Are You Helping?

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
—    Edward R. Murrow
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2020	Every Touch Vibrates
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2019	Six Reasons Why #DumbDonald Will Always Be A Failure
2018	The Trouble With Bookstores
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2017	Biased World View
2016	Control In The Age Of Entanglement
2015	Okay, Maybe Not Ceaseless
2014	Can Do
2013	Are You Helping?
2012	Inside All Truth Is A Vacuum
2011	So, Whom Are We Trying To Fool Then?

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Watching Faux News

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold.  It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.
—    Edward R. Murrow
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2019	Pushing The Envelope
2018	The Price Of Justice Is (Sometimes) Security
2017	Time Too
2016	The Cornerstone Pays
2015	Would That This Be True
2014	More Likely
2013	Enjoyed The Desolation
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2012	Speaking Of Products
2011	Ready To Be Immortal?

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The Real Reason

Remember, for every shot you fire, someone, somewhere, is making money.
—    Tom Clancy
[Found on a blog I follow:  http://dshenai.wordpress.com/
The specific post is:  http://dshenai.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/tribute-to-tom-clancy-with-his-insightful-quotes/
Thanks Deo!   —    kmab]
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2019	#Impeach45: Once A Buffoon, Now A Bad Joke
2018	Good Sense
2017	E Pluribus Unum
2016	Lacking
2015	Chip, Chip, Chip
2014	nom de plume
2013	The Real Reason
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2012	When Young
2011	14 Ways To A Better Judgement

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Poor Students Of History

It is unprecedented for the men who made a revolution to remain in power after it is over.  Yet one still finds revolutionaries:  that proves how badly history is taught.
—    André Maurois
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2018	#45: It’s Tougher Being President
2017	Consequences
2016	Shouting At The Void
2015	Crab Feed
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2014	Beyond Proof
2013	Poor Students Of History
2012	Between Two Worlds
2011	Common Humanity
2010	The Last Two Olympians

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Determining Our Degree Of Freedom

The degree of our worthiness to become a free people shall be determined by our ability to respect a lawful leader, to agree to the existence of an opposition, to listen to its arguments, and especially to put the nation’s good above all party prejudices and private interest.  Liberty is not one of man’s inalienable rights’.  It is a desirable but difficult acquisition, and must be contended for constantly.
—    André Maurois
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2019	#DullDonald
2018	And Start With Charity
2017	First Things First
2016	Why Would We Expect Truth From A Liar?
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2015	Something Pagan
2014	A Note To Self
2013	Determining Our Degree Of Freedom
2012	Journalism And Fantasy
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2011	Love Questions

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Patriotic == Tell The Truth

Patriotism means to stand by the country.  It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country.  It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country.  It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country.  In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.
—    Theodore Roosevelt
(A Republican President known as “The Trust Buster” because he championed the breakup of monopolies.)
[This is the problem I have with the modern “Tea-Party” led Republican Party:  they profess patriotism, yet are unable to tell the truth.  The judgment of history will be far kinder to President Obama than it will be to a Tea-Party demented (I mean dominated) GOP.     —    kmab]
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2019	Two Peace
2018	The Sensation Of Human Intimacy
2017	One Night In A Thousand Years
2016	A Considerable Amount Of Work
2015	Panzer Soldier
2014	Babies (I)
2013	Patriotic == Tell The Truth
2012	30 Days To Go
2011	Altering The Course

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For A Time

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won.  There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall.  Think of it – ALWAYS.
—    Mahatma Gandhi
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2020	Voting Has Consequences
	We Will Get There! (Woyaya)
2019	Mutually Exclusive
2018	Basic Rights
2017	Thoughtful Attitudes
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2016	The Bell Tolls
2015	It Is What It Is
2014	What Have You Learned (Gently) Lately?
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2013	Ignore The Man Behind The Curtain
	For A Time
2012	What Are Your True Measurements
2011	What It Is All About
2010	The Magnificent Seven
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