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Fundamental Principles

Guns, Germs, and Stealing Truth (4: An American Stronghold)

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something” – attributed to Plato (~350 BC; yes, this behavior was recognized that long ago) This blog series began with the events at Sandy Hook … Continue reading →

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Guns, Germs, and Stealing Truth (3: A Russian Stronghold)

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

“Ukraine and its allies, including London, are threatening Russia for the last 1000 years, … to cancel our culture – they have bullied us for many, many years” – Yevgeny Popov, Russian Duma (“Parliament”) member, TV host (BBC News) This … Continue reading →

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Guns, Germs, and Stealing Truth (2: The Boer Stronghold)

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

““Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” – George Santayana There is no simple answer to our question of “Why do we see behaviors such as experienced with Sandy Hook?” (here) This will no doubt confuse and irritate … Continue reading →

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Guns, Germs, and Stealing Truth (1: Sandy Hook)

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

“If you’re not the lead sled dog, the view never changes” It was nearly 10 years ago this coming December when the events at Sandy Hook Elementary took place.  But the events that played out in the ensuing ten years … Continue reading →

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Why “Follow the Science” Fails

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

“The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing that you’ll make one” – Elbert Hubbard (an American writer, artist, and philosopher) We need to tackle a really important issue, one that has received a lot of recent … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Psyches: Putin (Russia) & Zelensky (Ukraine)

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

“The world is not the same today as it was last week” – The Atlantic “Ambition is a lust that is never quenched but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment” – Thomas Otway This is necessarily a long post, … Continue reading →

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Story (On Scripts, Life, and Politics)

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

“Story telling is the creative demonstration of truth.  A story is the living proof of an idea, the conversion of idea to action” – Robert McKee Story (Robert McKee, meuthuen paperback, 2014; hardcover, HarperCollins, 1998) (here) is described on its … Continue reading →

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The Route of Our Discontent – III

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Jim Edmonds

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose a response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom” – Victor Frankl “In our poor or lack of response lies our stagnation … Continue reading →

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The Route of Our Discontent – II

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Jim Edmonds

“One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little.” – Margaret Chase Smith “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace … Continue reading →

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Wit’s Progress

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Jim Edmonds

“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit” ― Oscar Wilde This has been a year for the ages.  At times I felt myself at my wit’s end, probably along with you and nearly 8 billion other people. Shortly after my last post (eons … Continue reading →

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