July 2020
74 articles published this month.
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Readers Write
An email from RM
I have been reading and following your advice for a while now…. Thank you for not only the advice, but the honesty in your actions.
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Fun and/or Interesting
Why Cultural Relativism Falls Short
All cultures are not equal... all religions are not fundamentally the same.
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Notes From My Journal
Searching For COVID Facts Beyond Political Spin
“I believe in innovation, and the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.” – Bill Gates Even Less Positive JM is negative. So are PR, RT, and SC. K is positive. So is PB, my…
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A Word to the Wise
proliferate (verb)
To proliferate (pruh-LIH-fuh-rate) is to multiply; to increase or spread rapidly and excessively. As I used it today: “Viruses don’t extinguish themselves. They proliferate until their basic reproductive rate…
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How Coronavirus Spreads Through Your Body
Once you’ve been infected with the coronavirus, it spreads through your body via cell-to cell transmission. This is how it works: The coronavirus contains ribonucleic acid (RNA) surrounded by a protective…
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Worth Watching
Stanford Mathematician Explains COVID-19 Growth Curves
If you are really into the math behind the COVID-19 models, you’ll love this guy (Stanford University’s Michael Levitt). I can’t get enough of him and yet I understand very little of what he’s saying. I ran…
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Fun and/or Interesting
Brother-In-Law Sends Cheerful Surprise
My brother-in-law sent this to cheer me up. It did.
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Notes From My Journal
Not So Positive
“Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.” – Elie Wiesel In Friday’s blog post, I told you that I had contracted COVID-19 from…
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A Word to the Wise
clarion (adjective)
Clarion (KLARE-ee-un) means loud and clear. As used by Martin Dempsey: “Sometimes we wait for thunderclaps, drumrolls, and clarion calls to alert us to what’s important when, actually, it’s most often the…
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Fun and/or Interesting
Cryptocurrency blackmail scam alert
You can subscribe to “alerts” from the FTC – direct-to-consumer notices about worldwide scams that are being perpetrated digitally. (Subscribe at ftc.gov.) I signed up a while ago. This is the most recent one…
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Worth Reading
Nostalgia And Struggle In Modern Times
“An Uphill Battle” – a nostalgic essay from Taki’s Magazine. To read it, click here.
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Fun and/or Interesting
Inside The Human Brain's Intricate Cellular Architecture
An amazingly detailed animation of the human brain... https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/1179056422226614/?t=0
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Notes From My Journal
Getting COVID-19 Changed My Perspective Entirely
“Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.” – Jordan Peterson I’m Positive I’ve written at least a half-dozen essays on the coronavirus and COVID-19 since the beginning of April. I was…
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A Word to the Wise
portentous (adjective)
Portentous (por-TEN-tus) means serious; ominous. As used by Francine Prose: “What makes [Hillary Mantel’s] novels seem at once breezy and substantial is Mantel's knack for leavening her weighty themes with…
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Fun and/or Interesting
American Independence Day Celebrations Around The World
The US isn’t the only country to celebrate the 4th of July. In Britain, Portugal, and Sweden, American military bases host celebrations that are supported by local businesses as a way to boost tourism. And for…
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Fox 8, a novella
Fox 8 is an illustrated (line drawings by Chelsea Cardinal) story whose protagonist is a talking fox. Saunders is a huge favorite of mine. His stories are emotionally compelling, darkly humorous, and…
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Fun and/or Interesting
The Linguistic Genius You Need To Know
If you like language, you will love this guy.
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Notes From My Journal
A Found Poem From OK Cigars Basement
I’ve been writing poems for years. Hundreds and hundreds of them. A small percentage get into print. And most of those, when I reread them after a year or two, are disappointing. This one was not. I like it as…
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Worth Quoting
Robert Frost On Poetry's Perfect Convergence
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” – Robert Frost
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A Word to the Wise
fugacious (adjective)
Something that’s fugacious (fyoo-GAY-shus) is fleeting; transitory. As used by Hannah More: “Honours and dignities are transient, beauty and riches frail and fugacious.”
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Worth Reading
The latest issue of Independent Healing — July 1, 2020
What medical care is safe during the pandemic? In this issue, you’ll learn about the 8 kinds of medical appointments you may be able to skip until the coronavirus threat passes… and 4 types of care you should…
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Fun and/or Interesting
One-Third Of American Jobs Can Go Remote
According to the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics, one-third of jobs in the US can be done at home.
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Readers Write
An email from FJ
Just wanted to thank you for your book Ready, Fire, Aim. I am only midway through but I’ve already picked up more useful things than I have during my MBA and business degree combined. I am an aspiring…
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Fun and/or Interesting
FTC's Essential Tips For Safe Online Shopping
Good advice from the FTC on shopping online…
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