I wandered again to my home in the mountain Where in youth’s early dawn I was happy and free I looked for my friends but I never could find them I found they were all […]
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So You’re 250. Here’s the Condition Your Condition Is In
In his 1922 book Public Opinion, Walter Lippmann asserted that we live in “pseudo-environments”—subjective, simplified interpretations of the complex, dynamic and superabundant world around us. He claimed that the decisions and actions necessary to our survival […]
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Perfect Day for a Tirade
For the first time ever, I berated someone in public. And I couldn’t have picked a better day to do it. The sun was out in a cloudless sky and the temperature was holding at […]
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The New Kid
Sunday night before brushing his teeth, my kid said, “There’s a new kid at school.” He was looking at me in a way that suggested I should understand the significance of that. And I thought […]