How many people have given up on their dreams as a way of getting even with themselves, or they think they don’t deserve to have their dreams come true? Maybe they have come to realize it takes more effort than originally thought to have them come true. Now that Las Vegas has an NHL hockey team and an NFL football …
This is something; culture is not your friend. Culture is for other people’s convenience and the convenience of various institutions, churches, companies, tax collection schemes, what have you. It is not your friend, it insults you. It disempowers you. It uses and abuses you. None of us are well treated by culture. – Terrance McKenna If or when culture dies, …
The Lottery was a short story written by Shirley Jackson some years ago. It shows what happens when people don’t question the traditions they do and when it descends into a superstitious and meaningless ritual. After her story was published, many of the subscriptions to the magazine The Lottery appeared in was cancelled and people refused to speak to Jackson …
By Ron Murdock Whistle blowers are the truth seekers and we must demand the truth. Who does not want to know the truth? Sadly, in an empire of lies the truth has become treason. – Ron Paul I’m hoping that logic and rational thought will make a comeback sometime soon, but there are days I’m not that optimistic. My hope …
By Ron Murdock I don’t think it’s about thinking one person can do everything. It’s about training people to be exposed to new ways of thinking. – Alan Guttmacher The above quote can be taken two ways. It can be taken as a way for people to be open minded to learn new things. But two words – training people …
English is one of the most complex languages on Earth to learn, and here are some very good reasons why: Wayne knew his career was on the wane. Frank was quite frank on where he stood on various issues. Cooking with the new pan did pan out. It’s good to give a present while in the present moment. Carol was …
Where does one draw the line between using bad judgement and being a liar?… The expression ‘forever and a day’ doesn’t make much sense does it? Since when does eternity have an extra day like a leap year?… Will under sleeping be the next health epidemic?… How much do you want to live in a world where a global committee …
One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. – Aldous Huxley It looks as if people want to know what the truth is, but not the entire scope of it. So I would say they are more willing to settle for a manufactured version of truth. Propaganda is quite the effective marketing tool to get as many …
