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Words to Ponder #12
“There is no time in history where the people who were censoring speech were the good guys.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. There are a number of reasons why one might want another person’s speech to be censored. Ultimately, though, it is most often for the reason that one cannot defend their own ideas against that…
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Strikes and Pen Strokes
A lot is going about in the halls of social media and the news regarding the strikes between writers and actors. Both of the overarching organizations, the Writer’s Guild and the Actor’s Guild, announced then executed their strikes — all spurred by the growing disparities between what members of these groups get for their work…
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Words to Ponder #11
“History books as kids get older are all about facts, they’re all about punching holes in things, in showing how the heroes of the past were all racists and hypocrites.” Ryan Holiday – from the “Daily Dad” email July 17, 2023 This one strikes me, given how so much of today’s world seems to focus…
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Words to Ponder #10
“Ever tried. Ever failed. matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett This happens to be one of my favorite quotes, and one that I have a lot of trouble actually following. Failure is such a scary thing, even when it has little in the way of down-sides. We don’t like failing, and often…
Jeremy C Kester
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Jeremy C Kester 