Tag: politics

• Snowy Days

  I was supposed to travel to Mississippi for work this week. Of course it didn’t happen. Flights going into Memphis International Airport were canceled due to the big winter storm battering the south. Well, it’s battering much of the US too, including up here in Chicago where we expect another 4” of snow on top…

  Jeremy C Kester

  February 15, 2021

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  Chicago, libertarian, Mississippi, politics, snow, snow removal, socialism, weather

• The More I Hear

  This last election I didn’t vote. That’s right, I decided that my vote was best expressed through the action of non-action. I was never an “anyone but Trump” person, nor was I ever a MAGA fan. To this day I will not vote for a person who owns/owned a casino, as Trump has (not sure…

  Jeremy C Kester

  January 22, 2021

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  politics, President of the US, presidential race, Tulsi Gabbard, US politics

• Be Slow

  Ever since the Capitol building was seized by a large group seeking to overturn the certification of the election of Joe Biden, I have seen a number of articles, mostly sent by my friend, calling the event everything from an attempted coup to an insurrection to a call for revolution. Many of the articles ridiculed…

  Jeremy C Kester

  January 13, 2021

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  opinions, political thought, politics, stoic, stoicism

• Seeking Truth

  The other day my friend texted me with a handful of funny memes alone with an article. He was asking me my opinion on a number of things political. This was normal banter between us, as we’ve grown accustomed to seeking out each other’s opinions on political events. We don’t see eye-to-eye often, mainly because…

  Jeremy C Kester

  November 22, 2020

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  Diogenese, history, Marcus Aurelius, philosophy, political ideas, politics, Socrates, socratic method, stoicism, The Social Dilemma, thinking, thought, truth, writing

• to open or not to open…

  I was supposed to make a trip this weekend to pick up family that is spending the summer with us. That trip was postponed. In the age of COVID, said family member had come into direct contact with someone else we know who tested positive for the virus the next day. In fact, said family…

  Jeremy C Kester

  June 13, 2020

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  conspiracy, coronavirus, covid-19, government, pandemic, politics, thoughts, virus