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This isn’t allowed anymore
If I hear one more person refer to “the media” as a monolith, I’m going to… to…. Really, we know better than this, don’t we? There is no…
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Category: Culture
Culture
Modern myths
Subtitle: Survival is only for those that can perish. I often wonder about the grand mythic strokes being written across America these last few years. They are big.…
Culture
Stealing Jesus
Christianity is being used. And I don’t mean by typical, hypocritical lip service. I mean, Christians know if anyone truly accepts Christ, they are forgiven for all sins;…
Culture
I’m mourning today
I’m mourning today To the tune of Mitch McConnell. No matter how sincere, No matter how intelligent, No matter how dispassionate, No matter how believable, no matter how…
Culture
on humor and malice
humor is the tendency of experiences or expression to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that…
Culture
On Cults and Cultural Healing
How does a nation’s culture heal on a mass level when so many members are likely: Afraid (because they’ve seen hatred and bullying of the “other” by their…
Culture
Immigration is the American Way…
….but because of atrocious nature of the family separations, many people have conceded even this point. None of what is going on is normal. None of what is…
Best of Mommess
Spiritual Adulting: Part 1. I’m an American bigot. Ugh.
[new subtitle added in Nov 2024]: searching for one’s dog This morning I looked in the spiritual mirror and realized I was a bigot. Not a blowhard, Nazi…
Culture
The Truth Beat – The Authoritarian Directive Broken Down
The other day I looked down to glance at a news paragraph on my phone. It said something like, “there are increasing ethical and criminal breaches at the…
Creativity
The best questions to ask
Years ago, I learned a really good life hack. It was a simple way to immediately change the way your brain is thinking for the better. Anthony Robbins…
Creativity
Marketing on the Web, for White Hat Operators
I’ve been using the web to promote projects and to help clients and causes since 1997. One of my first experiences work experiences was helping a client re-sell…
Body & Health
The Honest.
I go to the same places on the web, over and over. I keep looking for something, and I’m not sure what it is. Outrage, solace, connection, information,…