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Academician, Engineer, Former Republican, Amateur Philosopher
Diaries published: 13 (5 days since last diary on Tue Apr 27, 2021 at 09:39 AM PDT)
Comments posted: 55 (5 days since last comment on Tue Apr 27, 2021 at 04:25 PM PDT)
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Most Recommended Diary: Weird worship: Christian anti-intellectualism doesn't win hearts or minds, 36 comments, 42 recommends
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Like Sophie’s Choice, the 1979 William Styron novel (and 1982 film adaptation that brought Meryl Streep her second Oscar for best actress), Baby Boomers (full disclosure — I am one) are now faced with a choice that although it is not as unbearable and...
by rmartin1241
 19 comments
on Tue Apr 27, 2021 at 09:39 AM PDT
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The tale of Pinocchio contains Biblical allusions to the books of Luke (the Prodigal Son) and Jonah (swallowed by a large fish). In Pinocchio and both of the Bible stories, we see (1) a young man who makes a conscious decision to disobey his father’s...
by rmartin1241
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on Tue Mar 30, 2021 at 08:28 PM PDT
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To clumsily paraphrase Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying appeal, I believe the most fervent wish of true-blue Americans is that our elected Democratic majority not be replaced until a new spirit of honesty is installed in the hearts of the Republican...
by rmartin1241
33 comments
on Wed Mar 24, 2021 at 08:53 PM PDT
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Muppity Puppity Poodlety Pooh, We’re going to market to make ice cream stew. We’ll buy a fine cabbage and crinkle the leaves, And mix it with mustard from middle Maldives. We’ll slice a few raisins and butter them well, Add ginger reduction with...
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on Wed Mar 03, 2021 at 06:15 AM PST
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Progressives, most Democrats, and many Independents agree — the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule is anti-democratic and should be reformed. Congress can’t accomplish anything when it is paralyzed by Mitch McConnell’s iron grip on his...
by rmartin1241
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on Sun Feb 28, 2021 at 07:45 PM PST
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Eric Metaxas is the type of intellectual (Yale graduate, author of four bestsellers, radio program host) whom reason-seeking Judeo-Christians once welcomed to their pulpits. Thanks to Emma Green, columnist/interviewer for the Atlantic,...
by rmartin1241
36 comments
on Tue Feb 16, 2021 at 07:59 AM PST
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- The Biden administration is moving rapidly to dig this country out from the noxious pile of racism, xenophobia, and bigotry the Trump administration tried to normalize in our government over the last four years. The damage and harm that words can do...38 comments 201 Recs
- The process of distillation means to purify, purge, or rid a substance of impurities. In the usual sense, distilling concentrates the “essence” of the matter being vaporized. Depending on your viewpoint, the Republican “base”, those who...102 comments 151 Recs
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