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- The Most Ridiculous Story Ever Told
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* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
* Sheldon Adelson and the Journalists (6-3-26)
* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
* The Cost of Refusing the Misunderstanding Myth (6-2-26)
* Show Me How It Travels (6-2-26)
* The Norm Explainers (6-2-26)
* Centering Marginalized Voices (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Washington Post put its reader first? (6-1-26)
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Category Archives: Personal
Bringing Souls Out Of Hiding
Ideas that give me energy: * Pursuing excellence. * Think about what I’ve done excellently * Think about the look on the faces of people who appreciate me. Think about the pretty girls I’ve kissed and how they said wow … Continue reading
High School Wounds
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The Road To Recovery
* With every potential sponsee, I give them a template for our work. It lists two books that I require sponsees to have available every time we meet so they should get them as e-books available on their phone. And … Continue reading
Things I Didn’t Know 20 Years Ago
* That secular people are about as honest and ethical as religious people. * That Orthodox observance doesn’t usually make Jews more ethical. * How much value there is in seeing things from different points of view. For example, I … Continue reading
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Misc
* I couldn’t figure out why a GF was co-parenting a Rottweiler with some bloke. About six months later, I realized they had a relationship. It’s great when a GF stays close to her exes. Nothing like making crazy love … Continue reading
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Will The Last Luke Ford Viewer Please Plug In The CPAP?
I don’t like failing, but it doesn’t bother me as much as it used to (if it is not vital to my life). I don’t think I need to feel special as intensely as I used to need this (still … Continue reading
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My Rules For Life
I look for ways to approach life that make me happy and prosperous, that enable me to get along with other people, and to have a sense of ease with myself, with others, with the universe and with God. * … Continue reading
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Brundlefly Hurts
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Do You Have A Vision For Your Life?
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