Fandango’s Provocative Question #202 Now here’s a really good question: Have you ever been sure that you knew something to be true only to find out that what you thought you knew to be true was, in fact, not true? If… Read More ›
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WHEN NOTHING MEANS ANYTHING
It’s a Friday Flashback! I’m always glad to have a reason to pull this out of my archives and dust it off. It represents years of thought, night-long discussions in college, several obscure philosophy courses and at least one 40-page research paper…. Read More ›
WE STAND FOR JUSTICE, TRUTH, AND THE VALUE OF A SINGLE HUMAN BEING
I have been told that when Spencer Tracy gave this speech towards the end of the production of Judgement At Nuremberg, he did it in a single take. Everyone gathered from other sets to listen to him, one of the… Read More ›
THE BEST POLICY
To Tell The Truth, Rich Paschall At times it may seem okay to tell an “innocent little lie.” You may want to “protect” someone from the truth. You may not want to hurt them. You may want to save bad… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD: OUCH!
Is every piece of truth worth telling? (Credit to the magnificent Cyranny for this one) This is one of those things that annoys me when I see it as part of a story plot. Goofus (male/female) has an affair. It is brief… Read More ›
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? DRIP BY DRIP, DROP BY DROP.
When what you believe cannot be proved using evidence which is not opinion, you know nothing. When the basis of your opinion — and beliefs — are lies, you know less than nothing. Political lies and corruption have always been… Read More ›
BRUTAL HONESTY AND THE KINDNESS OF A LOVING LIE
There is a time for honesty and a time for kind, warm-hearted honest lying. For example, here are questions that absolutely require a “yes” as the answer, no matter what think: “Do these jeans make me look fat?” If you… Read More ›
KARMA
Fandango’s Provocative Question #89 I think we need to start with a definition because Karma means different things to different people and faiths, including people of no particular faith. The dictionary says: Karma: In Hinduism and Buddhism, the sum of a… Read More ›
PLUTOCRACY OR OLIGARCHY? THE UGLY CHOICE OF THIS UPCOMING ELECTION
We live in a country full of shallow, if not outrightly stupid people. They watch “the news” and believe it’s all lies because an orange-skinned bloke says so. As a woman whose husband was a television news reporter for more… Read More ›
ENJOYING AN IMPERFECT LIFE
Nothing goes exactly as planned. No vacation or visit is perfect. Some part of every meal won’t be ready when the rest of the dishes are served. Guests come too early or late, leave too soon — or not soon… Read More ›
IF YOU DON’T READ, YOU PROBABLY CAN’T WRITE – Marilyn Armstrong
Blogging Insights # 34 – Reading QUESTION Do you think that reading is an important prerequisite for writing well? If so, what kind of reading material inspires or affects your writing? I never took a writing course. .I never wanted… Read More ›
THE MAN WHO WILL NOT BOW – GORDON C. STEWART
Originally posted on Views from the Edge:
Independence Day at Mount Rushmore The Fourth of July feels a bit different this year. When the sculptors chiseled the 60-foot faces of Presidents George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919),…
WHAT IT ALL MEANS – Marilyn Armstrong
“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in… Read More ›
THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THE SMALL PRINT – Marilyn Armstrong
The biggest lie we tell all the time is that when we check the box at the bottom we are agreeing to an interminable list of conditions that basically say whatever they say. What we know is if we do… Read More ›
SHARE YOUR WORLD FOR THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER — Marilyn Armstrong
World Sharing – Mid November — almost holiday time! Can we ever experience anything objectively? Why or why not? (Now for the people who may not understand that idea, this is what objective means (definition wise): Something that is not… Read More ›
GIFTS, DREAMS, AND MAKING IT HAPPEN – Marilyn Armstrong
The lie has become so ingrained in our culture that we accept it without question. Today, I question it, its validity and its basis. Just because it has become our national motto doesn’t make it right. This is the lie… Read More ›
IS HONESTY YOUR BEST POLICY – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #38 Do you really want to tell your wife she looks fat in those jeans? No? Do you need to tell her you slept with her best friend, even if it was before you got married? Or for… Read More ›
FACTS AND TRUTH #FPQ – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #30 From Fandango: Comedian Stephen Colbert coined the word “truthiness” a dozen or so years ago. Truthiness, Colbert explains, is the quality of seeming to be true based upon one’s intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic… Read More ›
EVERYTHING. NOTHING. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? – Marilyn Armstrong
I’m always glad to have a reason to pull this out of my archives and dust it off. It represents years of thought, night-long discussions in college, several obscure philosophy courses and at least one 40-page research paper. How bizarre that now,… Read More ›
IT’S JUST A THEORY – REBLOG – Fandango
Words matter. Truth matters. Definitions count. I remember a brief conversation with someone I had counted as a friend who told me that all reporting was lies. I pointed out that my husband — among many other friends — was… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 