Category Archives: thinking in words

Our Culture of Sociopathy: History Will Not Be Kind to Us

Posted on May 27, 2025 by randomyriad
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2025 Guide To Intelligent Interraction in a Morally and Intellectually Challenged Society: Lessons #1 and 2

Posted on April 8, 2025 by randomyriad

Reading is a means of listening. Reading is not as passive as hearing or viewing. It’s an act: you do it. You read at your pace, your own speed, not the ceaseless, incoherent, gabbling, shouting rush of the media. You … Continue reading →

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Strategies for Waging Peace in the Uncivil War #1: Communicating Values through Truth in Labeling

Posted on April 1, 2025 by randomyriad
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Collateral Damage in the Uncivil War #1

Posted on February 23, 2025 by randomyriad

A Firefighter’s Warning The short sighted decision to unfairly fire the best employees in the federal land management agencies will have major negative ramifications this upcoming fire season. I have worked for a federal land management agency for 25 years. … Continue reading →

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Unintended Journeys #1

Posted on January 21, 2025 by randomyriad

One Afternoon in January I locked my keys in when I took out the trash and had to walk the chilly half mile Under an endless blue sky to work where my spare keys are kept, I came back by … Continue reading →

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