Continued from yesterday’s post, Part 1 . Justice and feedback Ever since grade school, I’ve been fervently interested in prison reform. ...

Friday, October 14 At the homeless shelter where I stay, bunks are supposed to be assigned daily strictly on a first-come, first-served...

(Originally posted 05/14/15. Reblogged 09/12/24.)) Bookmarks: Poor children have smaller brains ———— ♦ ———— New brain science shows poor...

Bookmarks: BLM • Heroes of Olympics gymnastics • Karma • Can we talk? ———— ♦ ———— Black Lives Matter Reveals Platform Focusing On Six...

Bookmarks: The silent menace • Atrocity in Rio • A hidden epidemic ———— ♦ ———— Squirrels: America’s silent menace ———— ♦ ———— Atrocity...

ADVISORY: This post includes explicit content that some readers may find objectionable. One lives in a world substantially of one’s own...

One lives in a world substantially of one’s own creation. The offering plate came around, and I got a shock. I can remember when I...

Bookmarks: Boycott these newspapers • The happy hooker • Clocks mystery “solved” • This little girl has balls. • An incredible story...

White Americans are nearly as blind to their racism as ever before An orthodoxy is a system of ideas that adherents insist one must...

Bookmarks: Poor children have smaller brains ———— ♦ ———— New brain science shows poor kids have smaller brains than affluent kids I...

We begin with Galaxian ’s comment on “Jeanette:” Schizophrenia is not a karmic matter. It is an organic disease just as much as cancer...

Jeanette is a pleasant, demented homeless woman who frequents St. Paul Plaza and the library. She’s always immaculately dressed. I don’t...

On Friday, July 25, I emerged from my devotional time exceptionally centered , and I stayed that way for hours. Nothing like this has...

R.I.P. Brian Williard, a.k.a. funnyphilosopher . Homey died yesterday. Earlier in the week, he had consumed too much alcohol in too...

(Originally published 06/05/13 at Trojan Horse Productions . Reblogged 01/17/19 .) Short life of Carter Scott marred by accusations of...

A vector in a three-dimensional space. I envision the emotional or spiritual world as a ten-dimensional space, in which a vector (arrow)...

“ How I became homeless ” is a long post that may be difficult to read at one sitting. The links here below can help. Clicking on any...

Adam Grant, The Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman, An Antidote to the Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence Dilemma: a...

PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS! Nancy Lanza, a mother tragic and infuriating When I saw the TV news segment on the official report a few nights...

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