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Peach Picking Philosopher

PEACH PICKING PHILOSOPHER – Peaches propelled my early descent to the Dark Side. When I was 15, I spent the summer working in an orchard with an endlessly enraged ex-drill sergeant as foreman. That job nourished my cynicism, cigar smoking, and my devotion to self-employment. Most important: the philosophical lesson drawn from a hard-drinking co-worker […]

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Political Positive Thinking is a Slave’s Virtue

This quote is from Attention Deficit Democracy (Palgrave, 2006).  I trimmed it slightly from the book version: “In politics, ‘positive thinking’ is often a slave’s virtue, something people do to delude themselves about the burdens and chains being placed upon them.” The background & text layout thanks to Canva.com design software site. Here’s an earlier […]

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