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A Call For Enhanced Optimism

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Gene Stewart

We all read Flowers For Algernon in school.  Daniel Keyes’s story of a man and his beloved mouse enhanced to genius, then reduced by the same drug to a descent into imbecility, is pathetic, horrific, and emotional.  It makes an … Continue reading →

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Stiff Neck

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Have had a spiked headache for a few days now.  Stiff neck, won’t get comfortable.  My wife said she had it for three days but it passed; mine’s lingering.  No idea what sort of bug it is, but it’s pesksome. … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Tarantella: A Plea for Culture Change

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Gene Stewart

If you inform yourself of climate changes, you clearly see the pattern compressing and worsening. Yes, it’s always changed, but never this steeply this fast, and never with such consequences. It is not inevitable to collapse a stable system. That’s … Continue reading →

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Get Up And Fight Back

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Gene Stewart

Someone walks up to you and your loved ones and begins swinging an axe and just chopping the bloody hell out of your loved ones. Bet you stand there “loving” them and “forgiving” them and saying, “Oh, there’s still hope” … Continue reading →

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IFF

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Enlightened, rational adults think the teabaggers are ignorant and backward thinking but they are actually just representatives of a different, enemy culture, the one our ideals fight against. The one America was founded to fight against. The one that dominates … Continue reading →

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It’s (not) the Thought that Counts, It’s the Stuff

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Gene Stewart

“[Fighting piracy is] becoming a full time job. There’s literally scores of sites containing pirated copies of my ebooks, and every time I get a DMCA notice served on one another springs up. It’s getting to the point where it’s … Continue reading →

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Turning Fear’s Key

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Religionist cons always offer eternal peace and love because they target the insecure even as they ramp up fear, hate, and anxiety. This combination of unrelenting pressure and an offer of refuge is irresistible to abused slaves. Hence Nietzsche’s dictum … Continue reading →

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We Are This Society

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Gene Stewart

We Are This Society. We live in a society now that has allowed food to become poison, greed a virtue, and sadistic cruelty praiseworthy. We are part of a society that pollutes its air, land, and water as fast as … Continue reading →

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A View from the Tip of the Iceberg We Hit

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Gene Stewart

How fake the world has become due to corporate domination.  Sitting in a parking lot at a shopping plaza within sight of a housing development, I gestured around us and said, Show me one real building or vehicle.  It’s all … Continue reading →

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