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Contents

• Blog Comments
• Soldier on the battlefield
• Journalist an earned accolade
• Pointers
• Websites and blogs
• Pointers to books
• Bronowski's 'Magic, Science and Civilization'
• Exploring Character
• Educating character: A parable
• The Case for Simple Wisdoms
• Sisyphus and You
• To Think vs. To Be
• Great Thinkers
• Essays
• Weblog comments and your sensible future
• International Violence
• The Protective Umbrella
• Mystical Religions
• Montaigne
• Apocalypse Now
• 24 Hours of Democracy Essay
• Letters
• Courage and Clarity    (Written in 2003)
• Letter to Le Figaro    (Written in 2003)
• Sovereignty    (Written in 2002, 2003)
• Free Press and a Better Future    (Written in 1999)
• Letter to Scott Simon
• Letter on Cocktail Rape
• Editorials
• The Real Advantage of Democracy
• Selling democracy    (Written in 2003)
• Flag: Confusing symbols with substance    (Written in 2003)
• Freedom brings responsibility    (Written in 2003)
• Seeds of War    (Written in 2003)
• Who pays a living wage?    (Written in 2002)
• When Advise and Consent becomes Smile and Dissent    (Written in 2002)
• September 11, 2001
• Difference between fantasy and reality    (Written in 2001)
• For which it stands...    (Written in 1998)
• But History could...    (Written in 1996)
• Oppose the flag amendment    (Written in 1995)
• Lectures
• Language and Thought    (Written in 1981)
• Newspapers in 2010    (Written in 1990)
• Digital Highways    (Written in 1993)
• New Media -- A Smaller Newspaper Perspective    (Written in 2003)
• Simple Wisdoms Overview -- First draft of book written a long time ago: Simple Wisdoms    (Written in the 1980s)
• In a Nutshell
• Historical Thinking
• What can we do?
• Why write this book?
• Current Circumstance
• Jaynes' View of Consciousness
• Naming and Recursion
• Compelling Morality
• The Process
• In Practice
• Simple Wisdoms
• Educating Simple Wisdoms
• Implications of Simple Wisdoms
• Applying Simple Wisdoms
• Simple Wisdoms Reading
• Appendix of Quotations
• Aphorisms
• -
• Reading List

Past Entries Listing

Date	Subject
9/26/07	We believe in freedom of speech
7/2/07	Independence Day e-mail
3/26/07	LMV Media Day material
3/21/07	NPR steps over the line
3/16/07	Webs of incompetence, deceit, and politics
3/11/07	Draft-Webs of incompetence, deceit, and politics
2/23/07	Five minute message to Iraq
12/11/06	Become known for your fudge
12/6/06	Imams and the media
12/4/06	Unethical Nihilism
11/30/06	Unethical Unrealism
11/27/06	Crisis? What crisis?
11/20/06	Correct position on free speech
10/30/06	Journalistic Indifference
10/1/06	Overcoming Indifference
9/11/06	On what does society depend?
8/28/06	Taking on the media
8/10/06	Critically critical thinking
6/30/06	What Hamdan v. Rumsfeld means
5/16/06	The problem of immigration
4/16/06	Euston Alternative
4/6/06	Courage to stand up to thugs
3/31/06	Citizens to government: Butt out!
3/28/06	Second generation creations
3/19/06	Answers for Tom Stoppard
3/18/06	In support of free speech
3/14/06	Turning point
3/6/06	Why democracy
3/5/06	Measured steps toward civilization
3/3/06	Is Islam compatible with democracy?
2/27/06	Saving public education
2/26/06	Three simple questions
2/26/06	Paradox of tolerance
2/24/06	Apocalypse resolve
2/23/06	Bullfeathers
2/23/06	Piling on South Dakota legislators
2/23/06	Not sacred, but with reverence
2/22/06	Washington's good citizens
2/22/06	Screamiotics
2/22/06	The seeds of destruction
2/22/06	Disinfectant for disinformation
2/10/06	Supporting Swedish freedom
2/5/06	Funny... those Danish flags
1/29/06	Dangerous blasphemy
1/24/06	Neo-Christianity
1/24/06	Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters?
1/17/06	Presuming to channel God
1/16/06	To simplify blogging on Iran
12/27/05	The biggest story of 2005
12/1/05	Finding a moral axiom
11/19/05	Whither the press
10/11/05	Good Night Modern Liberalism
7/14/05	Weak reporters doing a bad job
7/7/05	Civilization above terror
6/14/05	Lost in the funhouse
6/13/05	There oughta be a law...
6/7/05	A graduation speech...
6/6/05	Creeping control
6/1/05	Federal Election Commission blog rule...
5/31/05	Leadership
5/31/05	Demand justice only if you value justice
5/31/05	Two questions for the Bolton nomination
5/31/05	What is 'Fair and Balanced'?
5/9/05	Not a hostage to history
4/26/05	Patience is no virtue
4/9/05	Day by Day cartoon -- by Chris Muir
4/7/05	Lessons in economics and geography
4/5/05	Happy blogging anniversary!
4/1/05	An unconditional right
3/29/05	Blather be gone!
3/28/05	Political speech: Regulation versus i...
3/27/05	The language choice
3/25/05	My travels
3/23/05	The White House GaggleBlog
3/22/05	Why art?
3/20/05	Liberty, peace and an Iraq anniversar...
3/19/05	Which peace? On the anniversary of th...
3/16/05	Interpreting the problems of journalism
3/15/05	Critique of 'Journalism: Power withou...
3/14/05	On Rosen on Minogue
3/13/05	A New York change of mind
3/7/05	Gagging on the 'tough' gaggle
3/6/05	Instead of the White House Press, You...
3/4/05	Real value of blogs
3/4/05	De-certifying 'De-Certifying the Press'
2/28/05	Removing the 'Post' from Post-Press
2/26/05	No excuse for poor journalism
2/21/05	The savage journey
2/14/05	Seven points worth remembering about ...
2/13/05	Inquiring or adversarial press
2/12/05	Legacy of Jordan and his peers
2/12/05	CNN's simplistic branding lost
2/4/05	'We report. We decide'
2/3/05	Educating character: A parable
1/28/05	Cheer on the votes
1/20/05	Hillary Rosen misrepresents Intellect...
1/18/05	Activism undermines journalism
1/18/05	The Lens of the Media
1/14/05	The currency that counts
12/22/04	We are the target
12/3/04	Free yourself from the FCC
11/27/04	Assertion-based reality
11/21/04	Reclaiming news
11/21/04	Reality-based reporting
11/11/04	Waters' Laws
11/10/04	Concentric Circles
11/9/04	Journalism is up to it
11/3/04	2004 Election Aftermath
11/2/04	PIPA Presumptions
10/31/04	De-certify and discredit?
10/29/04	Towards more useful journalism
10/27/04	Issues2004
10/23/04	Too much reality... and Journalism
10/18/04	An article of faith
10/15/04	Lies
10/15/04	NPR's version of Iraq's Green Zone
10/14/04	NPR 'Letter' on Calvin Trillin
10/8/04	Journalism Can Do Better
10/8/04	On 'Priesthood Laughs'
10/6/04	Fiskable debates
10/4/04	Health Care Hints
10/4/04	It's about the oil
9/30/04	On the War in Iraq
9/22/04	"Fahrenheit 451" and the Media
9/8/04	After the fall
8/17/04	Journalism after 9-11
8/16/04	The indulgent baby boomer effect
8/15/04	Alert Level Orange
8/7/04	Church and State
8/3/04	Bring them on.
7/29/04	Free Press and a Better Future
7/7/04	The Teachout Cultural Concurrence Index
6/28/04	Nasty Habits
6/26/04	Fog of the fortress mentality
6/25/04	Wisdom to know the difference
6/9/04	Challenging Sovereignty
6/7/04	Correcting Democratic Self-defeating ...
6/4/04	World Press Review ceases publication
6/1/04	Useful news perspectives
5/21/04	The 'Bush lied about WMD' Tango
5/19/04	When Religion confronts Civilization
5/11/04	Bronowski's 'Magic, Science and Civil...
5/10/04	To be willing to rethink
5/10/04	Stoking voter backlash
5/8/04	Glossary
5/7/04	Fisking "Wait ... tell us again:"
5/7/04	Commenting on the Blogs
5/4/04	Considering a Career in Journalism?
5/1/04	Ted Koppel needs a blog
4/29/04	Rosen's Bush Thesis Redux
4/28/04	Refocusing the media lens
4/27/04	The Battle for your Mind
4/27/04	Journalism Almanac
4/26/04	Reading List
4/26/04	Radio-Manila Outlining
4/26/04	J-Course Outline
4/23/04	Why write this book?
4/23/04	What can we do?
4/23/04	Historical Thinking
4/23/04	Contacts
4/23/04	Shielding the People from What We Nee...
4/21/04	BloggerCon II Blogging in Academia
4/21/04	BloggerCon II Presidential Bloggers S...
4/21/04	BloggerCon II Journalism Session
4/19/04	Instruments of change: then and now
4/17/04	BloggerCon II Notes
4/15/04	Simple Wisdoms Overview
4/15/04	Weblog comments and your sensible future
4/15/04	Pointers to books
4/15/04	Websites and blogs
4/14/04	Lens of the media
4/12/04	Guidelines
4/12/04	Journalist an earned accolade
4/12/04	Soldier on the battlefield
4/9/04	Courage and Clarity
4/9/04	Selling democracy
4/9/04	Flag: Confusing symbols with substance
4/9/04	Freedom brings responsibility
4/9/04	Seeds of War
4/9/04	Letter to Le Figaro
4/9/04	Who pays a living wage?
4/9/04	When Advise and Consent becomes Smile...
4/9/04	September 11, 2001

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