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Tax the guy behind the tree
"Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree!" Senator Russell Long Taxes are more complicated than anyone can imagine. ...
Dan Connors
Sep 21, 20233 min read
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Scapegoats- Convenient vessels for our sins and problems?
“A group of Nazis surrounded an elderly Berlin Jew and demanded of him, ‘Tell us, Jew, who caused the war?’ The little Jew was no fool....
Dan Connors
Aug 24, 20235 min read
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Future me- who is that guy and why should I care about him?
Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today Hal Hershfield 2023 "The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of...
Dan Connors
Aug 21, 20235 min read
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Make the vice presidency relevant again
"The most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived." John Adams "It's easy being vice...
Dan Connors
Aug 15, 20234 min read
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The Creative Act- Making something out of nothing
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin 2023 The act of creation is a uniquely human act. Ideally, it is a way for our soul to...
Dan Connors
Aug 10, 20235 min read
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Uninhabitable Earth- How Screwed Are We?
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming David Wallace-Wells 2019 “It is worse, much worse, than you think. The slowness of climate...
Dan Connors
Aug 8, 20233 min read
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour- Laughs, Music, and Rebellion
"Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren’t really important, unless they’re heard. The freedom of hearing is as important as...
Dan Connors
Aug 7, 20235 min read
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More & more- is our addiction to more helping or hurting?
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here Hope Jahren 2020 “All species will go extinct eventually,...
Dan Connors
Aug 1, 20233 min read
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Is celebrity worship making us downgrade friends and neighbors?
Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers Landon Y. Jones 2023 "Fame is a by-product. Fame is...
Dan Connors
Jul 19, 20234 min read
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Jeff Bezos' ex-wife Mackenzie Scott and her revolution in giving.
Are the rich getting richer? I have nothing in particular against the rich, but the problem of increasing income inequality has gotten...
Dan Connors
Jul 12, 20234 min read
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Family Ties- the show where family and comedy were more important than politics
Imagine if the popular sitcom All in the Family were reversed- with two liberal parents raising a conservative child. The comedic...
Dan Connors
Jul 6, 20236 min read
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Do disasters bring out the best in us?
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster Rebecca Solnit 2009 “This is a paradise of rising to the...
Dan Connors
Jul 3, 20234 min read
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Katie Porter - one of the few good ones
I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan Katie Porter 2023 “If you’re full of bullshit, I’m coming for ya, I just don’t have...
Dan Connors
Jun 25, 20234 min read
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The Happiest Man in the World? How a Tibetan Monk stunned the world of science.
“I have also come to understand that although some people are naturally happier than others, their happiness is still vulnerable and...
Dan Connors
Jun 19, 20235 min read
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Friendship- the invisible bond that makes life worth living
Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends Marisa G. Franco 2022 "A friend is someone who...
Dan Connors
Jun 14, 20238 min read
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The Obama Syndrome- Racism is Over- Right?
"I'm not a racist, but...." Sure sign that something racist is about to be spoken. On November 4,2008, Illinois senator Barack Obama was...
Dan Connors
Jun 5, 20234 min read
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The Andy Griffith Show- my return to Mayberry
How did a pair of Jewish and Arabic comedians create a sitcom that captured the heart of America and the top spot on television for...
Dan Connors
May 31, 20235 min read
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What's the Magic Word?
Magic Words Jonah Berger 2023 “Saying you “recommend” rather than “like” something makes people 32 percent more likely to take your...
Dan Connors
May 29, 20234 min read
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You've Got a Great Past Ahead of You
" It means your future hasn't been written yet.No one's has.Your future is whatever you make it.So make it a good one, both of you. " ...
Dan Connors
May 27, 20234 min read
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Soul Boom- Dwight from The Office creates a new religion
Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution Rainn Wilson 2023 "I think God has a tremendous sense of humor" Rainn Wilson For nine...
Dan Connors
May 18, 20235 min read
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