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Reflections on the State of the Union
When I heard this line, I had to pause and bask in its profundity. If there was ever a line that so succinctly captured the President's
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Thoughts on a President Oprah
My guess is, knowing nothing else about her, and merely applying the Persuasion Filter, that she would tap into the emotional state of the c
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How to Fail and Win Bigly
The chill point, for me, came when Scott was again backed into an impossible corner. The moment he describes himself as shifting from a pas
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Rebutting Greg Conan's Rebuttal of Me
His many so-called lies are more-so deliberate exaggeration meant to serve as an emotional carrier wave to lead people where Trump wants the
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Reflections on the New Jersey Governor's Election
One of the benefits of being an independent is it empowers you to make more rational choices. Not being tethered to a single party or candi
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Law #1: Never Outshine the Master (Persuader)
So powerful was Scott's writing that, to this day, his conceptualization of creation remains a core component of my own personal cosmolo