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The Triumph of Hate?
I was recently watching a video from the good folks at Playing for Change. In particular, I was watching their rendition of Peace Train by Cat…
Dec 2, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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November 2023
The Great American Credit Card Caper
Got Credit Cards? The odds are incredibly high that any adult living in the USA has one or more credit cards. Our airwaves are laden with ads touting…
Nov 30, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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Your "Emotional Rescue."
Webster's defines emotions as “a conscious mental reaction (such as anger or fear) subjectively experienced as strong feeling usually directed toward a…
Nov 17, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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Trust, Love & Other Stuff
Throughout much of my life I’ve heard that Trust and Love are intertwined. The implication was and is that if you genuinely love someone then you…
Nov 3, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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October 2023
Reject Hate!
Today, as one of the world’s largest military forces prepares to “invade” a virtually defenseless population, it is beyond disheartening to see the…
Oct 24, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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September 2023
The Gilded Age of the Fear-mongers!
Shortly after I turned 5 years old my parents opted to return to the state where I’d been born. Though new to me for all practical purposes, both of my…
Sep 13, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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August 2023
The Myth of the "Benevolent Billionaire"
More than once, albeit not too often, I hear capitalist sycophants talk about a benevolent Billionaire. In reality there is no such creature on planet…
Aug 21, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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"What if I'm Wrong?"
Being a person who attended Catholic schools for 16 years the question above has been the greatest obstacle to making decisions and forming opinions I…
Aug 20, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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The Hamster Solution
Sometimes being forced to write succinct written commentary can make us realize we knew something but had not previously articulated what that knowledge…
Aug 13, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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Dividing America
In the photograph above I stand to my father’s immediate left (I’m the one blending into the background). My paternal grandmother and aunt are to my…
Aug 5, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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July 2023
The Scourge of "Scorekeeping."
In the world according to Capitalists, in order for something to have “value” it must be worth something else of value, usually something tangible…
Jul 31, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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The "Accidental" Racist
Webster’s provides 2 somewhat overlapping definitions for the term “Racism.” The first is - “a belief that race is a fundamental determinant of human…
Jul 21, 2023
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Walter Hackett
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