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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75 Years Later | Mickey Z.
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A bombed-out temple in Nagasaki. Photo credit: Cpl. Lynn P. Walker, Jr. (Marine Corps) - Wikipedia Commons Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 2, 2020 “From the very concept of strategic bombing, all the developments — night, pattern, saturation, area, indiscriminate — have led straight to Hiroshima, and Hiroshima was, and was intended to be, almost pure Schrecklichkeit .” — Life magazine, summi ...
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What Seat Belts Can Teach Us About Wearing Masks | Mickey Z.
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Meme found on Facebook Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 4, 2020 Since I began penning articles again in early May, I’ve dedicated two of them to the topic of masks: here and here. As the pandemic ...
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Chant 'Defund the Police' but Behave Like the Police? | Mickey Z.
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Image: Revolutionary Desire (blog) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 1, 2020 “A cop sleeps inside each one of us. We must kill him.” (Situationist graffiti) It was a life-altering moment when I fi ...
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Little Ideas Can Add Up to a Beautiful Beginning | Mickey Z.
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YouTube screenshot Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 30, 2020 As he was for many martial artists of my generation, Bruce Lee was a catalyst and inspiration for my own studies. In fact, I specificall ...
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A Moment Not Met: Misogynist Language is Still #Woke? | Mickey Z.
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Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Democracy Now Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 28, 2020 The band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks had a long-overdue epiphany in the summer of 2020. (Bre ...
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When Did Things Get So Violent in Portland? | Mickey Z.
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Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 28, 2020 So, it seems the Department of Homeland Security recently posted about “Day 50 of Contin ...
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6 Easy Ways to Choose Gratitude | Mickey Z.
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Image from stoneclinic.com Mickey Z. -- Now With Purpose July 26, 2020 “Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.” Anne Frank I live in the boro ...
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The Only Thing We Have to Fear is… Mask Wars, Deep Fakes, and a 'Smoothly Functioning Society' | Mickey Z.
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Photo: the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.com Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 24, 2020 “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important eleme ...
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True or False: You’re a Liar | Mickey Z.
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Photo by Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 23, 2020 “Lying is an elementary means of self-defense.” (Susan Sontag) Up until the sixth grade, I was a nerd, a momma’s boy, and the smartest k ...
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View From My Fire Escape: Sparrows, Hayseeds, and a Magical Tree | Mickey Z.
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Photo by Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 18, 2020 Whenever I catch a brief respite from an otherwise repressive summer (in terms of weather and vibe), I immediately get myself out on my ...
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What 'Let It Be' Can Teach Us About Stoicism | Mickey Z.
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Paul McCarney 1968Mickey Z. -- Now with Purpose July 19, 2020 “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me/Speaking words of wisdom: Let it be” In the autumn of 1968, Paul McCartn ...