Category Archives: power

244. Narcotic Attractions

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Thor

For the mug­gles its cig­a­rettes and booze. The wannabe urban cool-kats go for crys­tal, crack or smack with an entree of pot. On the down­ward age esca­la­tor from 30 to pear-shaped to hairy-wrin­kled, teem­ing masses of lazy human pro­to­plasm engage … Con­tinue read­ing →

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243. Who Minds the Minders?

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Thor

We have laws and police to dis­cour­age bur­glars, extor­tion­ists and mur­der­ers. That’s the low level stuff. Remem­ber that old idiom that laws are for the com­mand of fools and the guid­ance of wise men? Who han­dles the clever scoundrels? In … Con­tinue read­ing →

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240. Women, Men and Religion

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Thor

Men find secu­rity in phys­i­cal dom­i­nance. With­out that dom­i­nance most men feel sex­u­ally cas­trated. Lack­ing phys­i­cal dom­i­nance (on the whole) women often seek secu­rity in deceit, or fail­ing that, in magic. Magic is broadly expressed as spir­i­tu­al­ity. Magic, sorted as … Con­tinue read­ing →

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234. The Corruptible Career and its Friends

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Thor

The bot­tom line in most orga­ni­za­tions is that if you don’t at least appear to be cor­rupt­ible, they don’t want to have you there. Hmm, that sounds extreme, doesn’t it? The HR euphemism is that you should “fit the com­pany … Con­tinue read­ing →

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233. History, False History and Innocence

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Thor

  “Not to know what hap­pened before you were born is to remain forever a child”. (Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est sem­per esse puerum) [Cicero 46 B.C.]. Hmm. Yet know­ing his­tory falsely, whether falsely given … Con­tinue read­ing →

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232. Fool’s Way

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Thor

  Advice to a fool is a fool’s errand. I’m a teacher, so giv­ing advice is both a habit and an occu­pa­tional haz­ard. It’s a haz­ard not only because the wrong advice ric­o­chets. It is remark­able in ret­ro­spect how often … Con­tinue read­ing →

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230. Innocence Compromised – On Being an Adult (?)

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Thor

The short­est path to power for a scoundrel is to com­pro­mise either good peo­ple (hard to find) or almost good peo­ple (most of us). The wicket gate is left open a crack, one small short cut is taken, an inno­cent … Con­tinue read­ing →

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