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September 29, 2016

Good v. Bad Choices: Do most people make any choices at all?

Don't mean to go all Sartre on you guys but I'm always amused at the concept of "making bad choices" in life. How many of us on this earth really make any important "choices" AT ALL? Don't most people just do (a) as their parents did, (b) as society does or (c) what someone else tells them to do? Aren't most of us really on our knees most of the time? Crawling around like curs for a cue or sign of what next step to take? How many of us lead authentic and original lives? How many of us have ever had a truly original thought in our entire lives? End of Sartre. Back to regular bourgeois blog programming.

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How many of us have ever made an important choice at all?

Posted by JD Hull at 11:31 AM | Comments (0)

September 27, 2016

HRC 1, DJT 0

Credit where it's due re: last night's historic first 2016 POTUS debate in New York City. The evening belonged to HRC. She often played Trump like a piano. But neither were at his or her best. Expect better performances in October. He will be more charming. She will be less scripted. See this morning's ATLS discussion Who Won the First Debate?

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Hillary Rodham, Wellesley College, 1969. Life Magazine.

Posted by JD Hull at 01:07 PM | Comments (0)

September 26, 2016

Duke upsets Notre Dame, 38-35. In South Bend.

Amazing Saturday college football news. And in South Bend. Whoa. When I was a Duke student, few ever attended football games. Soccer and of course basketball is what drew student crowds.

Posted by JD Hull at 09:45 AM | Comments (0)