Ranked #1
Democracy Without Values
Democracy Without Values
Democracies fall apart without a shared moral core. If the idea of a Democracy has no set of impenetrable values set alo... Read more
30 May 2019
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10mins
Ranked #2
The Bookstore
The Bookstore
Reading used to mean something of value was exchanged for the experience. Today, a book is but a memory of what it once ... Read more
7 Nov 2019
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9mins
Ranked #3
You Are Not Gifted
You Are Not Gifted
We are not our futures; we are only our past. How, then, do we test time, and efficiency, and the promise of productivit... Read more
11 Jul 2019
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17mins
Ranked #4
The Fonda Effect
The Fonda Effect
Henry Fonda never stopped being where he was from. He was always an up-from-the-dirt Nebraskan, and the consequence of t... Read more
21 Nov 2019
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15mins
Ranked #5
Harold Bloom and the American Aesthetic
Harold Bloom and the American Aesthetic
We want our aesthetic to be universal; but it is framed by us where we stand. SuperGenius literary critic Harold Bloom u... Read more
24 Oct 2019
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12mins
Ranked #6
Shattered Blood, Broken Watch
Shattered Blood, Broken Watch
Too many men only believe their minds, and not empirical proof! Have you ever wondered why so many men refuse to take th... Read more
31 Jan 2019
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12mins
Ranked #7
The Blue Pencil
The Blue Pencil
The mark of the editor is blue. Everything created faces some sort of editorial change in production. Do you honor the o... Read more
12 Dec 2019
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13mins
Ranked #8
Loss of the Private Conversation
Loss of the Private Conversation
We have lost the sharing of the intimate moment. Examine the loss of the sacred warmth shared between two people in exch... Read more
14 Feb 2019
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13mins
Ranked #9
Progressive Recession
Progressive Recession
We look forward, only to fall back. For all our future progression, we keep failing backward into the pit of what was, a... Read more
11 Apr 2019
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10mins
Ranked #10
Understanding Without Knowing
Understanding Without Knowing
Shakespeare knew we were flawed in the dark. We think we know, we think we see the light -- but we are always, and alrea... Read more
1 Aug 2019
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10mins
Ranked #11
Paths to Wellness
Paths to Wellness
Unleash the greatness of your health! Today, we share some favorite iPhone Apps for creating a tough mind and a hard bod... Read more
28 Feb 2019
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10mins
Ranked #12
Sustaining the Gaze
Sustaining the Gaze
Are we what we know, or are we our imagination? Here is the cruft of us, the ashes that become us, the stardust pittles ... Read more
7 Feb 2019
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12mins
Ranked #13
Letter to Bob Lefsetz
Letter to Bob Lefsetz
Even our SuperGeniuses can sometimes be wrong. Let there be no doubt Bob Lefsetz is an intellectual giant among us. Seve... Read more
10 Oct 2019
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9mins
Ranked #14
Pete Buttigieg for President!
Pete Buttigieg for President!
Pete Buttigieg is the one candidate made to defeat Donald Trump. Pete is kind, righteous, tough -- and he knows how to a... Read more
1 Apr 2019
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9mins
Ranked #15
99% of Writing is Looking Out the Window
99% of Writing is Looking Out the Window
We write to see what we do not know. 99% of writing is thinking, staring, meandering, and daydreaming. Only 1% of writin... Read more
6 Jun 2019
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9mins
Ranked #16
Elastic Emotional Residue
Elastic Emotional Residue
We lead sticky and wet lives! The residue of our emotional responses never leaves us -- and that can be both good and ba... Read more
19 Sep 2019
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12mins
Ranked #17
Blood of the Deceiver
Blood of the Deceiver
How do we handle the treacherous in genius? Can we still celebrate Michael Jackson's music, while full well knowing of h... Read more
16 May 2019
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11mins
Ranked #18
You Remember Me
You Remember Me
Memory is all about perspective. We uncover the trick of memory and storytelling. Who remembers, and what, defines the d... Read more
22 Feb 2018
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17mins
Ranked #19
Forgetting What is Written
Forgetting What is Written
Write it and forget it. That's the right advice to follow when you are an active writer. Danger lurks in the past. Know ... Read more
25 Jul 2019
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9mins
Ranked #20
Pete and Repeat
Pete and Repeat
We prefer to wallow in the together known, than wander into the wilderness alone. We examine our need to not only travel... Read more
1 Mar 2018
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11mins