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    There Is No Failure


    Genius! The power that dazzles mortal eyes, Is oft’ but Perseverance, in disguise. ‘Twixt Failure and Success, the point’s so fine, Men sometimes know not where to… Read more “There Is No Failure”

    November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 by swatkinslaw

    Vulgarity


    Over the course of the last 30 to 40 years, there has been a noticeable decline in the quality of public discourse and comment. Rather than delivering… Read more “Vulgarity”

    September 7, 2019September 7, 2019 by swatkinslaw

    A Candle….


    ….always burns its brightest just before it flickers out. Photograph by Anjo Antony in Unsplash Another August has come and gone. It’s a month which has had… Read more “A Candle….”

    September 1, 2019 by swatkinslaw

    Trust


    Photo taken by Liane Metzler When we were infants, we had no choice but to trust: trust that the milk we drank wasn’t poisoned; trust that the… Read more “Trust”

    August 24, 2019 by swatkinslaw

    The Four Elements of Self-Image


    In 1960, a plastic surgeon named Maxwell Maltz wrote a book titled “Psychocybernetics.”  In this seminal work, Dr. Maltz explained his puzzlement over why women who had… Read more “The Four Elements of Self-Image”

    August 7, 2019 by swatkinslaw

    Italy, Here I Come


    I haven’t been on a vacation during the last seven years.  Working in this law office and that law office, trying to quiet troubled minds burdened with… Read more “Italy, Here I Come”

    August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 by swatkinslaw

    The Mueller Report Reveals…


    …the Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight The Mueller Report, heavily-redacted and causing no end of consternation among Democrats, was released on Thursday, April 18. What it reveals… Read more “The Mueller Report Reveals…”

    April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 by swatkinslaw

    The Cock and the Fox…


    …or Trump and the Media Going back to The Nun’s Priest’s Tale, one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, there is the popular “beast fable” involving Chanticleer… Read more “The Cock and the Fox…”

    April 14, 2019 by swatkinslaw

    Taxes and Justice


    In 1944, when people actually paid for their wars, the top U.S. tax rate was 94% on taxable income over $200,000 ($2.5 million in today’s dollars).  In… Read more “Taxes and Justice”

    February 2, 2019 by swatkinslaw

    When I Was a Child…


    “When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I… Read more “When I Was a Child…”

    January 27, 2019 by swatkinslaw

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