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May 2023
Happily Ever After
We all love a happy ending. It is, of course, one of the reasons why movies are so popular. A satisfying conclusion, a definitive cut-off point at which…
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Matthew Broyles
The Pale Blue Dot
It seems like every few weeks, there’s an announcement heralding the discovery of a new potentially Earth-like planet somewhere off in the cosmic…
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Matthew Broyles
A Fate Worse Than Death
Over the past few years, I have bumped up against a pillar of our culture that is so deeply ingrained that most of us don’t even think about its…
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Matthew Broyles
Freedom
Let us strive To be less productive Less lean More aware that GDP is not The best way to judge a nation’s greatness Proud in our insistence On measuring…
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Matthew Broyles
Words Matter
I used to pick on language pedants. Certainly, I’m a stickler for grammar and spelling, but my militancy on that front has tended to be self-focused…
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Matthew Broyles
Shelter
I grew up sheltered I didn’t know We weren’t rich There were toys Santa “couldn’t afford” But we had dinner every night And never worried that we…
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Matthew Broyles
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Lean
Every day, I see one. A thinkpiece about how we don’t value each other like we should. Is it any wonder, though? Our entire economic system dehumanizes…
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Matthew Broyles
Nobody Knows
You have the right to keep secrets. While that idea is not enshrined in so many words in the Constitution, it is nonetheless one of the more important…
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Matthew Broyles
Everybody Knows
(with apologies to Leonard Cohen) Everybody knows that inside every human is an ongoing war between emotion and logic. Everybody knows that neither side…
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Matthew Broyles
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