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The film, "Obsession," which follows Hitchcock's "Vertigo," differs from the first film in the attention being paid to religious iconography and devotion. The implication is that the protagonist's mental lapses might apply to religion too. Ouch! thewordenreport-film.blogspot.com/2025/02/obse...

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The guy inside made a beeline for me just after I had used a bathroom, and the guy outside was staring at me and a young woman as we were waiting for a campus shuttle. He kept looking at her as he walked by and said something to her that caused her and I to bolt. Yale hires hostile local creepers!

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With all the contentious politics going on in the EU and US, why not ponder religious knowledge beyond the reach of the intellect? Theology beyond philosophy. thewordenreport-religion.blogspot.com/2025/02/reli...

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Rather than focusing in disgust at Trump and Putin, officials in the E.U.'s state governments might want to look within: Refusing the E.U. an army comes with costs. Anti-E.U. fracturing of power impedes influence abroad. thewordenreportinternationalrelations.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-eu...

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Fellini's film, "La Dolce Vita," is less obviously about the dichotomy between religion and hell, or the devil, than about the emptiness of fame. Even so, the back-and-forth between religion and "hell" can be missed by viewers, so: thewordenreport-film.blogspot.com/2025/02/la-d...

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The governors of the E.U. states, in resisting giving the Commission more authority on defense, also got Von der Leyen to waive fines on states whose deficits were too high. Crafty power-move! But at what cost and to what? thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2025/02/eu-d...

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According to Hinduism, should a person who knows the true nature of one's self be duty-bound to fight for one's country? Does the nature of the human self contradict fighting? If so, only the ignorant should fight. See thewordenreport-religion.blogspot.com/2025/02/shan...

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In the study of religion, transcendence is a crucial idea. Do anthropomorphic deities compromise our experience of transcendence? thewordenreport-religion.blogspot.com/2025/02/lord...

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The film, "Bell, Book, and Candle," depicts witches and witchcraft as a religion, with its own worldview and way of being, as distinct (yet not unrelated) from Christianity. Film as a medium has great potential in "teaching" comparative religion. See thewordenreport-film.blogspot.com/2025/02/bell...

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The film, "Return to Haifa," dramatically depicts the harsh ramifications on families and individuals of macro political decisions in international relations. In its role in establishing Israel, the UN is a silent accomplice antagonist in the film. thewordenreport-film.blogspot.com/2025/02/retu...

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Distorting or remaking Hinduism into a monotheistic religion like Christianity is self-defeating in terms of gaining knowledge. How is Hinduism distinct and what are the ideas that people not familiar with the religion can learn from it? thewordenreport-religion.blogspot.com/2025/01/hind...

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Are U.S. President Trump's executive orders to delay federal assistance, loans, and grants, as well as all foreign aid reasonable exercises of executive discretion in implementing existing law? Or was he making (changing) law? See thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2025/01/on-u...

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Now, this short essay may be too intellectual for some tastes, but it is arguably worth plowing through, if indeed it isolates the first shots fired, albeit as depicted in the film, "Farha," in the cycle of violence leading to Gaza. See: thewordenreport-film.blogspot.com/2025/01/farh...

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At U.S. President Trump's Prayer Service at the National Cathedral, a bishop undercut Jesus' message by being politically partisan. What of that message? thewordenreport-religion.blogspot.com/2025/01/unde...

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The tech industrial complex was unusually visible at the inauguration, sitting between Cabinet secretary-nominees and Trump's business family. Dorothy: Pay no attention to the men mingling behind the curtain. thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-...

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The film, "The Brutalist," has two silent, oblique characters whose presence can be detected throughout the film. The Holocaust and the Cross. Despair can be deafening whereas the light of hope is a silent witness. thewordenreport-film.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-...

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The film "Emelia Perez" presents, or advocates, an ideological position. I submit that the medium of film has so much more potential in elucidating tensions in ethics so to get the viewer thinking for oneself. See thewordenreport-film.blogspot.com/2025/01/emil...

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On the bloated self-entitlement that exists in the American retail sector: Rude employees and the feckless, enabling managers who eviscerate customer relations and thus revenue at the expense of stockholders. thewordenreport-mycorner.blogspot.com/2025/01/defl...

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On the bloated self-entitlement that exists in the American retail sector: Rude employees and the feckless, enabling managers who eviscerate customer relations and thus revenue at the expense of stockholders. www.blogger.com/blog/post/ed...

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Creeper Yale Bookstore security guard likes to laugh at customers. The shift-manager dismissed my complaint, saying "It's just one complaint" (i.e., "You aren't important"). But if an employee's behavior is egregious enough, one complaint should be enough.

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Why is GDP per capita in Germany less than in Mississippi? Why is that of the E.U. less than the U.S.? It is hard to believe the figures. thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2025/01/gdp-...

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At the Yale Bookstore (Barnes and Nobles), the rudeness (and creepiness) of the security guard (pictured in the background) was reinforced rather than corrected by the shift-manager, who said that my complaint is not important. I immediately returned the book I had just purchased. NICE MARKETING!

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A conflict of interest exists in the U.S. Constitution right under our noses. The stench should be obvious, given the smoke and fire around exploiting the conflict on January 6, 2021. Any guesses? thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2025/01/cert...

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Much more subtle, yet even more damaging, than the ethical lapses by some U.S. justices is the imprint of extra-juridical partisan ideology on the Court, and the related bias in the Constitution that implicitly encourages it. thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2025/01/unde...

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Can international business potentially be of such magnitude as to render war obsolete? If so, does this mean or require that economic self-interest trumps non-economic ideology? If so, why? thewordenreportinternationalrelations.blogspot.com/2025/01/on-p...

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Nietzsche's ideas on how resentment can disguise itself by donning a patina of apparent kindness shed some light on why so many people in the U.S. suddenly switch to the generic, "Enjoy YOUR holiday" or "Happy holidays" when Christmas is next. thewordenreport-mycorner.blogspot.com/2025/01/enjo...

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Was Jimmy Carter a micromanager or a visionary leader? It depends on whether we are looking at his one term in office as a U.S. President or at his work afterwards. One thing can definitely be said: He definitely turned lemons into lemonade. thewordenreport-leadership.blogspot.com/2024/12/jimm...

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Biologically, experiences of awe, whether religious, moral, or in Nature, can render a person less self-centered. thewordenreport-religion.blogspot.com/2024/12/over...

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The Vatican is reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy. Some conservative Catholics blame Pope Francis for being too progressive (he is not progressive on social ethics). What about declining donations due to the cover-ups of pedophile priests? thewordenreport-religion.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...

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After the No-Confidence vote in the German Bundestag, which followed a month of a minority government, is Germany facing a governmental catastrophe? Because Germany is a state in the E.U., I submit that things are fine. See: thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...

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In choosing to go to Corsica rather than Paris (i.e., the Notre Dame opening), Pope Francis evinced in leadership the value of "the last are first" in terms of inconveniently being compassionate rather than luxuriating in pomp. See: thewordenreport-religion.blogspot.com/2024/12/chur...

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The Georgian Dream Party just subverted the presidency of Georgia in Eurasia: The E.U. should just say no on Georgia's accession to statehood. Democracy is a precondition. thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2024/12/demo...

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As "D, D, and D" becomes a popular phrase of resistance online against business, beware corporate America using the FBI to contort free speech into a crime punishable with 14 years. Ironic: corporate wealth is "free speech." See: thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2024/12/on-h...

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What should the world's response be to a government that invades another country, unprovoked, and destroys its military? Does not national sovereignty include the right to have a military, the means of self-defense? thewordenreportinternationalrelations.blogspot.com/2024/12/isra...

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What should the world's response be to a government that invades another country, unprovoked, and destroys its military? Does not national sovereignty include the right to have a military, the means of self-defense? thewordenreportinternationalrelations.blogspot.com/2024/12/isra...

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Protesters in Belarus were beaten and imprisoned just for being at peaceful protests against the rigged election in 2020. Moral power versus raw violence, without the government even advancing an ideology. thewordenreportinternationalrelations.blogspot.com/2024/12/gand...

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The horrendous violence by "riot" police in Belarus against peaceful protesters of the rigged 2020 election can be reckoned as well suited to Gandhi's non-violent method of resistance. thewordenreportinternationalrelations.blogspot.com/2024/12/gand...

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Penn police violently manhandled the suspect who allegedly murdered the health insurance company CEO. This was done in front of the media. Hidden corporate taskmasters of local police departments contrary to American democracy? thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2024/12/on-h...

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n requiring EU states to approve the new trade deal with countries in South America, the EU is unnecessarily hamstringing itself because the state governments sit in the European Council and the EU Council. Why the duplication: thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2024/12/euro...

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This bus driver in Boston nearly hit three young people (likely Harvard students) in Harvard Square on Friday night. I reported the guy, but he was out driving recklessly, speeding and slamming on the brake on Saturday night too. thewordenreport-businessandsociety.blogspot.com/2024/11/bad-...

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With a strong union and corrupt management, Boston's bus drivers can drive recklessly with impunity. The governor even said she has the drivers' backs. Who is protecting the public and bus customers? thewordenreport-businessandsociety.blogspot.com/2024/11/bad-...

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Rather than look at the percentage-point spread in the popular vote, there is another way to assess whether #Trump had a #landslide without looking at the Electoral College votes: thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2024/11/elec...

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Why is President Biden only against the proposed merger of grocers Kroger and Albertsons rather than breaking up those companies through anti-trust law? Has Biden been captured by the big players? What about us? thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2024/11/gree...

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European Nationalist Ideology Molding Scholarship: A European "scholar" recently said at Harvard that Switzerland is a United States of Europe, with county-sized cantons being equiv to states like Texas and California economically. thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2024/11/econ...

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Memo to the elite of the Democratic Party in the USA: Consumers who shop in grocery stores are also voters. Hmmm.... (and yes, Harvard IS rude) thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2024/11/gree...

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Kroger and Albertsons grocery stores took advantage of the pandemic to short-change workers and gouge customers for record profits. What did Biden do? Harris? Nada, except oppose the merger. Horse already out of the barn? thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2024/11/gree...

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Should philosophers orient themselves to ideas for improving occupations? Adam Smith thought so. At what cost, academically speaking? Is this commercialization on steroids? Meanwhile, business ethics "scholars" are anything but. See: thewordenreport-highered.blogspot.com/2024/11/shou...

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Compassion vs vengeance: Two radically different values with respect to how a person or govt should treat its enemies. I am firmly on one side: compassion. Israel is on the other. thewordenreportinternationalrelations.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...

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