Crimiphelia… Last week, the news introduced me to an interesting term: crimiphelia. It came with the reporting over the end of a manhunt for the escaped convict, Casey White, and his willing love interest and captor, Vicky White. According to the news reporter, it’s estimated that as many as 5% of people in authority over …
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Justice’s Evolution…
Justice’s Evolution… The other day I got into a great philosophical discussion with a friend about the evolution of justice. Most people understand that crime and punishment can be tempered with redemption and forgiveness and that these are the biggest elements of justice, but there was an interesting topic about law and how laws factor …
Scott Gallina…
Scott Gallina… Who’s Scott Gallina? I had the same question until I read his story in a friend’s newspaper and I found myself extremely pissed, but not for what would seem like obvious reasons. Scott Gallina was a Superior Court judge from Asotin County, Washington who was recently convicted on two counts after being charged …
Life’s Hardships…
Life’s Hardships… When it come to the hardships of life, it helps to keep things in perspective. I heard a joke a while ago that makes me laugh. Here we go… A woman sits down on the end of a park bench and sees a disheveled man sitting on the other end of the bench. …
What Makes “Rehabilitated”?
What Makes “Rehabilitated”? Have you ever asked yourself, “What makes ‘rehabilitated’?” Recently, I have been asked by a couple of free world people how to trust that someone is rehabilitated after a criminal conviction. It’s an important question, but it comes with a complex catch… My counter question is, “Where do your values lie? That’s …
“The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato (part 3 of 3)
“The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato (part 3 of 3) But what if there had been a circumcision of such natures in the days of their youth and they had been severed from those sensual pleasures, such as eating and drinking, which, like leaden weights, were attached to them at their birth, and which …
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“The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato (part 2 of 3)
“The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato (part 2 of 3) And if there were a contest, and he had to compete in measuring the shadows with the prisoners who had never moved out of the den, while his sight was still weak, and before his eyes had become steady (and the time which would …
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“The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato (part 1 of 3)
“The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato (part 1 of 3) For my dear friend Ruth – Keep returning to the cave to enlighten blinded souls. The following is written as a narration of a conversation between Socrates and Plato’s brother, Glaucon. **************** And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far …
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Image After Image…A Prisoners View on the War in Ukraine
Image After Image… I follow the war in Ukraine pretty closely on the news and I’m heartbroken by image after image. Oddly, its atrocities are the only thing that all the media outlets can seem to agree on. The longer the war rages on, I find myself wondering, “What if Ukraine survives all of this? …
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Covid Booster…
Covid Booster… I took my Covid booster shot yesterday and today, I feel worse than have in a long time. I think if I really nail it down, it feels like I fell down a flight of stairs while banging my head on the railing. Or I got into a fistfight with enraged gorilla and …