Learning About Life from the Stoics
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At left is one of the gems that Marcus Aurelius left as a suggestion as to how to live a harmonious life.
It makes one think about “lying and unjust men.” Perhaps, it’s somewhat comforting to be reminded that there was no shortage of evil in the world 2000 years ago. It’s very much credible that ancient Rome had its equivalents to Donald Trump and the other world dictators who used fear, lies, and violence in their quest to gain absolute power.
So the laws of the land apply to every one of us–except for the single most powerful?
A reader points out: (Trump) will most likely leave the country to avoid prison.
In the last year, the percentage of Republicans who want to see a full accounting for the events of January 6, 2021 has fallen from 27% to 13%. The vast majority of the GOP simply wants to “let this go.”
against the former president, it looks extremely unlikely that J6 will blow over, rather, that all Americans and people around the globe will be exposed to a torrent of evidence proving the guilt of Trump and his senior staff.
Here’s a guy selling a 
It was Nikola Tesla who first noticed that a current flowing in a wire would induce a current to flow in a nearby conductor. 130 years later, this is the way we charge our electric toothbrushes. But will this transfer to the arena of electric vehicles?
I happen to know a few veterans and active duty service people, and I don’t know a single one who isn’t sickened by Trump and his treasonous behavior following his election loss in 2020.
What FDR said here 75 years ago provides insight into where we are now, where we have a Supreme Court justice taking bribes and a climate change mitigation strategy that’s stuck in the mud, due to the fact that the fossil fuel industry owns our lawmaking process.
Notice the marked difference between the Republicans’ responses to the crimes of Nixon and those of Trump. Nixon, who obstructed justice, was forced to resign in disgrace and, within a few years was simply a distant, unpleasant memory.
But has the gentleman here with the eyebrows taken it too far?
