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Unexamined Life–Why Don’t We Like It, Again?

by Bill LaBrie | Oct 7, 2014 | Culture, Education, Essays, personal development, Philosophy, Psychology, Therapy

I’ve thought about this line quite a bit. Just like life itself, there’s more to it than there seems. First, we need to be aware that Socrates said this as he was found guilty of heresy and corruption of youth and was forced by Athens to commit suicide....

Running the Gauntlet at Balboa Park

by Bill LaBrie | Jun 29, 2014 | Culture, Education, Essays, Faith, Humor, Social Justice

The Panama canal made California what it is today. Hehehe. I asked the locals if should visit Balboa Park. I heard them say a lot of words. Though I was distracted as usual by my phone, I discerned some of those words were “museums” and “trees”...

Bisbee Justice

by Bill LaBrie | Jun 26, 2014 | Arizona, Education, Essays, Motorcycles, Social Justice

“I’ve been here since 1976. Nothing bad has ever happened. Well, wait. . . There was that time with the stabbings.” The gracious proprietress leaned across what was billed as “Arizona’s smallest bar”. I had no reason to doubt that....

Nixon is Alive and Well and Living in Spokane WA

by Bill LaBrie | May 19, 2014 | Essays

When I was about seven years old I visited Dallas. I didn’t know much about Dallas (nor anything else really. I was seven, after all), but I was aware a president had been shot there. I also knew the guy who was suspected of shooting the president had been shot...

Why Google Glass Marks the End of Civilization

by Bill LaBrie | Apr 21, 2014 | Coping, Culture, Essays, Philosophy

The march of civilization is inevitably towards solitude, and that’s its end. I just made that up. You like it? I’m pretty proud of it, myself. Back in the 1950s through the 1970s, some of the most popular TV programs were variety shows. At the time...