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Humility to Know

Humility to Know

by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development

Park City physician Wing Province called out Utahns who fail to put aside differences and come together to be vaccinated. He is medical director of Intermountain Park City Hospital. Near the time of Utah’s legislative override of COVID masking mandates, this is what...
Hannah Arendt and Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Reader Comment

Hannah Arendt and Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Reader Comment

by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development

Our post, “You Can’t Mandate Kindness,”  was published in the Salt Lake Tribune under the title:  “Utah Used to be a Place Where We Looked After Each Other” A reader comment to the Tribune, about the article, follows.    Andrew G. Bjelland, emeritus professor of...
You Can’t Mandate Kindness

You Can’t Mandate Kindness

by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development

The Utah Legislature voted to override locally imposed Covid-19 mask mandates, by nullifying local policies enacted by Salt Lake City and Summit County—in which Park City is located.  Both cities are politically liberal, compared with the balance of Utah.  There,...
Reification:  Another Word for Fantasy?

Reification:  Another Word for Fantasy?

by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Moral Development

What Happened to “Morning in America?” Ronald Reagan’s vision of “Morning in America” is never far from what it means to be a contemporary Republican.  Four decades ago, Reagan reified the self-interested paradigm of American capitalism.  His vision remains as a...
BRANDON:  Let’s Go With What We Know!

BRANDON: Let’s Go With What We Know!

by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development

Sloganeering Americans suffered a dive into profane sloganeering recently, connected with the televised win by race car driver Brandon Brown, a bystander.  The strategy—intended by political opponents of Joe Biden to humiliate him—as they carried on behind Brown...
We’re Not Winning

We’re Not Winning

by Jim Sawyer | American "Disease", Cultural Renewal, Knowing versus “Believing”, Moral Development

This season has been one of profound loss in Colorado’s Boulder County.  There had been an unusual slide into Winter, with virtually no Autumn precipitation.  A dry Fall—segued into a dry Winter—of unseasonably high temperatures.   A Winter with tinder-dry...
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