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Modern Cicero @heartofscience.bsky.social · Apr 28

Love this good news story. "The Citizen Lawyer" would make a great book or limited television series! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...

Edwin Kneedler, a ‘Citizen Lawyer,’ Gets a Standing Ovation at the Supreme Court

In a remarkable scene, the justices applauded Edwin S. Kneedler, a government lawyer with a reputation for candor, care and integrity.

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Modern Cicero @heartofscience.bsky.social · Apr 28

One of the most realistic and pragmatic perspectives on healthcare reform that I've seen from physician and former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber blog.johnkitzhaber.com/the-politics... #healthcarereform

The Politics of Transformational Change - John Kitzhaber

To create a health care system that is both affordable and sustainable requires transformational change—that shifts the focus of the political debate from where we want to go, to how we are going to g...

blog.johnkitzhaber.com

Modern Cicero @heartofscience.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thank you, Sen. Booker for representing the values of our sacred country and holding the constitution in your heart. #ThisIsOurMoment #BookerforPresident

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · Apr 2

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Modern Cicero @heartofscience.bsky.social · Mar 25

"This moment calls for courage and collective action — not capitulation — by universities, scientists, journalists, the legal community, and the arts."

#TrumpRegime
#Resist

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The Big Chill

Trump’s attacks on the four pillars of civil society will succeed unless the pillars demonstrate courage and take collective action against the attacks.

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Modern Cicero @heartofscience.bsky.social · Mar 25

Nietzche wrote that "since there have been human beings there have also been human herds." They seek peace through obedience, and with "little discrimination," accept whatever the commander "shouts in [their] ears."

#TrumpRegime
#MAGAHerd
#Resist

There comes a point of morbid mellowing and over-tenderness in the history of society at which it takes the side even of him who harms it, the criminal, and just so honestly and wholeheartedly.

Modern Cicero @heartofscience.bsky.social · Mar 24

This is what a war of aggression looks like. This is why Putin is a war criminal. This is the evil that the #TrumpRegime is willing to accept for more power: www.nytimes.com/card/2025/03...
#resist

A War Within the War: Ukraine’s Ill Children

In three years of full-scale war, Ukrainian families of children with long-term illnesses have had to overcome countless challenges.

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Modern Cicero @heartofscience.bsky.social · Mar 7

Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams all practiced Pythagorean self-awareness. History, philosophy, and science show that this centuries old practice can reduce stress and improve physical and mental health.

#Longetivity #MentalHealth

Source: Jeffrey Rosen, #PursuitofHappiness

The Effect of the Pythagorean Self-Awareness Intervention on Psychological, Lifestyle and Cognitive Measures of a Community Sample

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a novel cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention, termed “Pythagorean Self-Awareness Intervention” (PSAI). Materials and Methods: The PSA...

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Modern Cicero @heartofscience.bsky.social · Mar 2

"The spectacle that unfolded in the Oval Office was not merely a diplomatic blunder; it was a stark manifestation of the ideological rot that has been festering at the heart of our democracy."
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Clear Thinking v. Curtis Yarvin

This is, after all, a philosophy blog.

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