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My column today at National Review: It only takes a few trolls to ruin things for everyone, and it seems more and more are now happy to do so. Why We Can No Longer Have Nice Things: https://lnkd.in/gTgyiXpC

Check out this week's “Social Justice in the Parsha” as I discuss Parshat Mishpatim: Evil Can Be Used For Good.

Check out this week's “Social Justice in the Parsha” as I discuss Parshat Mattot-Masei: On Standing Up & Speaking Out.

In my latest video for the Foundation for Economic Education, I consider the ethical frameworks represented by Shinji and Gendo Ikari in Neon Genesis: Evangelion. Shinji believes individuals have inviolable rights, regardless of the context, while Gendo regards rights as suggestions, especially when the stakes are high. Is either one of them truly right or wrong? Let me know what you think!

Everything starts with a thought which creates an emotion, develops attitudes and beliefs/mindsets that influence every choice we make and action we take. Scientists have learned that we can grow our brain by what we choose to think upon, healthy or toxic. Just as we ought to establish healthy relational boundaries that let the good in and keep the bad out, it's important to establish boundaries that disallow toxic communications to influence our internal world. Do not allow "garbage" to be dumped into your mind! This garbage may show up as gossip, slander, criticism, judgementalism, divisive hate speech, spewing negativity, exposing others, and even tolerating someone devaluing and belittling your worth. It's time for us as individuals to protect our internal health by becoming a "gossip free" zone, because all the garbage dumped in our minds becomes a big "clean-up" job. On a self-governance note: protect your minds from reading, viewing, and participating in that which divides rather than unites, shames rather than values, creates fear rather than promotes hope, and that which is filled with anger and judgment rather than grace-giving and peace-generating. You and others hold great intrinsic worth! #thoughts #gossip #boundaries #selfleadership #higherthinking #HigherLivingLeadership #StopDevaluation #UnmaskingPrejudice #leadership #emotionalintelligence #wisdom https://lnkd.in/e6uangHG

Brendan, you must be alert of the anti-CCP group around you (most likely a trick of the CCP), because the CCP can use these pictures and videos to propagate you as an anti-China, anti-CCP, and anti-Chinese agents. This is how the CCP uses dirty tricks to create and fabricate false facts and false narratives. Similarly, they also pretended to be Falun Gong members to talk to non-CCP supporter, and then secretly recorded videos and photos of the talk, after that they can use these videos and pictures to accuse this non-CCP supporter as a Falun Gong supporter or anti-CCP member. This is a common tactic used by the CCP.

Check out my high school absurdical, Kor’Thank: Barbarian Valley Girl! (Yes, I know “absurdical” is a made up word)

Message for a violent world both nationally & internationally DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE DONE UNTO YOURSELF. (SUBTEXT - IF YOU ARE VIOLENT TO OTHERS DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF YOU GET IT BACK IN RETURN. AS YOU MEASURE SO WILL YOU BE MEASURED). THINK NOT OF WHAT A COUNTRY WILL DO FOR YOU BUT WHAT YOU WILL DO FOR IT. (SUBTEXT - DO NOT GO TO OR LIVE IN A COUNTRY TO EXPLOIT IT FOR YOURSELF OR YOUR FAMILY BUT THINK FIRST OF WHAT YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO IT).

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