The Free Soul of a Genius: Kris Kristofferson

I wrote this essay about Kris Kristofferson on September 21, a week before he died on September 28.  In the intervening week, I was surprised to receive a message from one of his children who had read my tribute and was showing it to Kris whom I was told would appreciate it.  I am very sad this morning, but also glad that I wrote it when I did and that Kris may have found comfort in knowing that someone was listening and knows “he beat the devil” as he “fed the hunger in his soul.

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Mirages and Political Mind Control

Thoreau made it very clear that one should not lend oneself to the wrongs which one condemns, such as the Israeli genocide of Palestinians or the US/NATO war against Russia through Ukraine that is leading toward nuclear war.  By voting for the so-called “lesser of two evils,” one is voting for evil and lending oneself to the wrongs one condemns.  It is blatant hypocrisy and a vote for the warfare state.

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