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THE STRATEGIC USE OF A TRANSLATOR IN COURT FOR NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS
When my father was involved in a car accident that wasn’t his fault, we did something that might have raised a few eyebrows. We accepted the offer of a translator for his deposition, even though he didn’t really need one. My father speaks English well enough to understand complex questions and give clear, thoughtful answers.…
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ARIANA GRANDE: Lock & Key Analysis
She has been in the public eye since she was a teenager. She has sold out arenas, survived a terrorist attack at her concert, lost a former partner to overdose, endured public divorces, and navigated scandals that would have ended lesser careers. And through it all, she has kept working. Writing. Recording. Performing. Releasing. Touring.…
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FREE WILL IS AN ILLUSION OF THE MATRIX
Why Your “Choices” Are Just Programming You Can’t See We like to believe we are free. Free to choose truth over lies. Free to see clearly. Free to be humble, careful, and responsible. The idea of free will is the bedrock of our legal systems, our religious doctrines, and our sense of self. Without it,…
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THE FUTURE OF THIS BLOG (& OTHERS)
I am slowly becoming shadow banned by the algorithms of search We are watching the quiet collapse of the open information highway, and I am not sure anyone is paying attention. For years, I wrote openly. I shared some of my most personal experiences—the kind of raw, unfiltered life content that you can’t find in…