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Jesse S. Smith

How Extremists on Both Sides are the Same

And why they are both wrong.

Feb 6

Feb 6

When Parody Gets Personal

First Amendment considerations in evaluating major media broadcasts and publications that mock specific individuals

Jan 11

When Parody Gets Personal

Jan 11

“Bullies” and Other Labels

Choosing consistent standards

Jan 3

“Bullies” and Other Labels

Jan 3

What does it mean to “Love your enemy”?

We’ve all heard the exhortation to “love thine enemy.” We’ve all heard the Golden Rule-based commandment to “love thy neighbor as…

Oct 24, 2021

What does it mean to “Love your enemy”?

Oct 24, 2021

The Space Between the Notes

“The spaces between the notes,” said my father, “are as important as the notes themselves.” As with music, so with life.

Aug 24, 2021

The Space Between the Notes

Aug 24, 2021

Reborn Every Day

If we carefully focus on the future self we wish to become, then we can be reborn as the person we wish we had been all this time.

Aug 24, 2021

Reborn Every Day

Aug 24, 2021

Reverse Culture Shock

I returned from a year in Egypt shortly before 9–11 . A strange experience symbolized my reentry into American culture.

Aug 24, 2021

Reverse Culture Shock

Aug 24, 2021

My Search for Purpose

I’ve gone from a rural small town to the Middle East; from minimum wage to business owner; from getting trolled to self-help believer.

Aug 24, 2021

My Search for Purpose

Aug 24, 2021

Principles for a Self-Directed Society.

I self-published my “manifesto” in 2008, but the original version was something I had dreamed up while working as a part-time house painter…

May 1, 2021

May 1, 2021

Jesse S. Smith

Jesse S. Smith

Author, Musician, Web Dev, Stay-at-home Dad on a mission to help people turn their lives around. Promoting compassion, tolerance & forgiveness. Trying my best.

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