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This is a great guide for me and I thank you for giving us tools to investigate thing for ourselves.

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WOW ! Eric !

That was a Rich Cornucopia

Of Knowledge, based on advice.

Wait a sec'. Reverse that.

Anyway...

Informatively,

& Beautifully...

WRITTEN !

~ Sincerely.

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Jan 12, 2023·edited Jan 12, 2023Author

One must know oneself...and I am not merely a journalist; I am working for the Dharma, and that goes into everything I do. In a previous era, writers were macho. Think of Normal Mailer: "I'm gonna punch him in the nose!"

The idea, as Hunter said, is to **get the story.** But there is another idea, which is to help hold the world together. That doesn't mean I don't know how to be confrontational, though it's much more fun to watch an adversary or con artist unravel than it is to beat them up.

My Pulitzer-worthy question of 2022, to Poornima Wagh, was, "What was the title of your Ph.D. thesis?" I didn't accuse her of anything; I just asked for the title.

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