Blog – Jaclyn Holland-Strauss

Occult: Tarot cards (from Tarot.com)

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022

Tarot cards are are decked like normal playing cards. There are 78 of them, in the following categories: pentacles, swords, cups, wands and major arcana. Major arcana cards off a macro perspective on life, and help people see long-term. Wands […]

Amber Heard: Did she do the nasty thing in bed that Johnny Depp’s accusing her of?

June 6, 2022

The trial involving Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is over, with both successfully winning their defamation cases against the other. Heard has accused Depp of being physically abusive towards her, while Depp has maintained his innocence and charged that […]

Amphiist analysis of Washington Post

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020

Amphiist: May 13, 2020 An #amphiist is someone who is not born of royal blood But behaves in a naturally aristocratic manner (with character, integrity and a minimum of bias) An amphiist is someone who is emotionally intelligent (can see […]

Amphiist May 13/2020

May 18, 2020

Amphiist 87: Analysing the Washington Post’s take on the coronavirus

May 16, 2020May 16, 2020

Amphiist: May 16, 2020 An #amphiist is someone who is not born of royal blood But behaves in a naturally aristocratic manner (with character, integrity and a minimum of bias) An amphiist is someone who is emotionally intelligent (can see […]

I am an amphiist, which I define as someone who looks at both sides of issues (it's a Greek word). However, I have my own expanded definition, which means that I believe in three interrelated concepts, which, when taken together, inform an amphiist viewpoint. Abraham Maslow talked about self-actualization, a person reaching their highest potential. Thomas Carlyle discussed natural aristocracy, which is a principle the Founding Fathers created with regard to the United States, that a person did not have to be of royal birth to have merit; it was the content of their character that counted. And scholars Mayer and Salovey came up with the concept of emotional intelligence, an idea popularized by Daniel Goleman. We should have control over our emotions, and see the bigger picture. All of these together make up an amphiist, and I apply this reasoning to politics, entertainment, etc. I defend the oppressed by offering an alternative perspective. I am currently raising funds for publication of an Amphiist newspaper, the primary focus of which will be anti-extremism. We need to find common ground. We need to stop thinking in terms of liberals against conservatives. Right against left. Men against women. One race against another. One religion against another. If you would be interested in contributing, please consider supporting my work at Paypal via jaclyncarter2005@gmail.com.

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