The Joy Of Life
I recently turned 78 in September of this year. As I look back over the last ten years or so, I have come to realize just how consequential and remarkable…
Signal Versus Noise
Signal versus noise is a great metaphor for what we are seeing in the national discourse today, as well as in the last 20 to 30 years or so. The…
Social Power Versus State Power
The history of America beginning in 1787-1789 has seen the ever-increasing displacement of social power by state power. Visualize, if you will, a rectangle (in landscape mode) with a line…
Restoring The American Creed!
Restoring the American Creed* to a place of honor in our society requires that we first understand what the American Creed comprises. That understanding is not easy to wrap our…
Pride Plus Power Is A Deadly Combination*
Overweening pride without any sense of humility plus disproportionate power often leads to serious blind spots and biases, and egregious blunders in statecraft. We have seen such errors repeatedly in…
Re: The Debacle In Afghanistan (WSJ 8/13/21)
WSJ’s embedded comment in this opinion piece states that “…Biden and Trump share responsibility for the looming defeat (in the Afghanistan War)….” This statement is contrafactual in the extreme. In…
On the Road & Off the Grid
On the road and off the grid. This is an apt analogy for disconnecting from the “madding crowd” and the hustle and bustle of daily life. Many Americans today are…
Voices Of Value
I continue to be disappointed as I look around the American scene today at the “voices of value” lacking in the national discourse. They are few and far between, and…
Sneaker Nation
I wonder as I look around and think to myself: Why has America become a Sneaker Nation? I do not mean sneaking around and doing bad things. I am talking…
Are You Living In A Universe Of One?
As I look around every day, I see too many people who live in a universe of one. I observe it in how some people drive. In others, who talk…
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