Politics
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This past Friday morning, while spending time with a client, something occurred to me. It moved me enough to say, “Jim, if it were thirty-five years ago, before diving into business, we would have discussed last night’s Seinfeld episode.” The exchange that Jim and I would’ve had all those years ago would not have been…
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Recently, I watched a podcast, featuring pro-life advocate Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire, and Bronte Remsik, an abortion activist. “Podcast Land”—its longform conversations can be a healthy alternative to the tedium of the cable news cycle—has become a crowded space, so one should choose wisely. Typically, I limit myself to Impact Theory, Modern Wisdom,…
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…and the barkeeper asked, “What’ll it be, fellas?” Alexander replied, “A concentrated and centralized power structure, for we are a young nation with new and bold ideas and thus require a clear path forward to implement our brave initiatives. Thomas told the barkeeper, “A constitutional republic that destabilizes centralized power and distributes it to the…
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Okay, so America experienced yet another shooting. But wait! Aren’t Americans enlightened to shootings every day in urban hotbeds like Philadelphia and Chicago? Indeed. And thus begs the poignant question: Why do we only react when it’s suspected that a shooting is ideologically motivated? Moreover, why do we only unite behind an anti-gun sentiment when…
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If there was ever a question that put enough meat on the bone to end world hunger, it’s how would I reshape the modern world? Sheesh! Some thought experiments are like Metamucil to a teenager who, the night before, drank a six-pack. However, I shall limit myself to two thoughts. I was a child of…
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Human beings are genetically hardwired to compete. But what would happen when all that hardwiring collides with the Malthusian concern that suggests we live on a finite planet with finite resources that must accommodate an ever-expanding population? The following is a piece I wrote back in ’23 and put on a static page in late…
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The domain where public discourse goes to linger and test its wares has become too crowded a sphere. Moreover, the coexistence of legacy and social media has placed us inside a pinball machine operated by a wizard who refuses to let the small silver orb settle. In my humble opinion, we’re not wired to care…
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I don’t abide by the concept Voting is my civic duty. I vote when a candidate has earned my vote. Moreover, I consider myself politically homeless. I don’t “play for a team.” When one allows themselves to get drafted onto a team (into a political party), one tends to root for that team irrespective of…
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And then God said, “Let there be Baby Boomers.” Apparently, God thought the world lacked grievances. Naturally, I’m being ironical. I’m also referring to the second wave of Boomers, the ones born after 1955, the sect I belong to; I was born in 1962 – the “Boomer” generation officially extends to 1964. Recently, when in…
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The art of foreign policy is a good guy, making a deal with a bad guy, to get rid of a worse guy. The dilemma? Can the “good guy” live with an ideologically misaligned “bad guy” as a bedfellow? Perhaps as important: do we know for sure who‘s who? It’s always more complex and nuanced…
