The Future We Deserve
If we are not interested in the responsibilities of citizenship, we must not be interested in freedom or security.
Our Town
What is the importance of a political philosophy held only by a self-appointed intellectual elite and not lived by the citizens who must endure it?
Still Swimming Upstream But Getting Tired
Our current obsession with the politics of the moment rather than the wisdom of the ages threatens our ability to govern ourselves and to cause forever to be ruled by ideology.
While We Were Sleeping
We must expose the bad guys for who they are and keep doing it. It’s called vigilance. And that is something the internet can do. That’s why you are able to read this.
Men of the West, On the Cusp
This is the West. If we become the victims
there is nowhere else to turn.
there is nowhere else to turn.
In Our Time
How is it that previous generations did so much with so little, and we are still living now on what they built? Are we beyond rebuilding?
The Worst Conspiracy of All
In our age of self-identifying, you too can be a victim of a conspiracy.
What the Hippies Have To Teach Us . . .
. . . but so far, we have refused to learn.
Our Mundane Comedy
The Democrats have nothing on Dante Alighieri. But ours is a laughably different sort of Purgatory.
The Indictment of America
Theoretically a grand jury has indicted President Trump, but in truth the indictment is of the American regime itself.
No Going Back
The old normal isn’t coming back without some new thinking about what structures will reinvigorate our old principles.
Time to Stop Spitting On Your Shoes
In the ongoing battle for the heart and soul of America, it is important to know the limitations of a strategy.
Why Bother?
If the struggle to better ourselves, with artificial intelligence or anything else will only lead to our self-destruction, why bother?
What Difference Your Ephemera Makes
In a world full of AI and ChatGPT, save your Playbill.
The Case for Great American Hagiography
We have to once again pay tribute to our best and let Hollywood fester with the rest.
The Merry-Go-Round Never Stops
No one will remember the details of the speaker fight in years to come. But the takeaway isn’t in the details.
A New Year, A New Political Party?
Likely now is the time to start a new political party, with stated principles not unlike the Declaration of Independence, and constructed carefully in ways that will avoid the defects of the past.
Naming the Names We Name Ourselves
The underlying purpose of these generational names is to divide. Perhaps some rebranding is in order.
Suede Shoes, Common Sense, and the Failure of Philosophy
It is nearly impossible to build a philosophy around why you should not wear suede shoes. It’s just a fact.
Something Troubling
Are there no leaders with the nation’s best interests at heart?