democracy
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Good, Truth Carrying Grief, and the Atomized Society
History has thrust upon our generation an indescribably important task–to complete the process of democratization which our nation has too long developed too slowly, but which is our most powerful weapon for world respect and emulation. How we deal with… Continue reading
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Good and Saving Your Soul for the Long Struggle
The Good Decisions Project’s series of posts, the current news, and this writers instincts warn that the current life of an activist and resister to the chaotic, often brutal policies in the United States can lead to the malnutrition of… Continue reading
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Good, Power and the Deceptive Immunity from Law
The idea that powerful people are exempt from the law and its consequences is as old an illusion as history itself is old. The end of WWII did not automatically deliver the Nuremberg trials. At the peak of WWII no… Continue reading
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Good, Democracy and the Fallacy of “My Own Morality”
The question becomes: Can one individual have their own morality? The short answer is no. Only a narcissist can have “their own static morality” and that becomes a diagnosis rather than a morality. Ultimately morality is a social word and… Continue reading
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Good, Government, and No Power, No Play
I suspect the readership of this column could expand if this Project were to pick sides and join in the stalemated fray called American politics. The reason that doesn’t happen is The Good Decision Project is about good and how… Continue reading
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Good, the Parasite and the Public Ethic
A good parasite does not kill its host or at least not immediately. A good parasite knows at some primitive level that for as long as the host lives, the nutrition flows. But like all other communities of life, some… Continue reading
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Good, Executive Orders, and Dictating a Democracy
Imagine if you lived on the 10th floor of an apartment complex and the children of the vertical community devised a game which involved pulling the fire alarms for the amusement of watching people scramble. We would stop that kind… Continue reading
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Good and “Silence in the Face of Evil”
This Post begins with a quote from Thomas Friedman of the New York Times in an article addressing collapsing morality in this era of ours. “The anti-Nazi Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was hanged by Hitler’s henchmen shortly before… Continue reading
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Good and the Fallacy of the Financial Elite
The highest standard of elite in a democracy is the authentic distillation, expression and codification of the public’s authority. Democracy is a public service. Yes, private individuals may have the power to trash the United States White House, but they are not… Continue reading
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