politics

  • Good, Distraction, and the True Sense Radical

    How do we break through this divisive trance? In earlier Posts we have looked at the difference between the extremist and the true radical. The point was the extremist plays the shallow ends of the political spectrum. The true sense… Continue reading

  • Good and the Passing of a President

    Can you imagine a President of this country who worked tirelessly after his term in office to directly and personally build housing for people living in poverty, was instrumental in reducing to almost elimination river blindness, created international programs to… Continue reading

  • Good, “Justified Killing”, and the Mortal Decision

    The tragically mistaken idea of someone killing another human being can be justified based on their own private rational and personal experience has surfaced once again in the storm stream of the internet. It appears the CEO of Unitedhealth may… Continue reading

  • Good, Democracy, Kakistocracy, and Demise

    The joy of any age is to see new words of ancient lineage showing up in the headlines. This week’s new old word is Kakistocracy. Of likely Greek origin it describes a government overrun and run by the least competent… Continue reading

  • Good Violence and Winning the Revolution

    Sometimes it seems from history’s lessons that the only thing more difficult than losing the revolution is winning it. The victors inherit the structure of governance, or what is left of it, and have to do better than the vanquished… Continue reading

  • Good, Authority and the Idiot’s Power

    When a new administration appoints the cabinet members, state or federal, the prayer is the appointees have the authority (authenticity/expertise) to handle the power (simple leverage) of their new charges. The attribute of authority is a life time disciplined project,… Continue reading

  • Good, Employment Termination, and Internet Assault

    The internet and all of its components are slowly being evolved into a sited weapon as much as a service. The new administration has already begun to practice the act of doxxing. Doxxing in case you haven’t looked it up… Continue reading

  • Good, Debate, Lies, and Moral Equivalency

    When did it happen that a person could prevail in a debate simply because that person got away with the most effective lies, omissions, and immoral moral equivalencies? If you watched the US political debates this year, there must have… Continue reading

  • Good, Gender, Abortion, and the Danger of Mixed Memes

    Initially many of us spent a bit of time wondering what a ‘meme’ was, but after a while it was too late in smart company to actually ask: ‘what the heck is a meme?’ without appearing a little dull. We… Continue reading

  • Good and the Tyranny of Need

    We live in a culture where we have given other people permission to engineer and impose upon us what they need our personal needs to be. When we submit to that contract, advertisers and influences own a big part of… Continue reading