Good, Nurturance, and Designing to the Sound of the Wrecking Ball

politics

  • Good, Nurturance, and Designing to the Sound of the Wrecking Ball

    People who have their lives in order and may be getting bored often like to praise the virtues of chaos and the opportunities to be found in that state. Well, with this new wrecking ball approach to government, the good… Continue reading

  • Good, False Morality, and Friends and Enemies,

    Morality in its natural state is a set of behavioral expectations arising from the social mores of a culture or community.  Religions also impact morality, and each informs their own practitioners of their specific  moral instructions through their sources of… Continue reading

  • 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