Speech October 9, 2023 (Philadelphia, PA) Thank you, Lewis GrassRope, for that beautiful blessing. Lewis is a tribal elder from the Lower Brule Sioux, the grandson of a signer of the 1876 Fort Laramie treaty. My father visited South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation in May of 1968 and spent the […]
America: Not Getting our Money’s Worth
Nanny state taxes for Laissez-faire services American political debate within the phony Left-Right parameters usually boils down to one of “big government” vs. “small government.” At least that’s what they tell us. In actuality, the last vestiges of a smaller central government were seen during the Calvin Coolidge administration. Since […]
“The Pensive and Awful Silence”
Originally published on Courageous Discourse Dr. Benjamin Rush on signing the Declaration of Independence What most of us remember about the Declaration of Independence is Thomas Jefferson’s preamble, which contains many soaring assertions about which lawyers and political philosophers could spend a great deal of time debating. Needless to say, […]
Prisoners of Higher Ed: Part 1
Higher education shapes, fosters, and rewards conformity, thus creating a professional class that is willing to leave its independence — and critical thinking — at the door In my recent pre-move houseclearing, the picture above was one of the photos I couldn’t seem to get rid of, though I didn’t […]
A Shortcut for Caring for Others (and Being Cared For Yourself)
We’ve talked about the importance of inter-generational communities, and the general exhale of relief that comes when you realize you don’t have to sell your life today, and what happens when a lack of other options results in coerced care. Do I wish that the U.S. government took the formation of […]