“The spirit of party… serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community…
Why Don’t They Govern from the Middle Anymore?
One thing seems clear to me: whenever a single party wins the House, the Senate, and the Presidency, they start…
I Wouldn’t Relive a Year
— The Best Is Yet to Come , “If you could relive one year of your life, which would it…
The Iraq War
It Fascinates me because We’re Watching the Same Script Play Out From Baghdad to Caracas I remember how loudly President…
The John Brown Moment in 1859
When Will the John Brown Moment Happen again in the US? Every so often, history echoes back at me —…
The Forgotten Birth of Freedom The signing of The Magna Carta
“No man is above the law and no man is below it.” If you asked a hundred people what the…
What It Means When the Fed Ends Quantitative Tightening
“We’ve squeezed enough water out. It’s time to stop drying things up.” If you’ve ever squeezed a sponge, you already…
10 Things Everyone Should Know
by Beebop “The older I get, the more I realize the best lessons aren’t found in books or classrooms—they’re written…
Could I Do It Again If I Had to Start Over Today in the U.S.?
I sometimes ask myself a hard question: if I had to start all over again today in America—same drive, same…
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
When I watch my seven grandkids, I realize something simple but profound — they already know the secret that so…
True story of my YUTE. The River That Whispers Back
In 1970 I was thirteen, I was hungry for adventure — the kind that felt like freedom, danger, and discovery…
Three Just Isn’t Enough
So, today’s writing prompt asks: If you had three wishes from a genie, what would they be? That’s easy —…
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