I have to remind myself that it’s okay…

Featured image from Patrick Smith/Getty Images. Want more? Use the Google machine… Gwen Berry is an “Activist Athlete.” Controversy is brewing over her choice to protest the National Anthem and her subsequent tweet, and the decision has me a bit torn. I have to remind myself that even this type of expression is to be […]

Systemic Racism and the empowerment of the State

Featured image by Alan Levine. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. We are seeing the rise of Authoritarianism in the United States, spearheaded by people that firmly believe that this country is based in systemic racism, and that the institutions of this country are biased against people of color. So they say. […]

Do they see it yet?

Featured image from Know Your Meme. Follow for more satire and memes. I hope that the neo-leftists see the damage they are causing in their pursuits of utopia. The policy positions that they are pushing simultaneously both breathtaking and quite infuriating. For those who have been living under the proverbial rock, let’s recap, shall we? […]

Burnout

Everything is political. Everything is infected with politics. And the kind of politics that we are facing today is one that effectively takes us backwards. And it seems more and more that there is no escape from it. Sports are a good example. I love watching football. But the NFL became so politicized with the […]

Why Standards matter…

Featured image by Angelo Brathot. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. I needed a break from things. I was going through some personal things, and I had to figure out what I needed from life. I’m back to a point where I can continue this project. Life is like that sometimes. The […]

Power comes from belief…

Institutions such as government, religion, schools, companies, and families depend upon the belief that those institutions impact your life. This power derives from the buy-in that the people engaging in the institution give it. The more people that buy in, the more power that institution has. And people buy in either voluntarily, or involuntarily. Institutions […]

Why government isn’t the answer

I can’t tell you how many times I have heard, “Well someone should make a law about that,” or “well there should be a program to deal with that.” And yet, when we look at local, state, and even the federal budgets, we are drowned in a sea of red ink, mismanagement, graft, nepotism, and […]