I once saw a bumper sticker that said, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Isn’t it interesting how much our lack of knowledge, or lack of the right resources, cost us in life? Whether it’s not knowing something about accounting, or real estate, or business, or economics, or even not knowing the right people. Many times … [Read more...]
The Dangers of Sociopathic Patriotism
June 11, 2010 by 1 Comment
One of the greatest challenges of our time is developing the ability to cut through the deliberate distortion and propagandizing of current events in order to see the world as it really is. A prime example would be the ongoing conflict in Gaza where openly lamenting the loss of innocent life is a sure invitation for hysterical charges of … [Read more...]
Of Canyons & Education
May 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Grand Canyon spread its magnificent sandstone expanse upward and away, colors swirling in its impossibly steep walls, contrasting the distant pale blue sky, an immense reverse river wending its way for unseen miles. I sat there, exhausted, beat up, and in exaltation, feeling about as significant as the sand below me, waiting for its turn to … [Read more...]
Reviving the “McGuffy Paradigm”
May 4, 2010 by 1 Comment
Have you heard of the McGuffy Readers? Do you know there were 120 million of them sold in the middle part of our nation’s history? They were the standard educational text for America for a hundred years. So what's in them? Well, the first page of the first book talks about cats and rats, the second page shows the cat eating the rat, the third … [Read more...]
Postmodern Politics: Individualist or Relationship-Based?
April 26, 2010 by 6 Comments
Confidence in human institutions is fading. Modernism is slowly losing its foothold as many human beings are seeing that institutions are unable to deliver the happiness they claim to provide. In fact, many are beginning to see the authoritarian nature of most human institutions as a limit to their pursuit of happiness, an encroachment on … [Read more...]
Changing Lanes, Part 5: Future Leaders
April 24, 2010 by 1 Comment
This is part 4 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Thus far, I have proposed a specific solution to a specific problem. This trend towards federalism, and the opportunity it provides jurists and scholars to empower mediating entities gives me hope for a unified America. But I … [Read more...]
Changing Lanes, Part 4: The New Federalism
April 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 4 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here But there is hope. Some of the institutional safeguards compromised away, such as federalism and the Tenth Amendment, are making a comeback in modern Supreme Court jurisprudence. Supreme Court decisions over the last decade have again invoked the … [Read more...]
Changing Lanes, Part 2: Mediating Entities
April 21, 2010 by 2 Comments
This is part 2 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here So what are "mediating entities" and why are they essential to a free society? The word mediate comes from the Latin mediare, which means “to be in the middle.” A mediator is one who stands in the middle of a dispute to help the parties find a common-ground resolution to the … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurial Foundations of Free Society, Part 5: Eco v. Ego
April 3, 2010 by 1 Comment
Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article This is part 5 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here For years American politics has been dominated by two parties, one emphasizing success and the other nurture. This battle of Ego versus Eco still drives most national … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurial Foundations of Free Society, Part 4: IQ v. EQ
April 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 4 of a 5-part article. Click Here to Download a Printable Version of This Article Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 5 Here For a long time America used IQ as the measure of intelligence as well as a predictor of academic and career success. IQ tests measured literary, mathematical and spatial … [Read more...]
