By Kevin Mogavero It is so easy to forget how spoiled we are in America. Sure, things aren’t perfect, but it really wouldn’t take much to make them a lot worse. I have a friend who lived on a big island. He actually lived closer to Key West (the southernmost point in the United States) than people in Miami. On this island, he was not … [Read more...]
A Vital Leadership Trend that Isn’t Yet a Thing
June 29, 2012 by 1 Comment
by Oliver DeMille We need a whole new level of leadership. And we need it soon. Just consider some of our pressing national challenges: 75% of current Americans worry that another recession is coming. U.S. consumer confidence in June is at a six-month low. The average price of a gallon of gas in the United States was $3.88 at the … [Read more...]
Type A Voters and the Simple Fix
June 8, 2012 by 3 Comments
By Oliver DeMille Raghuram Rajan of the University of Chicago recently said in Foreign Affairs (May/June 2012): For decades before the financial crisis of 2008, advanced economies were losing their ability to grow by making useful things. "But they needed to somehow replace the jobs that had been lost to technology and foreign … [Read more...]
Right vs. Cool
April 4, 2012 by 1 Comment
The Upcoming Elections By Oliver DeMille Weeks ago I wrote an article about two kinds of voters in modern America, the traditionalists (who vote mostly based on issues) and the literalists (who vote pragmatically). The response has been both widespread and interesting. The feedback made it clear that a lot of independent voters understood and … [Read more...]
The New Challenge of Governments
February 29, 2012 by 7 Comments
By Oliver DeMille Globalization is changing the demand on governments around the world. Since the advent of the nation-state in 1648, the purpose of national government has been to protect its citizens from attack by international forces and domestic criminals. Local government has focused on providing the various needs of citizens as deemed … [Read more...]
How to “Hold the Reins” of Government Tightly
February 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
By Stan Szczesny "Stick to your objectives and examine the results to see how they match; take hold of the handles of government carefully and grip them tightly." -Han Fei Tzu, translated by Burton Watson It is the way of an enlightened people never to allow their representatives to speak words that cannot be matched by results. When … [Read more...]
Mini-Factories: The Greatest Freedom Trend of Our Time
January 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Oliver DeMille The following is an excerpt from Oliver's recent book, The Coming Aristocracy: Education & the Future of Freedom. If freedom is to reverse the onslaught of American and global aristocracy, it will likely do so through the greatest freedom trend of our time. This trend is revolutionizing institutions, organizations, … [Read more...]
Choose your Money View; Don’t let it Choose You
January 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Brady "World View" is a term recently popularized by philosophers and media pundits who debate spiritual and political matters. It refers to the lens through which people see (and therefore interpret) the world around them. All information and observations must pass through this lens and be colored by one's World … [Read more...]
How to NOT Ruin Freedom
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
By Oliver DeMille In the American founding era, most of the leading thinkers were rationalists. This means that they believed in reason as a top method of determining truth. Note that the general concept of reason has changed since then. When most people think of reason today, they tend to mix it with the ideas of logic, science and … [Read more...]
The American Caste System
December 26, 2011 by 2 Comments
By Oliver DeMille The American framers overcame domination by an elite upper class by establishing a new system where every person was treated equally before the law. This led to nearly two centuries of increasing freedoms for all social classes, both genders and all citizens—whatever their race, religion, health, etc. During the Industrial Age … [Read more...]
