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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Let the Liberal Consensus Speak With the upcoming Presidential election in 2024, we have the opportunity to bolster social policies and free market activities if we open our ears to the voice of The Liberal Consensus. The Liberal...

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

With a Presidential Election year coming into view, America’s democracy is in jeopardy as we continue to allow The Minority to rule. To put The Majority back in power and protect democracy we need to listen to voices like...

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Devotion to Discovery When you learn more, you can change your mind and go a different direction, evolving your perspective. As Neil DeGrasseTyson says, “Science is devotion to discovery and religion is devotion to ignorance...

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

UPWARD AND ONWARD We want everyone to have the idea of being about to build financial independence for themselves. It’s exciting to be able to live and get to enjoy the journey. Without the ability to move up, we are just asking...

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

I am starting to recognize you need to use your creativity; if you don’t use it, you’re not living a full life. I have suppressed my creativity for 54 years, and so as I start to use it more, I feel like I am living a...

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Winston Churchill is famous for saying, “Democracy is the worst form of government save all else.” How can we make democracy better? I realize that others may have it worse (e.g. China), but I want to be able to make it...

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Voting for freedom, democracy and a better future Freedom is not free. I became complacent, taking for granted that we have a democratic society and the rule of law that protects all of us. But we’ve seen too many Breonna Taylors...

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Losing my religion I grew up Southern Baptist believing that to be a “good person,” you were supposed to go church and follow the Golden Rule, doing unto others as you would want done to you. Yet during the week, I...

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Science vs. religion Can we continue to be the leaders in science, technology and discovery while religion infuses our government and society? We are losing our footing on being scientists and discovering the answers to questions that...

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

I recently read the book Net Positive by Paul Polman and Andrew Winston which started me thinking about how and where I can make a net positive impact on the world. If you are not familiar, net positive is “a philosophy that is...

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

What is a more perfect union? I am not an originalist, trying to go back to the past. There are good ideas from the past that we can “build back better,” and I want to move forward positively. I love that we have amendments...

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

As an entrepreneur, one of the things that I think about is how the educational system did not lead me to what I am doing. Our system is set up for people to go onto a job: Show up at the same time every time, do your coursework, and...

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

All of us should be our authentic selves. Recently, I hired some workers to install a heat pump, air handler, and a new thermostat. As I showed them my project (a new oven), one worker commented on how nice the stove is going to be. He...

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

I have been reading Plato’s Republic, where Socrates speaks of the perfect city and the concept of justice. Justice depends on who is in charge. Is it ruled by oligarchy (rule by the rich, the few, the worst)? Timocracy (property...

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

With the Biden win, we have preserved democracy for the time being. We still have work to do...alot of work. We must continue the fight for democracy pushing back against fascist, racist rule...rule by oligarchs, rule by the few and...

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

I am concerned about our country, and I want to move more to social democracy versus being ruled by the Oligarchs. I love the United States and our democracy. We are in a battle to save our hard-earned democracy from being taken away...

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The number of stories about fraudsters taking advantage of unsuspecting victims seems to grow by the day. Of course, it’s easy to think, “This will never happen to me!” But to keep your money and personal information...

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Photo by Andrian Valeanu on Unsplash I believe that it is important to use your creativity every day. Living wholeheartedly is a practice I support and try to follow myself. I want to help you live your version of your creative life...