Craig Maciolek
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The evolution of a government is measured by the increasing separation between authority and responsibility. Failure causes the government to become obsolete. Success leads to self-destruction. Death is necessary and unavoidable. Continue reading
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A good sophist instinctively frames their narratives and arguments around the product they are selling. (Lobbyists are modern sophists.) Continue reading
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Leadership, at the national level, is not about keeping a couple hundred thousand people dying from a disease. It is about holding a society together while a couple hundred thousand people die from a disease. Continue reading
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Every time tyrants rise to create a “perfect” society they underestimate how much slave labor is needed to maintain the illusion. Continue reading
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The Truth About Politics
Back before the internet, before cell phones, when college sweethearts kept in touch over the summer by writing letters, she broke up with me because my writing intimidated her. Did I say something wrong? She said no. It wasn’t anything… Continue reading