Craig Maciolek

  • There Is No Climax

    Applied Political theory is like a video game. Children will play with it until they go down every passage, explore every corner, learn every secret, and exploit every trick. After that, they become destructive in their boredom… unless they move… Continue reading

  • Distortions

    We humans have a predisposition to compete, and in conversation that means we are pressured to exaggerate, distort, and lie. Thus, it requires practice, discipline, and focus for the average person to have a conversation without exaggerating, distorting, or lying.… Continue reading

  • A Good Religion

    There are three general environments that we live in: the Socio-political, Economic, and Natural. All three have value as we try to build an enduring civilization, but only the Natural environment is not man-made. And only the Natural environment has… Continue reading

  • Ecosystem Management

    We are living through a time, in the evolution cycle of a civilization, when the fanatics have taken control. There are many things in an ecosystem that we cannot understand, much less control. Wise managers will spend time and effort… Continue reading

  • A Warrior’s Repose

    The most important role of a warrior is to be prepared… which involves knowing how to rest and be still when times are calm.(The Samurai pursued poetry and other forms of art.) If they do not have this discipline;if they… Continue reading

  • The Evolution of Structured Communication

    Those who have looked, know. A soldier writing home during World War One, who barely finished the eighth grade, was better at grammar and composition than the average college graduate from the nineties forward to today. My opinion is that… Continue reading