Craig Maciolek

  • Let The Free Market Wash The Dishes

    We have all experienced it. That passive aggressive game where all the people in a house refuse to wash the dirty dishes in the sink. Everyone making a political statement about what they are and are not willing to be… Continue reading

  • A Modern Gilgamesh

    The wilderness is known as an economy. Capitalism is what we call the ever present chaos; the physics of how money flows through an economy when unmanaged. Flowing money is like water. It is nourishing and refreshing when it trickles,… Continue reading

  • Under The Hemlocks

    I was working on a remote island in the Southeast Passage of Alaska. I pulled my boat up to a beach where I had work to do nearby. As I secured the boat a sweet older woman came onto the… Continue reading

  • Comfort Food

    It is clear that people are no longer voting for the person who would be the best leader, but for the person who comforts them the most in a reality where they have no understanding or control of what is… Continue reading

  • My Lost Mass Shooting Solution

    A long time ago, shortly after the Sandy Hook shooting, I wrote my solution to reduce these mass shootings. Recently I have been trying to find it, but it seems to have been lost in the shuffle. So, I will… Continue reading

  • Truing

    The opposite of Capitalism is not Socialism. The opposite of Capitalism is sound Management. Socialism was Karl Marx’s idealistic view of how a society should be managed. Just because Marx’s Socialism is unrealistic, does not mean sound management should be… Continue reading