Craig Maciolek

  • A Mature Mind

    We will never be able to stop history from repeating itself. Most likely, the variable that drives our repetitive self destruction is the last minute reactive effort to change things radically… in order to prevent history from repeating itself. The… Continue reading

  • 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