Current Events

  • The American Crisis

    Americans want things to work the way they are supposed to work, but they themselves don’t want to make any concessions or adaptations to help that happen. (Efficiency is a goal for everyone else.) Americans want to focus only on… Continue reading

  • A Singular Focus

    When con artists focus on their prey, they will sit and stare at them with a singular focus and intent. With all of their will they declare the person their property. It is a very effective technique, but it is… Continue reading

  • Total Immersion

    Religion is a formula of rites, rituals, mores, and norms that are designed to build and maintain a community. There are two types of people who are insidious to a community. Both are pretenders. The first is a person who… Continue reading

  • A Good Man

    I have a mother. She is elderly and has been going through a rough patch. She is currently in rehab after a second surgery. The facility she is in is experiencing a small Covid outbreak. They are not quarantined, but… Continue reading

  • Never Fully Balanced

    There is a very clear difference between doing something just for the money, and being moved by a passionate need to express ourselves. It is easy to see in the art people produce; music, painting, writing, and everything else. It… Continue reading

  • Not A Single Bullet

    The new face of warfare is upon us and no one seems to know it. We have a financial system that is cobbled together with duct-tape and bailing wire. A system that was built back when everything was done with… Continue reading