Maciolekism

maturity

  • The Physics of Steering

    Dystopia begins in our mind, regardless of our environment. When I was young, for a few years in a row, a chunk of my extended family would take a canoe trip down a small Connecticut river. A bunch of cousins… Continue reading

    The Physics of Steering

  • Being Realistic

    I do not believe that the United States of America is a first world country. After too much time thinking about it, I am convinced that America is a second world country. By my own classification, of course. My classification… Continue reading

  • Maturity Check

    A town near where I live, that I drive to and through periodically, has begun to use cameras to ticket speeders. While this is something I fully support, it does test my maturity as I have, in the past, sped… Continue reading

  • The Birth of Faith

    President Lyndon Johnson recorded all his phone calls and they are still available to listen to. On these tapes we hear a solid leader become broken and desperate, pleading for reliable information about Vietnam. What we now know about the… Continue reading

  • Shifting From Dream To Religion

    Most of us have seen the video of the N.Y. Yankee fan trying to pry the ball from the glove of the L.A. Dodger player in game four of baseball’s World Series. Fortunately, the player wasn’t hurt. Unfortunately, no one… Continue reading

  • Lifelong Projects

    We all fall into a lifelong project of one sort or another. Most commonly, people will wake up one day and find that they are parents,..  with a mortgage. Becoming parents, raising children, then grandparents, and great grandparents. It is… Continue reading