sociology

  • Transitions

    Everyone must go through periods of being a leader and being a follower. It is the environment and situation that dictate when, where, and how these periods occur. The will of the individual can only be in response to the… 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

  • Evolving Democratically

    The compulsion is to somehow get the entire population to adapt together. The world is changing, and the people need to change with it. The reflex is to somehow get everyone to change together. This, however, is impossible. Evolution did… Continue reading

  • The Executive Branch

    (From my philosophical work, Maciolekism.) Presidential politics is destroying this country, as it would destroy any country. Thus, in my perfect world: The President would be a sitting Governor, who has served at least two terms, selected by a popular… 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

  • American Problem Solving

    The best way to solve a problem is to immerse ourselves in the environment, and then try to make the entire environment better, more balanced. Working to bring balance to the entire environment ensures that the problem and all of… Continue reading