THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG
Most of you are familiar with the fairy tale about the goose that laid a golden egg.
It did so on a regular basis and brought a steady flow of wealth to its owner until it was disemboweled to get to the source. It died and produced no more golden [...]
DIPLOMACY & PUBLIC OPINION
In a democratic society, in which actions are taken based on decisions made not by individuals but by consensus, compromises are made until acceptable conclusions leading to action are accepted.
This seems obvious and should require no elaborate explanation of how democracy works.
However, the conclusions that are reached never satisfy all the parties [...]
I receive many e-mails asking why I don’t post articles to this log more often.
The reason is that like most people I find that the trivia that one encounters in everyday living consumes time that could be better spent in creative pursuits
I write when I encounter either ignorance or stupidity so [...]
In this very long article I hope to discuss the dangerous cliff on which we presently stand.
I have lightly discussed revolution in a couple of former articles but this is an in-depth look at what can precipitate one.
The French Revolution of 1789 overthrew an absolute monarchy and ended a system of feudalism for [...]
For as long as I can remember I have heard people say “Don’t discuss politics or religion”.That makes sense because both are subjective issues and people usually adhere to religion as a ‘faith-based system of salvation’. Faith is the sticking point.
People do not change unless given a reason and since the principles of a [...]
