Never let it be said that I can't write a blog post in less than eight months. One of the benefits of writing this blog infrequently is that I have the chance to think about long-term trends without getting bogged down in the moment. I hope this is of value to you as well. Blogging regularly or, worse, tweeting every few minutes, is a full-time job. I've already got one of those. Of greater relevance, it seems to me that harping on up-to-the-minute events is very much like beating the proverbial dead horse. How is today's bad behavior any worse than yesterday's? Focusing on the moment also prevents folks from making sense of why things are the way they are; they're too busy devoting their energy to the very latest insult or outrage (which is strikingly similar to the one they harped on the day before). Let's take as an example the criticism of the behavior of the Republican leadership in Congress. If you read The New York Times and The Was
This blog is an endeavor to initiate a discussion on how to keep America great. The concept of greatness does not derive from some self-satisfied presumption, but rather the assumption that a Republic of free individuals is indeed the best form of government that humans can create and that "We The People" should by all means struggle to ensure that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."