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Essays, evaluations, and observations on the drift of modern institutions.
Responsibility Is Good News
Responsibility is not a sentence or a reason for shame. It is the discovery that there is something you can...
Read Article Proportion: The Unseen Governor of Life
Proportion is not a thing we can easily point to. It is the relationship among things, and when one part...
Read Article Lindsey Graham: Respect Without Agreement
A country cannot survive if every political opponent becomes an enemy, every disagreement becomes hatred, and every act of respect...
Read Article The Redefinition of Purpose
A group is created to serve a purpose. Then the purpose weakens, is fulfilled, or is subverted. If the institution...
Read Article Accountability Is Not Revenge
Accountability is not revenge. Revenge wants injury. Accountability wants truth, process, consequence, and repair. When a country loses that distinction,...
Read Article How to Overcome Fear and Make Better Decisions
Fear controls decisions when we refuse to confront what might happen. By facing possible consequences and becoming willing to experience...
Read Article Separation of Church and State: What It Originally Meant
The phrase “separation of church and state” is often used as if it means religion must be removed from public...
Read Article The Agreements That Hold a Society Together
Civilization is not held together by force alone. It rests on shared agreement: agreement about truth, law, authority, responsibility, family,...
Read Article The Mercy of Restoring Purpose: Happiness
Happiness often returns when a person regains purpose, useful action, and a meaningful place in the lives of others. True...
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