Dallas: The Target Is Order

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Dallas was not just another attack by a lone shooter against defenseless civilians. Rather, it was a highly symbolic act against those who defend order. The target was order. The target was the uniforms and badges the officers were wearing. Those who died were merely representatives of order. They were the defenders … Read more

An American “Brexit” to Nowhere: Three Questions Need Answers First

An American “Brexit” to Nowhere: Three Questions Need Answers First 1

There is considerable excitement about the United Kingdom’s Brexit decision to leave the European Union. Many people rightly interpret the vote as a rejection of wrongheaded immigration policies, oppressive regulations and stifling bureaucratic rule from the central European government in Brussels. Brexit was also clearly motivated by a desire to recover national … Read more

A Civics Lesson from a Zulu King

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The chaos of the present election cycle calls to mind a story about the great African king, Shaka (1787-1828), the founder of Southern Africa’s Zulu Empire. It is told that Shaka lamented the slowness of his warriors when they entered into battle. To remedy the problem, he ordered them to take off … Read more

When Greenspan Speaks, Shouldn’t Someone Be Listening?

When Greenspan Speaks, Shouldn’t Someone Be Listening? 1

It used to be said that when Alan Greenspan spoke, people listened. In fact, the speeches of this Federal Reserve Chairman used to rock markets worldwide. But today, a lot has changed. No one seems to be acknowledging the alarming reports on the state of the global economy coming from very qualified … Read more

Where Does Britain Brexit To?

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The debate over the meaning of Brexit is still raging. It is hard to explain the fact that the full force of the British establishment, both on the left and right, lost the June 23 vote to remain in the European Union. There were strange bedfellows indeed as bankers and labor unions, academics … Read more

Deep Work: A Shallow Approach to a Deep Problem

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There are many books that discuss the harmful effects of cyber distractions upon society and the individual. Such works offer compelling arguments that contribute to the growing skepticism in the general public about our relationships to our machines. Unfortunately, Cal Newport’s Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World is … Read more

Rediscovering the Ideal Healthcare Plan

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There is a prevailing idea that health care plans are necessarily complex and expensive schemes. There was, however, an ideal health care plan in the distant past that was amazingly simple. The plan did not list its benefits, clinical metrics or financial data. The main emphasis of this plan was not so … Read more