Politics, Economics, and Philosophy (Oh, my!)

Where to begin with this bold a title….?Interestingly, I’m finding increasing clarity in my life (philosophically, anyway) as I get older, while my life gets increasingly complex. It’s not what I would have expected.The government attempted to roll...

The Right to Stagnate

“For every living species, growth is a necessity of survival… an animal’s capacity for development ends at physical maturity and thereafter its growth consists of the action necessary to maintain itself at a fixed level… it does not, to any...

What it means to be a man

I have a friend, an “older” gentleman who is somewhere between my dad’s age and my own. As I got older myself, we became very good friends and later I stood up at his wedding (his second) as his best man. Some time ago, we were chatting about our...

Courage – Part 3

Too long since last post, but life has a way of dictating that I will spend time writing only legal matters.Tim O’Brien writes eloquently about courage, though I think he’s gotten it wrong in an essential aspect. He raises troubling questions, however,...