Lie, Cheat, Steal vs. Trust, Like, Respect

The bad guys are winning, and theyโ€™re gaining momentum. While our world always has used propaganda and devious tactics to manipulate the masses, gain power, and generate wealth, todayโ€™s state of affairs across the globe is moving us toward extinction. Not happy words, but true ones. I have felt for years that we were heading [...]

Messy, drawn-out debt compromise is democracy personified

Democracy is messy. It always has been. That doesnโ€™t make it right, but itโ€™s reassuring to know that thereโ€™s nothing new here except for the fervent frenzy exacerbated by a world that knows too much too quicklyโ€”and often shares it through unintended or deliberate misinformation. Winston Churchill is credited with saying that โ€œdemocracy is the [...]