Has the republic failed the People, or have the People failed the republic? Part III
Only when the People are committed to virtue and liberty, can the republic be saved. Life in early America was lived primarily in small towns that were centered around local associations, church life, and family. Politics were local, performed mainly at town meetings attended by friends and neighbors. It...
Has the republic failed the People, or have the People failed the republic? Part II
Only when the People are committed to virtue and liberty, can the republic be kept. Early in the life of the colonies, immigrants valued a way of life idealized and lived for generations that started in Great Britain and, to a lesser extent, other European countries. Eventually, settling on...
Has the republic failed the People, or have the People failed the republic? Part I
In an account by James McHenry, a Founding Father, and signer of the United States Constitution, that was written on September 17, 1787, about an encounter between Benjamin Franklin and an anxious lady named Mrs. Powel, who accosted him outside Independence Hall, asked “What type of government have you...
World Economic Forum – Part 3
What is unethical about Davos Man? Davos Man is not disguised as a self-interest or status-seeking decadent association. There is something deeper, something at the very heart of the organization that should concern all. Even if suspicions are completely shielded, there is something inveterately flawed about the group, and...