When Parody Gets PersonalFirst Amendment considerations in evaluating major media broadcasts and publications that mock specific individualsJan 11Jan 11
What does it mean to “Love your enemy”?We’ve all heard the exhortation to “love thine enemy.” We’ve all heard the Golden Rule-based commandment to “love thy neighbor as…Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021
The Space Between the Notes“The spaces between the notes,” said my father, “are as important as the notes themselves.” As with music, so with life.Aug 24, 20211Aug 24, 20211
Reborn Every DayIf we carefully focus on the future self we wish to become, then we can be reborn as the person we wish we had been all this time.Aug 24, 2021Aug 24, 2021
Reverse Culture ShockI returned from a year in Egypt shortly before 9–11 . A strange experience symbolized my reentry into American culture.Aug 24, 2021Aug 24, 2021
My Search for PurposeI’ve gone from a rural small town to the Middle East; from minimum wage to business owner; from getting trolled to self-help believer.Aug 24, 2021Aug 24, 2021
Principles for a Self-Directed Society.I self-published my “manifesto” in 2008, but the original version was something I had dreamed up while working as a part-time house painter…May 1, 2021May 1, 2021