I am inspired by what our government did when it took the reins and directed such things as : The New Deal, the Manhattan Project, the Marshall Plan, and the Apollo Project.
My question is why can't we get past the idea that either business or labor unions or government is inherently evil? I believe all of the above should be vibrant, and government should be the force that provides the juridical framework for society as a whole, directing the larger visio...
I was born in the year of JFK's demise. My formative years were deeply influenced by the nation's experiences in Vietnam, and with Watergate and the never-ending Cold War. As a result, I became profoundly interested in politics, and correspondingly, very suspicious of the process and political leaders.
Even more personally, the sex, drugs, and rock n'roll cultural revolution was a pervasive environmental condition for day-to-day life. I escaped this g...
09.19.2006.