Rand Paul recently asked,“have you ever met a college student that has answered a presidential poll?” Great question. No Rand, I have never met a college student that has. The more I thought about this question, the more time I spent wondering why. Cliff Zukin, in a New York Times opinion piece, explained that due…
2016 Predictions
It’s going to be a year to remember. In no particular order, here is what I see occurring: Voters will swing the great political pendulum to the right. More islands will be built in the East Asian seas. Low oil prices will frustrate OPEC to the point of member attrition. Americans will vacation in Cuba…
Leaving California
After living in the Golden State for four great years, we decided to sell everything and move to Virginia. The entrepreneurial lure of the California is alive and well, but don’t confuse that with a pro-business regulatory climate. My wife and I moved to California to start a business in 2011. We had a small…
The Resonation of Donald Trump
In this short post, I enlist the adapted definition of resonation, which is to evoke a feeling of shared emotion or belief. At this moment, Donald Trump is surging in the polls. His out-spoken style and disregard for political correctness has resonated with many in the Republican Party. But, why? The Presidential Office is all…
A Wonderful Darwinian Mistake
I was fortunate to attend In the Year 2525: Big Science, Big History, and the Far Future of Humanity conference last month. Of the many thoughtful presentations, one in particular still keeps me up at night. Altruism is the unselfish concern for the welfare of others. It goes against the logic of survival of the…
The Unstrung Pendulum
Have you ever heard of the luddites? They were a band of 19th-century English workers who destroyed machinery. Maybe it was out of fear losing their jobs, or maybe it was because the English never let a good riot pass them by. Either way, the term luddite is making its way back into mainstream. New…
The Republican Millennial 