Last year I wrote about Donald Trump and how his political campaign resonated with many Americans because many of us enjoy a good affront to any establishment, especially that of the political kind. I mentioned that there is a deeply rooted national logic to it, thanks to the way our Founding Fathers behaved. I went…
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Toe the Line
As children we played the game “tug of war” often. This is where two teams would line up opposite each other and pull a thick rope with all their strength. The goal was to pull your opponents into the mud, which separated us by about ten feet. Each team would toe the line until one…
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…
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…
Meeting Neel Kashkari
There is nothing more American than listening to a political campaign speech with strangers in a crowded room. As a nation, we entertain this extraordinary opportunity to reevaluate our values every few years. It is a visceral experience because we survive both economically and socially on the decisions made by those who were elected to…
Identify Government Programs to Sunset
All good things must come to an end. All talentless government run programs must come to end even sooner. The main problem with newly elected administrations is their insatiable appetite to launch new government programs. When, in actuality, what is desperately needed is the administration’s acknowledgement of programmatic failures and a firm date each unproductive…
The Republican Millennial 