It’s not unreasonable to say that being an outspoken critic of the President has been responsible for what success I’ve had as a writer. By far my most read essays have been […]
Why I’m Hoping Robert Mueller Finds Nothing
The Great Contrast: Trump and Syria
Like the other men and women of my generation that served in the Armed Forces, I served an America engaged in nearly constant conflict. In October of 2001, I was on the […]
The Entropy of Autism
Entropy a : the degradation of the matter and energy in the universe to an ultimate state of inert uniformity. b : a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder. Every […]
The Arc
Societal optimists make a point about the positive bend in the arc of a historical narrative by imagining the 50-year newspaper.
Faith
Nothing about me would lead anyone to believe that I am a man of faith. I am, at my very core, a believer in Bayesian logic. In my natural state, the world […]
Dependence
I’ve seen it in the comments section of my blog enough times to recognize the pattern. Invariably, someone throws down the gauntlet. “If you want my guns, come and get them.“
The Violence
I used to hunt people. They were violent men who were trying to kill other people. Sometimes it was the innocent they were after. Other times it was the less innocent—my friends […]
