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Jun 10

Political Column — Common Ground

In a lonely, isolated society, lacking connection and belonging, a feeling of powerlessness whelms up in people, drop by slowly overwhelming drop. Meaning lacking, frustration growing, the complexity of the world beyond capacity of understanding. Human defiance seeks resistance, human fear seeks escape. How do you live in a broken…

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Political Column — Common Ground
Political Column — Common Ground

May 5

Political Column — Reaction, Revolution, and Reform

Governments do bad things. People get upset over those things, and that’s reasonable. They complain to their friends and family, they post things on social media. Sometimes they yell, sometimes they protest. This initial reaction is one of anger. Anger is an emotion that pushes us to take action. Often…

Politics

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Political Column — Reaction, Revolution, and Reform
Political Column — Reaction, Revolution, and Reform

Mar 31

Political Column — Do I Like Being Supervisor?

Last month the local Girl Scout troop leaders needed a location to divide up their cookie shipment, and they did that at the township. It went well. While talking with the organizer she asked me how long I’ve been in office, I told her about 15 months. Next she asked…

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Political Column — Do I Like Being Supervisor?
Political Column — Do I Like Being Supervisor?

Feb 28

Political Column — Religion, Politics, and an Invocation

I don’t fall into a clear category in politics. Nor do I in religion. This tends to make people uncomfortable because they can’t classify me. To know what I think you have to ask me, or listen to me, or read what I have written. In my pursuit of meaning…

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Political Column — Religion, Politics, and an Invocation
Political Column — Religion, Politics, and an Invocation

Jan 31

The Stress of Holding Office in Tumultuous Times

As societies break down you see a breakdown at all levels. You can see it on display in our government organizations in villages, townships, cities, counties, states, and countries. You can see it in private clubs, friend groups, and family units. And you can see it in individuals. …

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The Stress of Holding Office in Tumultuous Times
The Stress of Holding Office in Tumultuous Times

Dec 22, 2021

Political Column — The Struggle of Politics

Life is a struggle. A struggle wherein we strive to capture value and meaning in what we create, in what we experience, and the perspective that we take on the challenges that we face. Politics is a part of life, and also a struggle. Dalton Township has been faced with…

Politics

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Political Column — The Struggle of Politics
Political Column — The Struggle of Politics

Nov 10, 2021

Political Column — The Bedrock of Good Government

It has been a long and tumultuous history to discover what is necessary for the structure of good governance: separation of powers, federalism, checks and balances, due process, elections, enumerated rights, trial by jury, etc. These are immensely important principles that civilization is built upon. But all of the best…

Politics

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Political Column — The Bedrock of Good Government
Political Column — The Bedrock of Good Government

Sep 21, 2021

Political Column — Between Tyranny and Anarchy

Life and liberty are precious and precarious things. Easy to lose their balance and topple, this way or that. We expect government to protect these things, life and liberty, but quite often it does the opposite. And that’s allowed, because taking action is inconvenient. If these injustices continue to grow…

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Political Column — Between Tyranny and Anarchy
Political Column — Between Tyranny and Anarchy

Sep 21, 2021

Political Column — How Power Corrupts

I have spent many hours over the last couple of decades contemplating Lord Acton’s observation in a letter to a bishop that, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” I have read, studied, and observed the idea. …

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Political Column — How Power Corrupts
Political Column — How Power Corrupts

Sep 21, 2021

Political Column — The Right to Garden

Everyone wants to make progress. To actually do that there are important questions to ask, the two most important being “Progress toward what?” and “How?” …

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Political Column — The Right to Garden
Political Column — The Right to Garden
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