On March 15th of 1783 George Washington gave a speech to his army to stop them from overthrowing Congress, which probably would have ended with him being king. Having won the war and stopped himself from becoming king, Washington retired to live out his life on his farm. During and…

On November 14th, 2022 a meeting took place at Dalton Township Hall in which the Board of Trustees made decisions concerning several items of import. In addition to the items that were voted on there were also a few that were discussed to determine a direction moving forward. These will…

The government is a solution to a certain set of problems. This solution then causes a different set of problems. Instead of a solution, it’s more of a tradeoff between different sets of problems. The society gets to choose which hard path to take, because there are no easy options. …

I have been a little surprised at how much people are willing to blatantly lie in politics, even when they know that I know they’re lying, and even when I can’t figure out how such a lie could benefit them. I think there are five things occurring. One, people lie…

Humans have a unique ability to desire the impossible. Complaints are one demonstration of this. Much of what politicians do is an attempt to avoid complaints. However, having no complaints is an impossibility. This is even more so in politics than in business because for the most part people cannot…

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…

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…

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…

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…