Tools: Subsidiarity
I dread dealing with bureaucracies. They are huge, complex institutions that famously default to “NO.” (1) There are exceptions!...
May 62 min read
K03 Drop and give me ten, Private!
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, 1972. Anyone who went through basic training will vividly remember the Drill Sergeants’ favorite terms of...
Jan 202 min read
Tools: Absolute power corrupts (*1)
A familiar idea, often viewed narrowly in a political sense. Sadly, all institutions carry this risk, even church denominations, public...
Jan 82 min read
PT1996.7 Nobody wants me
Many seeking a job for which they are perfectly suited, are frustrated by one of the “-isms.” Unable to find a job (or even an interview)...
Jan 31 min read
PT 1972.11.24 One in 300,000,000
Do you believe in love at first sight? The famous thunderbolt that struck Michael Corleone when he first saw Apollonia Vitelli? The...
Dec 27, 20242 min read
PT1985.01. Dutch people don’t move.
Almost true. The saying is, they only move twice – to marry, and to die. So the vacancy rate is tiny. We arrived in Limburg in early...
Dec 24, 20242 min read
PT000 Introducing personal testimonies
Have you ever experienced an event so rare, so statistically unlikely, that the possibility it is random must be excluded? If so, how...
Dec 22, 20241 min read
