In my Constitution class, the professor asked: “Could the British government have saved its North American provinces? What political or constitutional steps would it have taken? Failing that, would a military strategy…...
Month: September 2023
Should There Be Term Limits?
As one of the founding fathers, John Adams wrote the following in his “Thoughts on Government”...
What Scientists Should Do on Mars
Listening to Elon Musk or other scientists talk about life on Mars is embarrassing. Human beings cannot live on Mars or anywhere else in the universe. Scientists are warning us daily that…
[The Washington Post] Feeling younger than your age may be good for your health
Feeling younger than your age may be good for your health https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/06/15/feeling-younger-aging-good-health/ Dania and I always talk about how we feel much younger than our physical age....
Boasting about Abortion Care?
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/09/massachusetts-sees-rise-in-out-of-state-abortion-patients-post-dobbs-since-roe-overturned/ The problem with talk about abortion care is that the abortion argument begins with an acknowledgement that a woman is in a bad situation. While I would never want any woman…...
Take a Walk and Breathe
https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/walk-woods-may-boost-mental-health?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020230905%20(1)...
Montesquieu and the Nature of Political Societies
The following was submitted as work for “Creation of the Constitution” with Prof. Robert Allison in Harvard Extension School. Throughout history, Christians have believed that “every soul [should] be subject to higher…...
Respect is Earned
“A husband and father rules over wife and children, both free, but the rule differs, the rule over his children being a royal, over his wife a constitutional rule. For although there…...
Courage in Men and Women
“The courage of a man is shown in commanding, of a woman in obeying.” Aristotle, Politics In the modern discussion about the roles of men and women, we often focus on whether…...
How We Get Our Wealth
“There are two sorts of wealth-getting, as I have said; one is a part of household management, the other is retail trade: the former necessary and honorable, while that which consists in…...