Explore the "Sunday Poem" archives here. Curiosity Alastair Reid may have killed the cat; more likely the cat was just unlucky, or else curious to see what death was like, having no cause to go on licking paws, or fathering litter on litter of kittens, predictably. Nevertheless, to be curious is dangerous enough. To distrust what is … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2010
A Review of Launching a Leadership Revolution by Orrin Woodward & Chris Brady
January 29, 2010 by 6 Comments
As a fan of leadership books, I try to read everything that comes out in this field. Unfortunately, reading hundreds of books on the same topic means there is seldom something really new—fresh, exciting, revolutionary that uplifts the entire genre. The last such surprise for me came several years ago in the writings of Steve Farber. But now, … [Read more...]
Freedom Leadership: America’s Opportunity
January 27, 2010 by 4 Comments
Futurist John Naisbitt wrote in Mindset that success in the 21st Century will go to the opportunity leaders, not the problem solvers. America hasn’t yet figured this out. The focus of our leaders — political, corporate, media — seems mostly on problems. As Fareed Zakaria argues, the current debate in the United States is totally out of touch … [Read more...]
Sunday Poem: If by Rudyard Kipling
January 24, 2010 by 1 Comment
Explore the "Sunday Poem" archives here. If Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or, being … [Read more...]
Sunday Poem: A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
January 17, 2010 by 1 Comment
For me, Sundays are days to rest, reflect, ponder and plan. And poetry, with its concentrated imagery and boundless connotations, offers one of the best ways to reflect on truth and the meaning and purpose of life, to lift one's view beyond day-to-day monotony, and stir one's soul to greatness. So I'm instituting a new tradition on the CSL … [Read more...]
The New Global Aristocratic Class & the Decline of Free Enterprise
January 16, 2010 by 1 Comment
While regulation increases and economic freedom decreases in America, other nations are going the opposite direction. In order to remain prosperous and strong, America must revive the principles of free enterprise that made her great. Three New Hotspots In a two-day span, the New York Times ran two articles -- "The Tel Aviv Cluster" and "Is … [Read more...]
Beyond Liberals & Conservatives, Part 3: The New Majority
January 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 3 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here But the biggest shift of all may be that postmodernists and independents have a new faith: “We must save ourselves, at least as far as this world is concerned.” On one extreme, this means becoming truly self-made, like an Ayn Rand hero, building yourself and your family … [Read more...]
Beyond Liberals & Conservatives, Part 2, The Current Debate
January 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 2 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here Most recently, Ralph Nader has argued that the only solution to our current problems is for the super-rich to use their influence and power to reduce corporate power in the world and let governments save us. Government offers the most hope to mankind, this view argues, … [Read more...]
Beyond Liberal & Conservative: Independents, Postmodernism, & How To Really Understand the Issues, Part 1
January 8, 2010 by 1 Comment
This is part 1 of a 3-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here If you want to understand and profit from the political, economic and cultural forces at play in today’s world, you must understand two things: The evolution of pre-modernism, modernism and post-modernism. How independents view and are shaping the world. Armed … [Read more...]
