This is part 2 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here At the same time, and certainly not unrelated, many women are finding marriage less attractive. Sandra Tsing Loh writes that: “for women, obsession with real estate is replacing obsession with love and marriage….Whatever the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
The Marriage Plot, New Feminism, & the End of Men, Part 2: The Decreasing Popularity of Marriage
August 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Marriage Plot, New Feminism, & the End of Men, Part 1: The Rise of Matriarchal Society
August 30, 2010 by 1 Comment
This is part 1 of a 5-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here AT THE CENTER OF ALL SOCIETIES sits the family, and when family culture drastically and irreversibly changes, the whole civilization is impacted. Our politics, economy, relationships and character are going to be different based on … [Read more...]
Sunday Poem: The Country of Marriage by Wendell Berry
August 29, 2010 by 1 Comment
Contribute your thoughts on the poem to the community by commenting below. Explore the Sunday Poem archives here. The Country of Marriage Wendell Berry I. I dream of you walking at night along the streams of the country of my birth, warm blooms and the nightsongs of birds opening around you as you walk. You are holding in your body the … [Read more...]
How Information Grows
August 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Information grows differently than industry or agriculture. Thus hundreds of years of understanding about how to grow Industrial-Age businesses doesn't really apply to many Information Age endeavors. Indeed, some of the lessons of how to grow a farm in the Agricultural Age didn't necessarily translate to Industrial Age corporate growth, … [Read more...]
How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America
August 28, 2010 by 3 Comments
Every once in a while a truly great article comes along that needs to be read by everyone who cares about freedom. Past examples include “The Clash of Civilizations” by Samuel Huntington and “A Separate Peace” by Peggy Noonan. Both of these are still incredibly valuable reading. Today, when many politicians are trying to convince the American … [Read more...]
Why Our Current Brand of Capitalism is Inconsistent With Freedom
August 26, 2010 by 2 Comments
"The system of corporate life is a new power for which our language contains no name. We have no word to express government by moneyed corporations." -Charles Francis Adams Equal opportunity is the bedrock of freedom. This nation was established to preserve, protect, and ensure that opportunity. The United States (and the world) will need to … [Read more...]
Determinant Paradigms: Scarcity vs. Abundance
August 25, 2010 by 1 Comment
“Riches secured on the competitive plane are never satisfactory and permanent; they are yours today, and another’s tomorrow. "Remember, if you are to become rich in a scientific and certain way, you must rise entirely out of the competitive thought. You must never think for a moment that the supply is limited. "Just as soon as you begin to … [Read more...]
A Quest for Excellence
August 24, 2010 by 2 Comments
In today’s highly competitive market there are fewer and fewer ways to separate your company and your products from the competition. All products offer the latest features and all companies offer guarantees. What makes some companies and some individuals always near the top of the pack? The biggest differentiator in the new economy is a … [Read more...]
Sunday Poem: The Quiet Animal by Julia Cameron
August 22, 2010 by 1 Comment
Contribute your thoughts on the poem to the community by commenting below. Explore the Sunday Poem archives here. The Quiet Animal Julia Cameron Oh quiet animal, sleeping, What dreams lie within your cells? What ages brought you here Through coal and ice? Eye twitch, lip curl-- Blood dreams again. Blood is always dreaming. Scheming to … [Read more...]
The Conservative/Liberal Divide
August 18, 2010 by 2 Comments
The Politically-Induced "Split-Personality" of the Human Soul I recently experienced an epiphany that generated hope out of a lot of frustration regarding the contending factions in American and world politics, and within my own heart. I was discussing Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments with a colleague, in which Smith (according to … [Read more...]
