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A key factor in maintaining freedom is sustainable economic forms.
Are you maintaining freedom through the financial principles and practices you are using? Have American families adopted the economic forms necessary for the preservation of a free people?
The average American household pays over 34.5% of every dollar earned to interest payments. Forget about [...]
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The Power of Entrepreneurship
The wooden stake that overcomes the vampire of an inelastic class system is entrepreneurial success.
Becoming a producer and successfully creating new value in society helps the entrepreneur surpass [...]
Given the economic uncertainty of our time, it may be helpful to take a step back and gain a broader perspective.
Much of the concern being expressed today over the rising cost of living and the shrinking dollar has more to do with how they impact our ability to enjoy our favorite material pursuits and less [...]
State sex and meth offender registries are clear indications that America is progressively forgetting its constitutional heritage and choosing legalistic security over freedom and virtue.
Donna Leinwand once reported in USA Today that,
“States frustrated with the growth of toxic methamphetamine labs are creating Internet registries to publicize the names of people convicted of making or selling [...]
If you care about leadership education for yourself and your children, and if you want to increase your influence, then you need to seriously consider attending this year’s Thomas Jefferson Education Forum in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 19th and 20th.
This annual event, organized by Diann Jeppson and Jodie Palmer of TJEd Marketplace, is [...]
Last year the Action Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence published a great article entitled “3 Magic Seeds: Discovering the Entrepreneurial Spirit” (link shared with permission from Jeff Sandefer).
It provides an excellent three-part formula for teaching youth the entrepreneurial spirit. Anyone who understands the power of mini-factories and believes in generational thinking should read the article and [...]
I was once jumping on the trampoline with three of my kids — eight year-old Alex, three year-old Liberty (Libby), and eleven month-old Avery — and, like I am prone to do, reflecting on ideal society.
Alex, skilled and energetic, wants to jump as high as he can and perform tricks.
Libby, unaware of her surroundings, jumps [...]
The seven major societal institutions are family, community, religion, academia, business, media, and government.
Family
The role of the family is to ensure responsible citizens, preserve society, and balance the desires of individual liberty with the demands of community responsibility.
As James C. Ure, professor at George Wythe University, has written,
“The family is the bubble in which a [...]
Information Age Casualties, and How To Reclaim Them
Why is it that the more digitally connected we become, the more we feel disconnected from the things that matter most?
Picture the following scene played out in typical American homes:
The father is on his computer in the office, finishing up last minute work details and reading up on [...]
It’s amazing to me as you work toward a specific objective, usually one that starts in your mind, and you begin to cultivate certain thoughts, like plants in a garden, how outward circumstances start to shift as you work toward that specific goal.
I’m not the kind of guy that sets a specific timeline for my [...]