I don’t have any interest in starting a political movement. I just want to live life and be left alone as long as I’m peaceful with others. I’m trying to figure out how to do that. If you’re interested in doing the same — and if you want to do it without the shrill and angry confrontations of politics — I hope you’ll join me in a conversation that might lead to better lives for all of us.
My own political evolution is a long and twisting story. I grew up in a generally conservative household, but I was taught to be a political independent. I also learned — from school and from my own reading — to be an intensely patriotic kid. I believed in our political leaders. I believed in the political system. I believed in the morality of this country’s role in the world.
For governance, ‘one size fits all’ is a bad idea — even if the ‘one size’ is your version of freedom
Emotions such as fear, anger cause distraction, make focus difficult
Don’t ever make politicians angry or they might assassinate you, too
THE McELROY ZOO: Meet Munchkin, the dog who vanished without a trace
Global warming or a new ice age? Anyone who claims to know is lying
Have choice between two loves? Failing to choose may lose both
Admission to elite colleges is signaling, not about learning
We often act like madmen who’re eagerly bent on self-destruction
A president can be dictator if he claims it’s for national security