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.
What if we’re more talented than our inner fears allow us to admit?
Since I’ve lost status I once had, it’s a shock to see I want it back
Past feels like blurry watercolor, not like the history of real people
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That huge fed debt increase? They’ve already used 60 percent of it
Great ideas are valuable, but they’re worthless without solid execution
Doing the right thing frequently requires breaking immoral laws
My old fear of looking foolish is strong incentive to do good work
Experimentation produces beauty that won’t come from slavishly following One True Way