A Freedom Worth Fighting For? – On World Class Retail Businesses, Leading Democratic Governments, & The Price of Free Coffee

What makes a retailer world class? Great products and services at an affordable price?! Everything in one place?! FREE COFFEE?! There may be more to this than meets the eye…

Mandate Annual Itemized Financial Reports: Why More Fiscal Transparency is Needed in Government & Why Trump, Musk, & DOGE Will NOT Support It

Trump, Musk, and DOGE are rapidly downsizing government. But are these billionaires looking out for the interests of the American people or gutting government to enrich themselves?

Government Problems in A Nutshell

Some of the pervasive systemic problems with this nation’s bureaucracy include the dispersion of distance, Parkinson’s Law (Parkinson, 1980), The Peter Principle (Peter et al., 1969) prospective budgets (Finkler et al., 2017), penalties for under-spending your funding, and other top-down interventionist tendencies that are prevalent in many large organizations.

On Missouri’s SB72 & SB58: Why Targeting Undocumented Immigrants With No Criminal Record/History is Dangerous & Irresponsible

The content discusses concerns over recent U.S. immigration policies, highlighting the potential detrimental effects of mass deportation and xenophobic legislation on individuals and society. It urges resistance to bills such as Missouri’s SB58 and SB72, advocating for dignity and responsibility in immigration discourse while reflecting on America’s foundational values of liberty and responsibility.

A Letter to My Representative, Senators, and President Petitioning for the Removal of Elon Musk from Unauthorized Government Work

The author expresses frustration with the U.S. Executive Branch’s actions, including the suspension of vital foreign aid and funding, and concerns about billionaires like Elon Musk influencing government. He calls for the Legislative and Judicial Branches to act against these issues if the Executive Branch fails to correct them. The author suggests people should petition for impeachment if conflicts of interest and corruption persist.

What Can DOGE Do For You? – career civil servant types, anti-humanitarian budget cuts, & why wasteful government spending is likely to continue

Government needs transparency and people who do the right thing. Resilient and rational government employees represent the best of our government’s civil servants. But three other types of government workers are more common: riders, risers, and rescuers or wannabe humanitarians. The current executive branch appears to be targeting left-leaning humanitarian or rescuer types in order to (1) consolidate power and (2) cut spending. But, would mandatory annual itemized financial reports do the job for them?

On Where The Water Goes by David Owen: The Crisis, Negotiation, & Paradox of Civilization’s Most Precious Resource

Hotter average temperatures and overconsumption of water threaten life in the North American Southwest. David Owen’s “Where the Water Goes” examines negotiations over Colorado River water as he traces the river’s journey from its headwaters in the United States to its delta in Mexico. Inadequate stakeholder cooperation and willingness to address environmental and geopolitical issues maintains the interventionist status quo.