Gerry Dionne: An Elegy to a Journeyman
Earlier this month, the curtain fell on a man of irreplicable passion, small snippets of wisdom, and love for humanity. Gerry Dionne, a man I’ve known for the better part…
Uncovering the Modern Conspiracy Mindset
Today I received a work email from someone who said he had vital info. I dialed him back with intrigue. It turns out he’s an older gentleman living in Florida…
The Terror of Sleep Paralysis
Despite my best efforts to break free, my body remained chained to the bed. All I could muster was a muffled screech pleading to be woken. Infinite shapes and forms…
We need statues of cultural icons and entrepreneurs, not politicians and generals
On the streets where I learned to drive in Concord, a quiet suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, I often broke the speed limit on Warren C. Coleman Boulevard. I never…
The Language of Love and Fatherhood
My latest moments of pride rest exclusively on seeing our daughter grow and develop into her own person. She doesn’t know all the negativity of our COVID reality, the canceled…
Social Freedom, Entrepreneurs, and Dreamers: A Battle Cry for Today’s Political Youth
Every few years in the world of politics, there begins a new push to reach out to young people, and with good reason. In the 2019 federal election, the 9.5…
Stefan Zweig’s Dream of Europe: What has been achieved? Why Stefan Zweig's hopes for humanity remain
On Nov. 27, 1881, in Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, one of the world’s greatest writers was born as a gift to humanity. His name was Stefan Zweig.…
‘I Was Attacked By the Serbian Internet Mob’ – The Art of Being Hated in the Modern Age
It must take a certain amount of self-loathing to draw an uninterested person into a campaign of targeted hatred. For the better part of a year, I was at the…
Fear Not Trump: We Advance Society With Ideas, Not Politics You Are Not Your Politics
As an individual who has primarily made a career as both a journalist and an advocate for a philosophy, I’m well acquainted with ideas and their impact. I bank on…
An Evaluation of Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life Book Review of Edward Stringham's tome on regulation without government
The ideological foes of Edward Stringham’s book Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life are many. Principally, it is an argument against the “legal centrist” mentality, according to…