“The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting in above-average effort.” – Colin Powell hat motivates a child to succeed? That is the central question that should be asked on matters of education. Since at least the inception of the Department of Education in 1980, the emphasis on education is always placed on…
Category: Personal
All things along the personal journey to withdrawing consent: self-ownership & self-discovery.
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“I believe that nothing should be taboo – no theory or prejudice should close one’s mind to a discovery.” – Henry Moore y now you all know somewhat of my brand of writing: the paleoconservative take on life lessons, etc. It can get boring, but hopefully, you have found some nugget of what I contribute…
Communicable Victimhood
“It’s easy to fall into victim mode and feel like the world is against you. The truth is, people aren’t against you: they’re just for themselves. The only thing within your control is how you react and respond to the chaotic dance of life.” – Kerli f late, my children have come home from school…
The Confluence of Politics and Religion
“No reproach is more common, no argument better suited to the temper of these times, than those which are founded on the supposed inferiority or incapacity of the Church in political matters.”- John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton onfluence happens where bodies of water meet and combine. Sometimes confluence happens at the mouth of a river where…
You’re Not Nuts
“Crazy people don’t sit around wondering if they’re nuts.” – Jake Gyllenhaal don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re not nuts! The post-Covid circumstances in which we find ourselves are not normal, and you are under no obligation to accept a new normal. You are a sovereign human being, not a cog in…
Self-Ownership | Q1 2021
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” – Chauncey Depew Last November I launched WithdrawConsent.org as the first step in an intentional journey toward self-ownership and self-discovery. I don’t see a point where this site ever goes into auto-pilot, but I hope that…
The Faustian Bargain | Part II
“If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth and the date of my death. Between one and another, every day is mine” ― Fernando Pessoa n a prior post titled The Faustian Bargain, I warned about the dangers of…
The Faustian Bargain
“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”― Edward Snowden ife is a series of buying and selling. Some things you inherit from birth, like abilities, time, material possessions, or rights. …
Why WithdrawConsent.org?
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics, doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” – Pericles ictured above is a version of ‘The Peaceable Kingdom’ by Edward Hicks. One of 62 versions of paintings by the same title and artist. Hicks was an early 19th Century American Painter and Quaker…