These are perplexing times.  The terrorists attacked America.  America attacked the terrorists - in Afghanistan, where Bin Laden had his base.  But Osama Bin Laden escaped - and there is plenty of finger pointing blame for his escape.  But we are where we are and what are we going to do?
The Taliban is resurging.  Al [...]

If you are reading this article, then it is no surprise to you that our electronic culture is changing faster than we can measure and our connectedness boasts the largest geographical and numerical network in history. The phenomenon of our communication age is a child of several technologies that all dramatically shaped our culture, and [...]

Son,
This election is probably shaping up to one of the most important ever for understanding our ‘good old boy media.’  All of those old men are harping on race and feminism.  It is as if they cannot grasp issues of charisma, or hope, or ideas, or anything of substance.
Pat Buchanan was just on television saying [...]

Son
I wrote recently about depression.  Meriwether Lewis was my inspiration - a man of undaunted courage who also suffered from depression.  As noted, my case is mild, requiring a daily mental and physical discipline to keep all systems balanced.  The discipline also requires staying connected socially.  After all, at our primitive core, we are social [...]