Episodes

Introduction The recent decision to allow vaccinated people to be in many public areas without masks has given rise to the question, “How will we know if that maskless person has been vaccinated.” Asked differently, do we trust each other? That is the subject of today’s 15 minute episode. Continuing Beyond masks, we see increasing evidence of cheating in online schools. A headline in the Wall Street Journal warns, “Cheating At School Grows Rampant.” The Internet is filled with offers to help stu...

Introduction A discussion that’s in the news recently centers around the question of whether current government largesse is eroding the American Work Ethic. My question is whether the flood of government money is exposing the lack of a work ethic, and not eroding one that supposedly exists. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Today’s topic was triggered by the question of whether the “American work ethic” is being eroded by stimulus spending, including enhanced unemploym...

Introduction If the Arabs laid down their weapons there would be no more war. If the Israelis laid down their weapons, there would be no more Israel. That is the subject of today’s 15 minute episode. Continuing Let’s start with a quick look at the history of the Middle East starting in 1948, when the UN created Israel by partitioning Palestine. Prior to that, many Jews had emigrated to Palestine, the ancestral home of both Israelis and Palestinians. Following the announcement of an independent I...

Introduction What does “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” mean? Is it: A call for equal results, with nothing less being acceptable? A cry for equality under the law, reasonably equal opportunities, and visibility for everyone? Or, Empty virtue signalling, seeking attention and advantages for the signallers? That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Let’s look at some definitions so that we can develop a shared vocabulary. I will start with the definitions used by those who ar...

Introduction We are in the midst of continuing arguments about the Constitutional limits of the enumerated powers of our intended-to-be limited government. The additional, perhaps more necessary, discussion needs to center around what governments are capable of doing, and what they absolutely cannot do. And the vital tasks that only we, you and I–and Father Damien–can accomplish. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Father Damien, AKA Saint Damien of Molokai, 1840-1889, w...

Introduction Does being an American mean that we hold to principles like “America First” and “Me First”? That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing I am going to draw a comparison between the America Firsters in the ‘40s who would have had us far less prepared for WWII, and today’s Me Firsters who are in the process of having us far less prepared to defeat COVID. In 1940, the America First movement threw its weight behind Wendell Willkie, the Repubican candidate for President r...

Introduction That was the answer to a Catch-22 trick question posed to Christ by the Pharisees in an effort to embarrass him in front of his followers and others. In this context Christ’s answer supported the idea of paying taxes. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing This is a useful example of authorities trying to trick a leader of the people. Here is some context to bring this example to life. “Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. ‘Teach...

Introduction Both sides of the police accountability discussion are using their agendas to sift, sort, and alter the facts. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Derek Chauvin, 45, was convicted on all counts in the George Floyd case, including two counts of murder, and is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. Cries of “He did not get a fair trial,” and, “Chauvin’s knee was on Floyd’s back, not his neck,’ still echo. Sixteen year old Ma’Khia Bryant, had just atte...

Introduction If we all started with the same facts, even if we applied different reasoning and logic, we would be far more unified and together on issues than we are today. And we could make substantial progress together. The catch is that we are being lied to on a regular basis. Most of the media and many politicians and influence leaders either intentionally give us a carefully edited version of the story, or they outright lie to us. We believe the misinformation, and take our positions in lin...

Introduction You are a cop, running as hard as you can, chasing an armed, young male suspect. Your weapon is drawn, and your heart is pounding from more than just the running. You have been alerted to the sound of gunfire in the area. You see a gun in the fleeing suspect’s right hand; you are shouting for him to stop and show you his hands. In one fluid motion the suspect turns to face you. What do you do? That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Before continuing, tell yours...

Introduction “Never take on vast projects with half-vast ideas,” is a fun way of reminding us not to take on big challenges with little ideas. And yet somehow still expect results. The biggest issues facing us as a nation, including inequality and poverty, gun deaths, and our widening divisions, all have simple, but terribly difficult to implement, solutions. None of them–not a one of them–can be successfully overcome with legislation and money. No matter if the legislation is bipartisan or alon...

Introduction Entitlement culture will rule, and ruin, America unless we, you and I, act. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Let’s start with having fun with what some famous quotes would have looked like in today’s entitlement culture thinking: “Ask not what your country can do for you; don’t just ask, you must demand that your country deliver all of your entitlements.” Here’s the original. “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your county.”...

Social Justice is Weakening the US Military: Does That Matter? (EP. 321) Introduction The United States has the most powerful military the world has ever seen–no other country comes close. At least for now. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Let’s start by looking at what we want from our military. At one end of the spectrum we can have a military that is like a huge corporation, but with ranks and uniforms. At the other end, our military can be all Navy SEALS with the ...

Introduction “One For All, And All For One,” the famous motto of the Musketeers, in Alexandre Dumas’ Three Musketeers . Dumas, son of a French nobleman and an African slave, was a prolific and still popular French writer in the mid 1800s, having penned Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo among many others. I wanted to use the Latin, “Unus Pro Omnibus, Omnes Pro Uno” for this important phrase in the episode title because to most people the concept is as dead as the language. And I wanted to ...

Introduction The AR-15 is a small caliber, high velocity, semi-automatic rifle. No military in the world would be caught dead using ARs against a force using real assault weapons. In fact, they would be caught quite dead if they engaged an opposing force using real assault weapons. “The overwhelming majority of all these deaths — suicides, accidents and homicides — are perpetrated with handguns. Mass shootings, while they may grab headlines for days or weeks at a time, make up a small fraction ...

Introduction If your emphasis is on voting rights, to the virtual exclusion of any attendant responsibilities, then you would likely agree that the new Georgia voting law represents an unfair restriction of those rights. I am not in that camp. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Much of today’s conversation, in the media, on social media and in person, is taken up with rights, e.g., the right to healthcare, the right to housing, etc. Voting rights belong in this growing ...

Introduction If all we do is fight over masks, social distancing and school openings, we have lost before we even start. And worse, much of the fighting is a struggle for political supremacy and the “fight to be right.” Cancel culture? Both sides, all sides, are trying to cancel the others. Cancel cancel culture by remembering that we have more in common than what appears, yes appears, to separate us. Far more. Concentrate there. That is the subject of today’s 15 minute episode. Continuing Today...

Introduction As we navigate what we think is right in politics, finance, with COVID, and the many complex issues we face, let’s remember the place, the power, that intuition, our “gut feelings” have. We all have heads and hearts, and we are at our best when we allow our thoughts and actions to be determined by a careful blend of the two. At home, at work, in politics–in life. That is the subject of today’s 15 minute episode. Continuing In my life, I have been wrong every time–every time–that I a...

Introduction “Revolution 2.0–A revolution of the heart.” That’s how I start all the episodes. Does my implied honoring of Revolution 1.0 in 1776 make this a conservative podcast? Was the 1776 Revolution conservative? Am I a conservative? That is the subject of today’s 12 minute episode. Continuing To my surprise, I am encountering an increasing number of people who immediately label, dismiss in many cases, my podcast, Revolution 2.0™, as conservative because of the name. Really? Do these people ...

Introduction Some Republicans are fond of labeling their fellow party members who are not sufficiently pure in thought and deed as being Republicans In Name Only, RINOs. As a Registered Unaffiliated, I can’t be a RINO, because I am not an R. I see myself as RIPO, Republican In Policy Only. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Thinking in black and white, the, “You are with me on all things or you are against me in everything.” thinking is inherently lazy. It also smacks o...

Introduction Broke is a financial condition. Being poor is a mindset. A choice. And the poor mindset is being taught, even encouraged. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Broke simply means that you don’t have any money. Thinking of yourself as poor means that you have accepted not being able to make or hold onto money. Broke is temporary; poor is a lifestyle choice. And that choice is being taught as inevitable, as one’s fate, as being part of victimization, in more and...

Introduction A Baltimore high school student failed all but three classes at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts over four years and almost graduated this June near the top half of his class with a 0.13 GPA, 62nd out of 120 students. The single Mom blamed the school. “The school failed at their job. They failed. They failed, that’s the problem here. They failed. They failed. He didn’t deserve that,” she said after learning that her son was being sent back to 9th grade to give high scho...

Introduction President Biden is calling for national unity. Former President Trump is calling for GOP unity. As different as the two men are, both of them define unity as get in line with what they want, or you can go suck a rock. I want a national unity of purpose, a unity of common goals and rational and honest ways of achieving them–together. That’s unity. That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing Biden, Trump and others, whether or not they are calling for anything resembl...

Introduction The almost two trillion dollars to be allocated is being promoted as the third COVID Relief Package. How much is going to COVID relief, and how much is going to further other agendas? That is the subject of today’s 10 minute episode. Continuing “Our money?” You bet it is. We need to have politicians and bureaucrats who see and spend taxpayer money as if it is their money. And before we are likely to insist on having politicians and bureaucrats with that mindset, we need to think tha...