“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” — Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor’s words hit hard as I confront the Middle East—a region where truths are layered, uncomfortable, and easy to ignore. Over coffee last week, I realized I’d long treated its history like background noise:…
“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”—John 11:25 (ESV) in honor of Jesus on this Easter Sunday A Curious Experiment A few weeks ago, my son slipped me a chapter from his book about teaming up with AI to…
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” —Oscar Wilde Last week, I made a call that one of Trump’s Executive Orders was the turning point. A mandate for the production of minerals, uranium, copper, potash, gold, and any other elements, compounds and materials determined by the Chair of the…
“It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.”― William Patrick Ophuls, Apologies to the Grandchildren: Reflections on Our Ecological Predicament, Its Deeper Causes, and Its Political Consequences On March 20, an unusual Executive Order caught my…
“When confidence goes, the end is very near. It always comes faster than anyone expects and it always seems to be unexpected.” —Bernard of Chartres, 12th-century philosopher and thinker Working in Ecuador from 1996 to 1998, I figured out that currency and money weren’t the same things. It was taking…
“There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality, and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence.” – Charles de Gaulle Based on consumption import…
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” —John F. Kennedy…
“The future is ours, and our golden age has just begun.” —Donald Trump, Inaugural Address, January 20, 2025 The term “Golden Age” comes from Greek mythology, particularly Works and Days, a didactic poem written by Hesiod around 700 BC. It’s part of Hesiod’s “Five Ages of Man,” which describes the…
“We are like sailors who on the open sea must reconstruct their ship but are never able to start afresh from the bottom. Where a beam is taken away a new one must at once be put there, and for this the rest of the ship is used as support.”…
“I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.” —President Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech 2025 On January 20th, the whole world was watching….
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