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Daniel Parker
Daniel ParkerDaniel Parker is the former Director of the Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network, a network of five conservation centers and 350+ partners working to get kids outdoors and create the next generation that cares. He has been a public servant in the environment or education fields for over 25 years and is an award-winning writer, graduating from Florida State University and spending time in Russia, Japan, England, Canada, and Central America. He has a master's in urban planning and was a six-year Planning Commissioner for the Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Commission. He was a two-time candidate for public office and has a continued interest in preserving the integrity and necessity of public service. He lives with his wife and kids in Tallahassee, Florida. His eighth book, Preacher's Mountain, was released December 2021. His ninth book, Rickey Baseball, is scheduled to be published in the fall of 2024. You'll find Daniel with a nose in a book, at the movies, or walking in the woods.

CI. Peace or Performance?

A lost opportunity in a befuddling self-congratulatory speech.

Daniel Parker
Oct 19, 2025
CI. Peace or Performance?

C. The Democratic Act of Calling Bullsh*t

Thinking and Acting to Avoid Big Beautiful BS

Daniel Parker
Oct 12, 2025
C. The Democratic Act of Calling Bullsh*t

LXXXXIX. Eyewitness to the Unraveling

Building and keeping great things takes vision and shared responsibility.

Daniel Parker
Oct 5, 2025
LXXXXIX. Eyewitness to the Unraveling

LXXXXVIII. The Dissenters Will Save Us From Our Extremes

We must avoid being super joiners and group thinkers.

Daniel Parker
Sep 28, 2025
LXXXXVIII. The Dissenters Will Save Us From Our Extremes

LXXXXVII. The Myth of the Self Made Man

Many hands and multiple brains labored to get us where we are today.

Daniel Parker
Sep 21, 2025
LXXXXVII. The Myth of the Self Made Man

LXXXXVI. The Public Services that Protect a Nation

It's not just a free market that keeps us free.

Daniel Parker
Sep 14, 2025
LXXXXVI. The Public Services that Protect a Nation

LXXXXV. Weaponizing the Word

Systems of belief have been used - and misused - for power and personal gain from the very beginning.

Daniel Parker
Sep 7, 2025
LXXXXV. Weaponizing the Word

LXXXXIV. The Myth of the DEI Problem

Current rollbacks will make us poorer, unhealthy, less secure, and angrier. That's the real goal.

Daniel Parker
Aug 31, 2025
LXXXXIV. The Myth of the DEI Problem

LXXXXIII. The Corporate Stranglehold on Healthcare vs. Popping a Gummy

We Have Greatly Undervalued Medical Marijuana, Chiropractic, and Massage Therapy

Daniel Parker
Aug 24, 2025
LXXXXIII. The Corporate Stranglehold on Healthcare vs. Popping a Gummy

LXXXXII. Using Labels Instead of Brains

The War Against Education Is An Exercise In Ignorance

Daniel Parker
Aug 17, 2025
LXXXXII.  Using Labels Instead of Brains

LXXXXI. Can Americans Be Fooled?

The norms of democracy appear to be under a concerted and purposeful attack

Daniel Parker
Aug 10, 2025
LXXXXI. Can Americans Be Fooled?

LXXXX. Mamdani the American Candidate

The party and corporate structures don't know what to do with him, and that might be a good thing.

Daniel Parker
Aug 3, 2025
LXXXX. Mamdani the American Candidate

LXXXIX. The Make America Like Russia Energy Policy

Not only does it rollback what will be good for generations to come, it puts us behind China

Daniel Parker
Jul 27, 2025
LXXXIX. The Make America Like Russia Energy Policy

LXXXVIII. The Immigration Hate Game is a Hoax

The facts show increased wealth, intelligence, and innovation in the United States

Daniel Parker
Jul 20, 2025
LXXXVIII. The Immigration Hate Game is a Hoax

LXXXVII. The Death of Context

The Art of Thinking to Avoid Big Beautiful BS

Daniel Parker
Jul 13, 2025
LXXXVII. The Death of Context

LXXXVI. How Stinky Cheese Gets Made

A look behind the curtain of an odorous bill.

Daniel Parker
Jul 6, 2025
LXXXVI. How Stinky Cheese Gets Made

LXXXV. Where's Our Common Ground?

There's more agreement between us than we may remember or be led to believe

Daniel Parker
Jun 29, 2025
LXXXV. Where's Our Common Ground?

LXXXIV. The AI Reckoning Is Here

This is the next big cultural shift

Daniel Parker
Jun 22, 2025
LXXXIV. The AI Reckoning Is Here

LXXXIII. The Need to Modernize HR

Human Resources as Friend or Foe

Daniel Parker
Jun 15, 2025
LXXXIII. The Need to Modernize HR

LXXXII. The Tyranny of Distant Decisonmaking

How America’s “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” Mentality Fuels Systemic Failure

Daniel Parker
Jun 8, 2025
LXXXII. The Tyranny of Distant Decisonmaking

LXXXI. Rediscovering the American Spirit

What exactly is it?

Daniel Parker
Jun 1, 2025
LXXXI. Rediscovering the American Spirit

LXXX. How Democracy Holds? Everything, Everywhere, All At Once

The Autocrat’s Playbook And Fighting Fire With Fire

Daniel Parker
May 25, 2025
LXXX. How Democracy Holds? Everything, Everywhere, All At Once

LXXIX. Keeping the Public in Public Service

We are in an age of grand scale corruption.

Daniel Parker
May 18, 2025
LXXIX. Keeping the Public in Public Service

LXXVIII. A Duty to Dissent

Truth be told, there's not much required to be a public citizen, both a feature and a weakness.

Daniel Parker
May 11, 2025
LXXVIII. A Duty to Dissent

LXXVII. Do We Really Need to Be Told?

There's a reason we grow up with both idioms and idiots.

Daniel Parker
May 4, 2025
LXXVII. Do We Really Need to Be Told?
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