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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

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?

LXXVI. America's Light and Its Shadow

We are dualities in a constant battle for harmony.

Daniel Parker
Apr 27, 2025
LXXVI. America's Light and Its Shadow

LXXV. RUN

No One is Safe in A Culture Where the Nuts Dictate

Daniel Parker
Apr 20, 2025
LXXV. RUN

LXXIV. Voices, Votes, or Violence: The Three Features of Democracy

The First Two Are A Must. The Third Is A Choice

Daniel Parker
Apr 13, 2025
LXXIV. Voices, Votes, or Violence: The Three Features of Democracy

LXXIII. Linguistic Lying As Leadership

Decoding the Language Being Used to Bamboozle

Daniel Parker
Apr 6, 2025
LXXIII. Linguistic Lying As Leadership

LXXII. Growing Up to Be Broke

The Rise of Predatory Economics: How Making It in America Changed from 1970 to 2025

Daniel Parker
Mar 30, 2025
LXXII. Growing Up to Be Broke

LXXI. Dying to Be Remembered

The Shadow of Mortality Shapes Our Decisions Much More Than We Think

Daniel Parker
Mar 23, 2025
LXXI. Dying to Be Remembered

LXX. When the Mob Runs the Country

Being a Crime Boss Vs. Being a President

Daniel Parker
Mar 16, 2025
LXX. When the Mob Runs the Country
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