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Personal Leadership

Insights into the Self


CII. The Forgotten Virtue of Giving Instead of Getting

Oct 26, 2025

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11 min read

CII. The Forgotten Virtue of Giving Instead of Getting

Today's Leaders Are Modeling Wealth At Any Cost

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
C. The Democratic Act of Calling Bullsh*t

Oct 12, 2025

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10 min read

C. The Democratic Act of Calling Bullsh*t

Thinking and Acting to Avoid Big Beautiful BS

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXXXVI. The Public Services that Protect a Nation

Sep 14, 2025

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14 min read

LXXXXVI. The Public Services that Protect a Nation

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

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXXXV. Weaponizing the Word

Sep 7, 2025

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12 min read

LXXXXV. Weaponizing the Word

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

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXXXIV. The Myth of the DEI Problem

Aug 31, 2025

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12 min read

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
Daniel Parker
LXXXXI. Can Americans Be Fooled?

Aug 10, 2025

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10 min read

LXXXXI. Can Americans Be Fooled?

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

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXXX. Mamdani the American Candidate

Aug 3, 2025

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14 min read

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
Daniel Parker
LXXXII. The Tyranny of Distant Decisonmaking

Jun 8, 2025

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12 min read

LXXXII. The Tyranny of Distant Decisonmaking

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

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXXI. Rediscovering the American Spirit

Jun 1, 2025

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10 min read

LXXXI. Rediscovering the American Spirit

What exactly is it?

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXVIII. A Duty to Dissent

May 11, 2025

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13 min read

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
Daniel Parker
LXXVII. Do We Really Need to Be Told?

May 4, 2025

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15 min read

LXXVII. Do We Really Need to Be Told?

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

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

Apr 13, 2025

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14 min read

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

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

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXXI. Dying to Be Remembered

Mar 23, 2025

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15 min read

LXXI. Dying to Be Remembered

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

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXVII. The Pigs Are Flying

Feb 23, 2025

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16 min read

LXVII. The Pigs Are Flying

When Job Cuts Make America Great Again, and Everything Else That Matters in an Alternative Reality!

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXVI. The Gospel of Trump

Feb 16, 2025

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21 min read

LXVI. The Gospel of Trump

The Cheapening of the Soul in the Age of Profit

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXV. MAGA is FART

Feb 9, 2025

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19 min read

LXV. MAGA is FART

Frequently Abandoning Rational Thinking

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXIV. Your Wallet, Your Weapon

Feb 2, 2025

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16 min read

LXIV. Your Wallet, Your Weapon

How Consumer Choices Can Challenge Power and Drive Change

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXIII. You Have the Power

Jan 26, 2025

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20 min read

LXIII. You Have the Power

Be patient, but don't be complacent.

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXII. The Social Contract We Need

Jan 19, 2025

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19 min read

LXII. The Social Contract We Need

But Not the One We'll Get, Without A Push

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LXI. The Bro Code Comes to Power

Jan 12, 2025

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12 min read

LXI. The Bro Code Comes to Power

The Great American Embarrassment Begins

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LIX. The History of American Resolve

Dec 29, 2024

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15 min read

LIX. The History of American Resolve

2025 Will Be a Year We Need It

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LV. Revenge of the Schoolyard Bully

Dec 1, 2024

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12 min read

LV. Revenge of the Schoolyard Bully

The Bully Bros Are Coming

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LIV. America's Coming Authoritarian Test

Nov 24, 2024

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17 min read

LIV. America's Coming Authoritarian Test

We're not in Kansas anymore.

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
LI. The Presidential Election 2024

Nov 3, 2024

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14 min read

LI. The Presidential Election 2024

Here Comes the Boom!

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
L. Big Issue Number 50

Oct 27, 2024

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15 min read

L. Big Issue Number 50

America at a Crossroads: The 2024 Election and the Threat of Trumpism

Daniel Parker
Daniel Parker
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