I do a podcast, American Tributaries, which I conclude by asking each guest, “What gives you hope?” The most popular answer…far and away…is “the next generation”. It seems cliché. But it’s probably the most hopeful answer. Why? Because if we adults believe in the next generation, then we will work…

“No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…” — Winston Churchill in a speech to Parliament, November 11, 1947 “Wrong ideas come…

I resumed running this week after a brief…er, 15+ year…hiatus. Running along the path, I saw a fellow runner approaching on the same side. If we were cars, I was in my right lane but he was in his left lane, coming directly at me. I started thinking about the…

I released the fiftieth episode of my podcast, American Tributaries, last week. …

One of the most nettlesome experiences for a reputable wine retailer is the customer who walks into their shop, immediately looks down at their phone, rebuffs assistance, scans a few labels, swipes some screens, makes a few taps, grabs a bottle, goes to the register, ignores any friendly engagement and…

I’m tired of our collective rush for band-aid solutions. To argue about band-aid solutions. To fixate on band-aid solutions. For the moment, I’m thinking about student debt. If our system of higher education is so dysfunctional…so warped…so inefficient…so broken…that the best and brightest can’t afford to pay off their loans…

I recently started reading “American Schism” by Seth David Radwell. …

American citizens have been rubbernecked into a perceived state of polarization by a multitude of conflict entrepreneurs who we each have the ability to turn-off and replace with bridge-builders who will empower us to find our own understanding and conclude that we are all much more alike than we think…

I love America. I really do. I just want to be upfront. It’s quite uncomfortable to see in black and white, to be honest. But that’s what I’m feeling right now. This is a different point than my last article (here) where I wrote that we must choose to love…