FIRST PRINCIPLES--REDUX

Ideas rooted in truth can be build upon, like the gospel and great societies.

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Europe: The Final Countdown?

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 Imagine you and five of your friends start a combined checking account where each is free to withdraw based on their needs but must ma...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

The Taxman Cometh

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Amazon, Overstock and countless others exploit a loophole in online sales that bypasses the sales tax for most states. In order to make...
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Monday, June 13, 2016

Just Say No, Oklahoma

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States are laboratories of democracy and harbingers of public policy trends. Good ideas get repeated when all the pieces fit together...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Respecting the Process

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I got a B- on a paper I turned in for a comparative studies class in grad school. I didn’t rise to the challenge and take the assignmen...
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Monday, May 30, 2016

The Mission

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The man rose early. Today was the mission. John Baxter wore his tailored black suit and un-clipped the name badge with his picture from...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Starting and Finishing

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A wise man once told me “It isn’t how you start, it’s how you finish.” This was stated matter-of-factly in a thick Cajun accent. He h...
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Monday, May 23, 2016

South China Sea mashup

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I think  this  area of the world is set for a collision course soon. China continues to build fortifications on disputed territory in an eff...
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tulsa, oklahoma, United States
This blog is an effort to improve my writing and sharpen my focus on current events and issues that concern me. It already feels very scatterbrained and lacks a unifying theme except for one. I process all my ideas and beliefs through first principles or basic assumptions about human behavior. I imagine this blog will take a different shape a year from now but I can't imagine what the focus will be. In the process though, I'm learning to be a better researcher and writer. That is enough for now.
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