The War Letters

Here is a great place to start. Gather up your loved ones and friends. Pour a generous serving of your favorite beverage. Turn on your phone app or laptop or tablet or home computer and log onto thepublicsquare.com. Then take a journey to a healthy place of discovery,...

Savonarola and Revival

I am currently reading some books about the Italian Renaissance. One book is “Death in Florence– the Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the Soul of a Renaissance City” by Paul Strathern (2015). Much of the book is about the struggles, triumph,...

Who Wants to Live Forever?

Lots of people are asking this question, including a whole host of Hollywood celebrities, Silicon Valley billionaires, and giants in high tech. They are thinking about living forever – here. They are spending hundreds of millions to develop hardware and software...
It is NOT in the Constitution

It is NOT in the Constitution

Cloture is the term. The rule began in 1917 in the US Senate in the era of Woodrow Wilson. The idea of ending a filibuster in the Senate with a supermajority of 60 votes has turned into a blockade, regardless of who is in power or which Party is running the show....

The Philadelphia Museum of Art

So the other day we took a “business trip” to the great city of Philadelphia. We decided to end our visit by running up the steps of the impressive Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Cue the theme song to “Rocky”.) My family and I went charging up...
Jordan Versus Trump

Jordan Versus Trump

No contest. I know Jim Jordan. I have known him since before he was in politics, when he was a wrestling coach and a home school dad. Wrestlers around the nation know the Jordan boys. They are more than survivors. They are champions and they are no strangers to...