In The Desk

Interesting Case for the People’s Party

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Based on some Gallup research, an article from I J Review, Moral Divides Among Republicans, Democrats, and Independents Captured in Two Charts, there are some differences between Republican, Independent, and Democrat voters—but the difference is 10-15% in most cases, exceptions being things like porn and abortion.

If we disagree 15% at most on most issues, then why are we losing 80% of our mutual goals in Congress? It’s time for the People’s Party. Read the completely free eBook, available in eBookstores for Apple and Nook and here at Smashwords: The People’s Party: A Blueprint for American Political Revival .  · · · →

In The Point

Why I don’t Fly in America

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Why I don’t Fly in America

Why I don’t Fly in America (mp3)

If security costs are too high, then we shouldn’t consider the cost alone, but whether the risk is even worth it.

A friend asked why I won’t fly on airlines in America. “I’m waiting for the threat to go away,” I explained. “If the threat is so high that we need random pat-downs and a billion dollars in x-ray machines—with no comparable threats found—then the danger in the shadows is too much.”

I’ll fly American when the ever-evasive “terror” threat can be stopped by police dogs—who smell fear, narcotics, and explosives. Until then, China is safer.  · · · →

In The Desk

Weblogs, eBooks & Visioneering

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This is the beginning of a new series that describes what I’m currently working on in terms of projects. “The Desk” is what a “weblog” (‘blog’ for short) was always meant to be—a log of projects posted on the web. Most blogs have become single author news columns with lax style standards, which was not the original weblog concept. In terms of multi-author weblogs, these are more like web-based collaborative newsletters, but a web-based journal/log system isn’t designed for this. A weblog is a journal shared with the world and most weblog systems, such as WordPress and Blogspot, work well for that. However, writers and collaborative websites need something more than just an online journal publication. And that “something more” is what I have in the works.

Web-publishing writers have been using weblog CMS tools merely because the weblogs are the best tools available, not because a weblog is the best tool.  · · · →