jeffreymartin(25)•in #politics•95 days agoPolitical Column - The Struggle of PoliticsLife is a struggle. A struggle wherein we strive to capture value and meaning in what we create, in what we experience, and the perspective that we take on the ...0jeffreymartin(25)•in politics•95 days agoPolitical Column - The Struggle of PoliticsLife is a struggle. A struggle wherein we strive to capture value and meaning in what we create, in what we experience, and the perspective that we take on the ...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #politics•95 days agoPolitical Column - Cain, Abel, Fire, and PoliticsAmerican society is shaking right now, ready to either erupt or crumble. We are seeing this in the conflicts and failures evident in all of our major institutio...0jeffreymartin(25)•in politics•95 days agoPolitical Column - Cain, Abel, Fire, and PoliticsAmerican society is shaking right now, ready to either erupt or crumble. We are seeing this in the conflicts and failures evident in all of our major institutio...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #government•95 days agoPolitical Column - The Bedrock of Good GovernmentIt has been a long and tumultuous history to discover what is necessary for the structure of good governance: separation of powers, federalism, checks and balan...0jeffreymartin(25)•in government•95 days agoPolitical Column - The Bedrock of Good GovernmentIt has been a long and tumultuous history to discover what is necessary for the structure of good governance: separation of powers, federalism, checks and balan...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #politics•95 days agoPolitical Column - Between Tyranny and AnarchyLife and liberty are precious and precarious things. Easy to lose their balance and topple, this way or that. We expect government to protect these things, life...0jeffreymartin(25)•in politics•95 days agoPolitical Column - Between Tyranny and AnarchyLife and liberty are precious and precarious things. Easy to lose their balance and topple, this way or that. We expect government to protect these things, life...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #government•95 days agoPolitical Column - How Power CorruptsI have spent many hours over the last couple of decades contemplating Lord Acton's observation in a letter to a bishop that, "Power tends to corrupt and absolut...0jeffreymartin(25)•in government•95 days agoPolitical Column - How Power CorruptsI have spent many hours over the last couple of decades contemplating Lord Acton's observation in a letter to a bishop that, "Power tends to corrupt and absolut...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #government•95 days agoPolitical Column - The Right to GardenEveryone wants to make progress. To actually do that there are important questions to ask, the two most important being "Progress toward what?" and "How?" Study...0jeffreymartin(25)•in government•95 days agoPolitical Column - The Right to GardenEveryone wants to make progress. To actually do that there are important questions to ask, the two most important being "Progress toward what?" and "How?" Study...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #politics•95 days agoPolitical Column - Procedure and SubstanceI have received suggestions from both residents in Dalton Township, and from state level organizations, tending toward having ordinances that are vague and subj...0jeffreymartin(25)•in politics•95 days agoPolitical Column - Procedure and SubstanceI have received suggestions from both residents in Dalton Township, and from state level organizations, tending toward having ordinances that are vague and subj...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #politics•95 days agoPolitical Column - Opening Avenues of OpportunityThe heart of entrepreneurship and development is initiative. The nemesis is bureaucratic red tape. Each has a purpose. The one to conquer scarcity in the world ...0jeffreymartin(25)•in politics•95 days agoPolitical Column - Opening Avenues of OpportunityThe heart of entrepreneurship and development is initiative. The nemesis is bureaucratic red tape. Each has a purpose. The one to conquer scarcity in the world ...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #philosophy•1747 days agoPhilosophy Forum - Part 5Here we go again. The subject is ethics this time. I don't particularly like how this first question is phrased, because it doesn't make the problem plain. Neve...1jeffreymartin(25)•in philosophy•1747 days agoPhilosophy Forum - Part 5Here we go again. The subject is ethics this time. I don't particularly like how this first question is phrased, because it doesn't make the problem plain. Neve...1
jeffreymartin(25)•in #philosophy•1801 days agoPhilosophy Forum - Part 4Epistemology is the theory of knowledge. What is truth? How do we know? Important and difficult questions that will be debated as long as there are humans with ...0jeffreymartin(25)•in philosophy•1801 days agoPhilosophy Forum - Part 4Epistemology is the theory of knowledge. What is truth? How do we know? Important and difficult questions that will be debated as long as there are humans with ...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #politics•1837 days agoFighting Local Government Corruption - Part 21 of ?Winning is often the end of an endeavor, but not always. In politics winning should not be an end in itself, only a step. It is the beginning of the true strugg...0jeffreymartin(25)•in politics•1837 days agoFighting Local Government Corruption - Part 21 of ?Winning is often the end of an endeavor, but not always. In politics winning should not be an end in itself, only a step. It is the beginning of the true strugg...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #writing•1843 days agoA Christmas Card PoemI did an Ancestry DNA test a few years ago and ended up finding an older sister a few states over. My mother, father, and I have taken different approaches to g...0jeffreymartin(25)•in writing•1843 days agoA Christmas Card PoemI did an Ancestry DNA test a few years ago and ended up finding an older sister a few states over. My mother, father, and I have taken different approaches to g...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #philosophy•1850 days agoPhilosophy Forum - Part 3Philosophy applies to life. And life adds perspective to philosophy. Often these two things end up disconnected. Here's the question for this essay. - - - - - -...0jeffreymartin(25)•in philosophy•1850 days agoPhilosophy Forum - Part 3Philosophy applies to life. And life adds perspective to philosophy. Often these two things end up disconnected. Here's the question for this essay. - - - - - -...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #philosophy•1850 days agoPhilosophy Forum - Part 2I have two essays on logic to write today. And we're going to see one of the reasons that I don't particularly like academia right away. Here is a note about th...0jeffreymartin(25)•in philosophy•1850 days agoPhilosophy Forum - Part 2I have two essays on logic to write today. And we're going to see one of the reasons that I don't particularly like academia right away. Here is a note about th...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #philosophy•1857 days agoPhilosophy Forum - Part 1Philosophy is inescapable. It is ignorable, which is what most people do with it. There are parts that I find quite interesting, enjoyable, and useful. Technica...0jeffreymartin(25)•in philosophy•1857 days agoPhilosophy Forum - Part 1Philosophy is inescapable. It is ignorable, which is what most people do with it. There are parts that I find quite interesting, enjoyable, and useful. Technica...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #writing•1897 days agoGreat Movies About Writers and WritingA few years ago I went looking for a movie list to both inspire and instruct me about writing and being a writer. There are such lists, but there are no good li...0jeffreymartin(25)•in writing•1897 days agoGreat Movies About Writers and WritingA few years ago I went looking for a movie list to both inspire and instruct me about writing and being a writer. There are such lists, but there are no good li...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #fashion•1898 days agoJeff Invents a New Necktie KnotA few days ago I was watching the movie 'Gabriel's Inferno'. In one scene Julianne is fixing Gabriel's tie in a car. It annoyed me that the rich, sophisticated,...0jeffreymartin(25)•in fashion•1898 days agoJeff Invents a New Necktie KnotA few days ago I was watching the movie 'Gabriel's Inferno'. In one scene Julianne is fixing Gabriel's tie in a car. It annoyed me that the rich, sophisticated,...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #election•1904 days agoFighting Local Government Corruption - Part 20 of ?This election will change things throughout the United States, and in Dalton Township. Predicting what that change will be is more difficult. In Dalton there ar...0jeffreymartin(25)•in election•1904 days agoFighting Local Government Corruption - Part 20 of ?This election will change things throughout the United States, and in Dalton Township. Predicting what that change will be is more difficult. In Dalton there ar...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #farming•1931 days agoWhy Authoritarian Governments Hate Small FarmsAuthoritarian governments have a tendency to limit or even collapse the food supply. At first that doesn't appear to make sense. People get angry and desperate ...0jeffreymartin(25)•in farming•1931 days agoWhy Authoritarian Governments Hate Small FarmsAuthoritarian governments have a tendency to limit or even collapse the food supply. At first that doesn't appear to make sense. People get angry and desperate ...0
jeffreymartin(25)•in #life•1940 days agoThree Deathbed RealizationsThere are certain situations that approach the limit of what it is possible for us to experience as human beings. In December of 2015 I was laying in a hotel be...0jeffreymartin(25)•in life•1940 days agoThree Deathbed RealizationsThere are certain situations that approach the limit of what it is possible for us to experience as human beings. In December of 2015 I was laying in a hotel be...0
