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Photo by   Brannon Naito   on   Unsplash . First published on Medium . . We must take the watchdog concept and process to a much greater level. No person, politician, party, or profit pursuer is immune from the influences of power. The facts are absolutely in. We all know of someone close who has failed to make the cut. If you are human, you have been tempted to take the   supposedly easier   path rather than fight the power, and even fallen short of perfection yourself. If you think your perfection is still solid, you may be less trustworthy with power than those who admit to a fall, or a fail. . Since transgressions of power will happen, with potential in every entity, our citizenship requires us to be massively more vigilant, and always strong when fighting the power is required. To accomplish this task, we need an extensively watchful, wary, skeptical eye doing the work, along with counteracting stature and influence. That solution is what I present below, b...

Cranking Power Without The Advanced Portion …  (Photo by The New York Public Library / Unsplash ) First published on Medium . . Coming up with a great idea you must “sell” to most every American before it even becomes a great idea, would be where a crank is a crank for many cranking years, decades, or… What do I do if it is only a half good idea, and someone makes it a great idea, or just “sells” my idea better than I do? Questions such as this keep me up nights. Well, at least get me up earlier than usual. Or keep me mostly awake during the day… Via Urban Dictionary. . Do I sell such an idea by putting my finger up in the air to gauge which way the political marketing wind is blowing, or do I explain it the way I believe it must be explained to show how strong my confidence is in it? Okay. Fine. Then what if that takes decades to get to the right person? And I am gone, and the person who finds it says, “I wish I would have known about this idea earlier, or the crank was still...

 Essay first published on Medium . The rush to create a Constitution in 1787 , due to rebellion and divisions among the states, likely made our democracy possible. Today, our precious incrementalism has turned farcically harmful. The more we debate a great idea, the less time we have to legitimately deliberate on, and successfully implement, a nearly great solution. Worse yet the once great idea is reduced to a caricature of its original form. . Nothing is ever perfect that humans finally get their hands on; that is why the nearly great solution. That said, we hold on longer, and mess with things even more than normal imperfect humans should. Stalling, obfuscating, and ranting do not give debate more value. . American Ingenuity Turned To Goo. . We The People still have great, big ideas, but as we debate them over and over again, they ooze out as gray matter goo. Our attempts to solve colossal problems becomes a blended brain matter drainer. Then we squeeze, and strain ...

Oak Tree In Front Of Our Home Essay first published on Medium . Truth is more than what people say it is. Evidence must be formed in certain ways to verify it; otherwise we would not be able to truly communicate with each other. It is very basic stuff; agreeing on what a dollar buys is a truth . In the 21st century we must agree that the virtual digits posted on our online bank accounts are exact representations of truth. On the other hand, it would be nearly impossible to convince any of the American founders that digital money is a truth. . Updating our knowledge of truth is therefore necessary to stabilize our democracy. Some truths continue to hold up; others are on a less stable footing. Unstable truths, with any history at all, are the most contentious. The truths about abortion, gay marriage, and LGBT rights in general, likely top the current social debate. The form of economic theory we utilize is another big truth we wrestle over. Systemic racism, structural racism, and raci...