Dinesh D’Souza’s new book Life After Death: The Evidence is out. Sean McDowell reviews the book in a recent post. Here are the first two paragraphs of his review: Is death the end, or is there something more? Does life continue after the grave? According to Dinesh D’Souza, in his new book Life After Death: […]
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Systems Trump Mission Statements; Culture Trumps Systems
A few months ago I blogged on how systems trump intentions because systems create behaviors. In discussing the attempted Christmas bombing plot, Dave Logan makes the good case that the reality goes one step further: culture trumps systems. Hence, no amount of systemic change will ultimately solve the problems that led to the security breach […]
The Sum of Good Government
Well stated by Thomas Jefferson in his first Inaugural Address in 1801: A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is […]
Should We Change Calendars?
The Wall Street Journal recently had an enjoyable article on different alternatives to the Gregorian calendar that have been put forth to try and solve some of the idiosyncrasies of our current system. (I personally find some of the idiosyncrasies of our calendar to be a good thing — it provides variety.)
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