Chop Wood, Carry Water

It is portentous, and a thing of state That here at midnight, in our little town A mourning figure walks, and will not rest, Near the old court-house pacing up and down. Or by his homestead, or in shadowed yards He lingers where his children used to play, Or through the market, on the well-worn …

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‘The most important political office is that of the private citizen.’ – Louis D. Brandeis ‘The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.’ – H. L. Mencken “A week is …

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The purpose of the last few blog postings is a discussion of how culture  influences the rise of U.S. political leaders. While this writer, in a previous blog posting stated, “the United States is not Europe,” let’s borrow two concepts or political constructs that, indeed, have European origin, namely, The Rise of the  “Entrepreneurial Leader” …

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