Connecticut – The Local Blind Spot

On Corruption

A dilapidated brick building, photo taken circa 2007 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan

Essay about corruption overseas, and how our narrow definition of corruption blinds us to obvious corruption in the U.S., which we tolerate.

Why Is A Large Voluntary State Guard Necessary?

An essay examining film and literature, and how certain tropes in fantasy track along with a more peaceful world, where war is not an omnipresent threat

This started out as a post for social media. Once I started writing, I quickly realized I had more thoughts that I wanted to share than made sense for a post. No surprises there! I am not running for reelection on Branford’s RTM this year. After two two-year terms, I feel that I’ve done aContinue reading “Leaving the Branford RTM”

Branford: Big Town, Small Town

If you ask most Republicans and many independents whether they believe government and bureaucracy ought to get bigger at a local, state, or (especially) federal level they will say “no.” Government ought in many cases to stay the same size or to shrink. The most extreme conservatives who are still recognizably part of a modernContinue reading “Branford: Big Town, Small Town”