Therefore, they believe, it is the victimizer who must be constrained and reformed, by reshaping his thinking and punishing those who cannot abandon the thoughts of oppression.

Each generation has a core technology that throws off endless applications and businesses. The steam engine and electricity both developed multiple applications that permitted other technologies and that changed the economic and personal landscape.

Freedom of action based on commander’s intent means that the expectation is success, not a particular way of achieving success.

the United States was a moral project and moral projects require icons, things that define the moral mission and carry with them a sense of the sacred.

For reasons difficult to understand, when the creditworthiness of a country is evaluated, only one year’s revenue (GDP) is measured against total debt. It is as if the total of an individual’s debt, from home mortgage, car loans, and student debt, were measured against one year’s income. Obviously, that would be irrational.

With the decline of the pressures of industrialism, and control and minimization of the number of children, the underlying gender realities emerge, and the institution of marriage becomes optional.

American culture is both disruptive and irreverent. It does not respect precedent or tradition. Yet it is also profoundly attractive to others.

Thus, political instability is the preface to a social and economic crisis that perhaps a decade later will become unsustainable.

When you look at the chart, you can see that American assets, very conservatively measured, vastly outstrip debt. The United States is like the billionaire with debt larger than this year’s income but well within his means to handle.