Reflections From the Road
These essays are also available in video form on my YouTube channel.
The United States Already Has a Mixed Economy. We Just Pretend It Doesn’t
The United States functions through a blend of markets and public systems, yet political debate still treats capitalism and socialism as mutually exclusive choices. Private firms set wages and prices, but government guarantees deposits, subsidizes mortgages, regulates pollution, and steps in when financial collapse looms. The country already operates through a mixed framework, even as its arguments assume one must be rejected in favor of the other.
On Consensus, Education, and the Tools We Were Never Given
When a major political event breaks, the reaction is almost instantaneous.
Before details emerge, before legal authority is clarified, before consequences are understood, Americans are asked to choose a side. Strength or weakness. Justice or lawlessness. Courage or corruption. Within hours, the story hardens into two opposing camps, each convinced the other is either blind or dangerous.