Living on the Real World
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The George Herbert Walker Bush remembrances – Redux.
“We can find meaning and reward by serving some higher purpose than ourselves, a shining purpose, the illumination of a...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Lucy promises to hold the climate-change football.
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, refuses to go away.” – Philip K. Dick “Management is...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The State of the Union(‘s) Science.
In 2019, every week brings not just its own politics but also a corresponding civics lesson. For example, in the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The heroism of federal work.
Synonyms:bravery, braveness, courage, courageousness, valor, valiance, intrepidity, intrepidness, boldness, daring, audacity, audaciousness, fearlessness, doughtiness, dauntlessness, pluck, indomitability, stout-heartedness, lionheartedness; backbone,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The oath.
“I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Martin Luther King Day 2019
As human beings, to varying degrees, we share a common impairment: we constantly struggle to hold a thought. That attention...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Political leaders, “the vision thing,” the federal shutdown, and the national interest.
“Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Idled: an (imposed) loss of “agency” hurts our nation and the world.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Bush 41 and climate change.
George Herbert Walker Bush. The world has completed a week of mourning and celebration of a life well lived and...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
George Herbert Walker Bush, 1924-2018.
“I come before you and assume the Presidency at a moment rich with promise. We live in a peaceful, prosperous...
