civic duty
Less Welfare, More Self-Help
In 1900, Theodore Roosevelt (TR), soon our 26th President, wrote “Civic Helpfulness.” He argued our churches, pastors, priests, and the...
Theodore Roosevelt’s “Strenuous Life”
In 1899, a bold, unbridled New Yorker, half cowboy, half soldier, at once Harvard-educated but a former police commissioner, began...
The Warrior Citizen
Across America, from the “Turning Point” generation to veterans and business leaders, warrior citizens are stepping up. As a non-politician,...
GOP Voters Must Work Now for a Happy November
Conservatives have a strength that is simultaneously a weakness: politics is necessary, but isn’t primary in our hearts or our...
Theodore Roosevelt – The Strenuous Life
One only wonders what Theodore Roosevelt would say today. In 1899, the swashbuckling, well-educated, patriotic Republican, soon to be president,...
November Referendums – Eyes Open
Eyes open! As we approach November 4, with 24 ballot initiatives in five states, guidance by old conservatives – like...
Jefferson, Freedom, and Today
Thomas Jefferson, in 1801, became America’s 3rd president. Exactly 25 years earlier, young Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. This...
Volunteerism – American and Maine Strength
Sometimes it hits you like a boomerang. In Maine and much of America, volunteerism is alive and well, in our...
Crisis of Imagination
Many modern leaders seem squeezed dry of imagination, stuck in a do-loop, parroting things they hear from others, tires spinning...
Keep Stepping Up
In life, we get opportunities to step up – or to step away. We get them at home, in town,...
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