Silence is a luxury we can no longer afford. Civic virtue isn’t a quiet suggestion; it is the shield we carry against oppression. Drawing on the wisdom of Dr. King, Jefferson, and Douglass, this latest essay is a clarion call to shatter the silence and meet the current moment with contagious courage. It’s time to stop appeasing and start demanding.

Sometimes the best political commentary doesn't come from a news studio, it comes from a barstool in a town of 533 people. From the scenic Elroy-Sparta Trail to a local watering hole, Hope Lives In The Heartland explores what happens when we stop listening to the noise and start listening to each other.

This essay takes us back to the foundational ideas of the Greeks and Romans—to the ancient principles of arete and virtus—that once served as a guiding light for our nation's founders.

To understand the modern crisis of the American "body politic," we must first grasp the classical meaning of wisdom, justice, temperance, and duty that shaped our republic.

A retired scholar returns to the Great Books to probe how a nation frayed by cynicism, self-interest, and political violence might reclaim civic virtue—and whether we can still “disagree better” enough to keep the republic.