America’s Border: Do We Really Need Greater Security? (A report from my trip to the border in 2012)
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America’s Border: Do We Really Need Greater Security? (A report from my trip to the border in 2012)

In the 2016 election, border security is a big issue. One candidate wants America to move toward a One World paradigm with open borders. The other candidate claims that our borders need to be secured. He’s talked about building a border wall between Mexico and the U.S., greatly boosting the number of border agents, and…

How to Subvert a Culture Gradually and Invisibly
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How to Subvert a Culture Gradually and Invisibly

My brain sort of exploded this morning so I jotted this down. Start with entertainments: Introduce television so that gradually, people are no longer spending as much time outdoors or talking with each other. As they get accustomed to this pattern of staying home and watching television, they will have less willingness to talk to…

Regarding the Peter Navarro book, Taking Back Trump’s America

Regarding the Peter Navarro book, Taking Back Trump’s America

When I was half-way through this book, I skipped to the last chapter where Navarro lays out the Cabinet and staffing decisions that would make President Trump’s second term a rousing success.  I can’t swear that everything Navarro says in this book is true but for the moment, to be honest, I’m listening pretty uncritically….

American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry (Part I)

American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry (Part I)

In the last 16 years, I’ve done a fairly massive amount of study on the subject of opioid addiction. So when this new book, American Cartel, came out, I purchased it as soon as possible. My own learning curve on this topic started in 2006 when I went to work in a drug rehab facility….

Two Grim Decades, More Than One Million Lives Lost to Drugs

Two Grim Decades, More Than One Million Lives Lost to Drugs

On November first, 2006, I began working in the field of addiction recovery. At that time, I would never, ever have thought that drugs could kill more than a million Americans in just 21 years. The next few years were eye-opening for me. Because I’m still working in this field, I now see how this…