Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts on Governance, the Ideas of the Majority, and the Effect of birth rates on propagation of beliefs and values. Federalist #51 A professor told me about an essay contest. The winner of the essay contest takes $5,000. The contest is open to the public, and as a member of the public, I am giving it some thought. The Federalist Society hosts the contest, and they have set the topic on an issue related to "Federalist Essay #51," which discusses the division of power in government and how the branches of government ought to be created to oppose each other. Toward the end of the essay, James Madison (the author) notes that a similar division must also exist between different segments of society. He argues that when one group becomes too large, it crushes and destroys the others by imposing its will through elected officials and laws. As the majority, it has the power to out-vote all other segments of society. In essence, the essay argues that America's ide

Beverly Carter's fate is in YOUR hands. Vote below. You decide Beverly Carter's fate Your input is essential. Read the short story that follows. At the end, cast your vote by navigating to a page that either "keeps" or "deletes" Beverly from my next book.  You decide Beverly Carter's fate. The Origin Story of Beverly Carter Beverly Carter was seventeen when the court assigned her father to a long prison sentence. Death, disease and the healthcare system held her mother's health hostage with a hefty ransom. Her father tried what he could to pay the medical bills, and the cops stopped him, but not before the disease took her mother's life. Rain hid Beverly's tears at the funeral. Her mother lay in front of her. Her father lay in a cell nearly three hours away. Social services stood by Beverly's side, ready to escort her into a prison of her own called the foster system. Beverly waited just six months before she r

You get to Choose Whether this Character Lives or Dies Read the paragraphs that follow. If you like the character, if you don't like the character, either way, you decide whether the character and storyline survive to the pages of my next book. The Hacking of Federal Servers It's 2 o'clock in the morning. All good children are asleep, but Rose Lewis clicks and clacks on a keyboard in her bedroom. Her 5th grade vocabulary book provides a comfortable table that separates the burning battery from her bare legs under the covers of her twin-sized mattress that sits on the floor in the corner of her bedroom. The book is more useful as a table; Rose far surpassed that vocabulary level before the end of 3rd grade. A cat poster hangs on her wall. The fuzzy, fluffy feline stretches upside down. Text on the poster reads "I'm fine. Really." Mom gave her that poster at Christmas. Rose had a habit of saying that exact phrase to her mother when he