Coexist Part 4: Hamas case Study
This part four of the Coexist series. It explores the Hamas case study introduced in Part 1. It builds on the analysis in Part 2 and Part 3. Why do so many of the social justice groups that seem to…
Part 1: Is Your Culture Like a Railroad or a Multi-modal Transportation System?
Figure 1 Railroad Tracks, the New Replaces the Old There is a natural conflict between the new and the old. Sometimes, the new destroys the old and replaces it, as shown in Figure 1. At other times, the new…
Coexist Part 3 The Exploiters and Influencers
This is part three of the Coexist series. It explores the exploiters and influencers introduced in Part 1. I was fortunate to take the advanced political science course in my undergraduate program. We read The Grand Inquisitor on the Nature…
Coexist Part 2: Believers
This is part 2 of the series on Coexist. It explores the believers group discussed in Part 1. This part will look in more detail at the believers’ group of the Coexist set and assess their impact on Domestic…
Coexist Part 1: Framing the Issue
It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it. Robert E. Lee. I frequently see cars with the Coexist bumper sticker. When I see them, I often wonder about the person who put the…
The D in DIE
Diversification is a standard tool to reduce portfolio risk in finance. To do this, the portfolio manager seeks stocks with different risk profiles and potentially even industries and countries. But the managers do not just pick any old stocks. The…
The I in DIE: Death of Meritocracy
Consider a scene from a coaches conference two weeks before the college national football championship game. Coach: You know our starters got us here, but it’s not fair they’ve played every game and we haven’t played many players in…
Part 6—A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Wrapped Inside an Enigma
Abstract: What is at the core of political and social engineering groups? What are their true motivations and goals? “Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Winston Churchill Churchill’s quote about Russia is spot on for…
Part 5—Does Culture Matter?
Abstract: Culture matters and may be the best predictor of success. Yet it is a third rail to discuss social cultures. This attitude hinders effective solutions to America’s problems. All people are the same. It is only their habits that…
Part 3—Controlling the Narrative and Cultural Hegemony
Abstract: Cultural Hegemony is a way to control the narrative on social issues and obscure their meaning. The flip side of renaming an object (see part 2 of this series) is to control the narrative to prevent others from reasserting…
