Tag Archives: resistance

Where Will You Go?

Posted on April 6, 2012 by ehurst

Lots of articles about expatriating, fleeing to other countries, particularly from the US. Naturally, it requires money I don’t have. That’s a package deal, though. In order to become the kind of person who struggles so hard for a high … Continue reading →

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Management: Delphi Politics (Updated)

Posted on April 4, 2012 by ehurst

Good evening, readers. Tonight’s lesson falls under the headings of Organizational Theory and Systems Analysis. (I offer a Christian spiritual version of this same material on my other blog. Edit: that blog has been shut down.) Every collection of humans … Continue reading →

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Cascade of Choices

Posted on April 4, 2012 by ehurst

How far do you go chasing truth? One thing leads to another, as the old rock song says. The title of my blog indicates I want to do what’s right for myself, and I write to give others a chance … Continue reading →

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Blundering Oppression

Posted on April 3, 2012 by ehurst

The most competent people in government service have a tendency to leave that service. What’s left is a vast army of idiots. You realize, of course, I am attacking the popular social orthodoxy which reveres the military in particular, and … Continue reading →

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Spring Cleaning of the Soul

Posted on March 15, 2012 by ehurst

Eternity hopes you’ll spring. Being jumpy isn’t so good, but being ready to jump is. During my military service I never had a chance to experience a static line parachute drop. Let’s pretend someone decided I should do this, and … Continue reading →

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Blowing in the Wind or Blowing the Whistle

Posted on March 14, 2012 by ehurst

I’ve blown the whistle at times, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Try to understand, I wish harm to no one. At one time I suffered a bit of self-righteous pique, but it went away quickly enough. I … Continue reading →

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Fake Personality Inventories

Posted on March 13, 2012 by ehurst

Any personality inventory which forces you to make a false choice, or excludes your real choices, is fake — not just useless, but dangerous. One of the things I learned under Dr. Tom Yarbrough’s tutelage was never trust personality inventories. … Continue reading →

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Light Switch, Part 1 (Updated)

Posted on January 24, 2012 by ehurst

(NOTE: I had mistakenly posted the rough draft of this part previously. Fixed now.) The breeze was light, sun warm. Very nice day for this far north. Thomas leaned back against the post at the corner of the cabin, closed … Continue reading →

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Please Lie to Me

Posted on January 11, 2012 by ehurst

I would rather you be able to tell me a lie, than for someone else to take upon themselves the authority to decide for me you can’t. As much of a bumbling idiot as I may be, I doubt there’s … Continue reading →

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The Technocracy of War: Part 2

Posted on January 5, 2012 by ehurst

For Peter Jimmerson, the war was over — for now. For the past two years he had been in a running battle with some cracker slipping into his servers. This was no simple showboating; the cracker was needling him personally, … Continue reading →

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