: About Me

I am a recent college grad from a university in Southern California. I am married to the love of my life. I currently work for a congressman in SoCal and am so amazed at my dream job. My hobbies include watercolor painting, reading, enjoying the sunshine and of course- writing.

I love big band/swing, jazz, retro, classic rock, movie soundtracks and classical music.

I enjoy political (philosophy and foreign affairs), historical (military, European and American), and great works of fiction.

I am a Lockean Liberal, holding fast to the truths of Locke, Smith, Jefferson, Lincoln, Adams, and the other great thinkers.

I desire to grow in political knowledge and further my skills as a thinker.

My blog is:
http://mini-politics.blogspot.com/

My passion is ...

growing theologically and philosophically.

I know too much about ...

TLC's "What Not to Wear"

My parents always told me ...

not to play with matches

My childhood ambition ...

was to dig up dinosaurs!

My favorite memory ...

playing HS Varsity sports

Why I write ...

it provokes me to think and help sharpen my ability to articulate.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

is classic literature and Big Band music

My first job ...

working with my old man in construction

My best moment ...

proposing to the love of my life

My inspiration ...

is Martin Luther, Winston Churchill and all the other people who stood tall amidst the evil.

Arts & Humanities > Political Philosophy The relationship between violence and political power

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Allow me to propose a paradox. Power is violence but violence is not necessarily power. Gazing through the annals of history we are posed with a variety of questions. Can a nation or an individual wield great strength through the implementations of violence? Dictators from the time of Mesopotamia to the era of Leftist rulers in the Third World have thrived through a comprehensive approach to power. They have instilled memory forming morale drives and camps, assassinations of rivals (and their families), and also the control of information. Orwellian thoughts have shown us the sheer power t...

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