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Shame on Us: Failing To Learn From Past Elections
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Fool me once. Shame on you. Fool me twice. Shame on me. Fool me three times… It appears the American people have not learned from either the 2020 or 2022 elections. I still hear people claim there was no significant voter fraud during either election; evidence be damned. Add to that all the interference currently going in for the 2024 elections, and I have to wonder, is there any hope…
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Fiscal Illiteracy: Politicians vs. Lottery Winners
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Have you ever noticed how many people who win those huge lotteries are bankrupt just a few years later? Why? Because, without a functional knowledge of how to manage that money, what I call fiscal literacy, they make compounding bad decisions until all the money is gone. What happens when the fiscal illiterate isn’t wasting his own money but everyone else’s? The main difference…
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Does Artificial Intelligence Lead To Artificial Truth?
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – There are a lot of people talking today about Artificial Intelligence, some of it science fiction and other science fact. While AI can be a powerful tool, it is just that, a tool. The question we should be asking is, how will we use that tool? Humanity has a long history of both using and abusing tools. The very same fire that can warm your home and cook your food can also be used to burn a…
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The Woke Shall Destroy the Earth
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – I’m sure you’re familiar with the saying, “The meek shall inherit the earth.” You may recognize it from the Psalms or Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. But today, we are not talking about the meek but the woke. I am not entirely sure who came up with the term “woke,” but according to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary Online, “woke” means: “Aware of and actively attentive to important facts and…
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Totalitarianism or Kleptocracy?
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – What happens when the people are no longer the ones elected by the representatives? Where does that leave the republic that the Framers of the Constitution left us? It leaves us somewhere between totalitarianism and a kleptocracy. To be blunt, I’m not sure which is worse.
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Judicial Revenge
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Noah Webster said, “An independent judiciary is the firmest bulwark of freedom.” But what happens when that bulwark is used to destroy our freedom? When courts of law are used as courts of revenge? Can liberty survive in such a climate? According to the statistics website statista.com, in 2021, there were approximately 950,000 doctors in the U.S. and 1.3 million lawyers. Why? Because…
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Micro-Management in Government
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – I’ve worked for many different managers over the years. The ones I disliked the most were the micro-managers – the managers who need to control every aspect of what you do. They need to know what you are working on every minute of the day, how much time you spend on each task, and, worst of all, they need to control how you perform each task. I’ve worked for micro-managers…
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The Punishment in the Process
The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The process is the punishment. The idea is that you don’t need to win. You can punish someone by simply putting them through the pain and costs of defending themselves. Whether done by government actors or activists, there are plenty of people who have learned to use the system to punish their enemies. You cannot prevent others from being evil, but you can learn how to not be…
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