Tag Archives: Paul Rosenberg

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE While little appreciated and little studied, there is a gigantic difference between forced associations and free associations. But if you pay attention to the issue, you’ll find that the very act of forcing people together carries a poison in … Continue reading →

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE   by Paul Rosenberg For more than two years I wrote a free monthly newsletter called Individual Virtue. Recently I’ve received some interest in those articles, so I thought I’d republish some of them (with light editing). This is … Continue reading →

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE After running last week’s article (They’re Coming for Your Accounts), we received a number of questions about how to actually protect oneself. So, this week I’d like to address that subject. First Words I need to make an important … Continue reading →

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE Growing up, I heard lots of complaints from parents and teachers about children being conceited, proud, and arrogant. Looking back, it seems to me that most of these complaints were related to a failure to obey. We did have … Continue reading →

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE Almost all of us were raised to follow a more or less uniform script through our lives. Sometimes it was specifically taught to us, and other times we just absorbed it by watching others. But regardless of how we … Continue reading →

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE I got an email from a reader a few days ago, asking about something we’ve all faced. Here’s a snip: It gets a little lonely sometimes. At times I feel a little resentful, sometimes just plain angry that so … Continue reading →

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE As stories circulated of Iraqi cities falling to Sunni militia groups, I was struck by the words of Former Marine Staff Sgt. Keith Widaman, who spent a tour in Iraq: “When I left in April 2009, I said, ‘In … Continue reading →

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE I know something about bribery. When I was a teenager, my dad was in the construction business in Chicago. So, as soon as I got my driver’s license (at 16), I was sent out delivering bribes. That’s just the … Continue reading →

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE We’re surrounded by concerns over what is legal and what isn’t. But what, really, do we mean by “legal”? The first and most practical meaning of the word, of course, is “things you won’t be punished for doing.” That … Continue reading →

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE If I had to bet, I think I’d put my money on some type of “cyberwar” event coming in the not-too-distant future. But whether it’s that or something else, a new terror will be coming. That much is more … Continue reading →

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE We all know people, probably a lot of them, who are decent and well-meaning in most aspects of their lives but whose brains switch into an ugly mode of operation once politics comes up. They are fine neighbors or … Continue reading →

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE A point I’ve made several times in our subscription newsletter is that most people give their attention to the negative things in the world and pass right over the good things. If you think about that for just a … Continue reading →