Jeffrey Alexander Martin

The US education system of mass industrial schooling has failed, and will continue to fail. That's not going to change anytime soon, the US government is far too corrupt to do even the most basic things for improvement. Instead of government schooling, what would be better for education and learning? The obvious answer is private schools. There are a few issues with this. One issue is that many private schools are based on the same things as public schools. Another issue is that private schools can cost quite a bit of money, and it's often more difficult to transport students to and from the schools. The next obvious answer is homeschooling. One issue with that is both parents often have to work and they don't want to leave the kids alone at home. Another issue is that the parents don't know what or how to teach. That's why they are outsourcing education in the first place, it's logistically easy because it's normal, it's cheap because government taxes p...

One day Hare challenged Tortoise to a race. Tortoise agreed. Hare was much faster than Tortoise and easily won. "Ha!" said Hare, "You are so slow you could never beat me." Tortoise thought for a moment and said, "Maybe. Or, maybe I will get faster. Or, maybe you will get slower." Hare rolled his eyes. "I think," Tortoise continued, "we should make it an annual event." Hare agreed. The next year Hare won. The next year Hare won again. The next year Hare was winning, but when Tortoise got to the end Hare wasn’t there. Hare had a heart attack, and died alongside the trail. Tortoise won that year. Tortoise, racing by himself, won again the next year, and for many years thereafter. Moral of the story: Persistence wins. Find more at  JeffThinks.com  or  JeffreyAlexanderMartin.com

It's pretty clear at this point that the US is in decline and losing. But who is the US losing to? It's the classic question of why empires fall. In the case of the US, I know quite a few of the reasons. The US is suffering from a death by 1,000 cuts, from enemies both foreign and domestic. Obviously Soviet infiltration during the Cold War was highly damaging to the US. The Cold War officially started in 1947 under Truman as President, but really it had been going on for awhile. Hollywood famously had the blacklist in the 1940s where Marxists and communists weren't supposed to be involved in films. Yet, even during that time some of the most successful films were written by communists. During WW2 US propaganda promoted the Soviet Union communists as good for fighting the fascist and socialist Germans, and even before that the Marxists were able to start getting a strong foothold in the US. Marxism, communism, and socialism are different terms for the same basic philosophy t...

The US wouldn't exist without George Washington. One, the US probably would've lost the Revolutionary War against the British. Two, if George Washington hadn't been the man that he was, he would have ended up being king. At one point he had to give a speech to his own army at Newburgh to stop them from taking congress by force and installing him as king. Three, if he hadn't been willing to be the first President, which he didn't want to do, then there's a good possibility the states would have split apart at the beginning and had a series of ongoing wars. In Washington's farewell address he notes three things that could lead to the downfall of the US. Do you think these three things have or are happening? First, let's start with the foundation of society. Washington states: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, ...

One day a wolf was seen lurking near the sheep field. Two guard dogs caught up with the wolf and asked him, "What are you doing around here?" The wolf replied, "I'm on a walk. Can't I just go on a walk?" The guard dogs let the wolf go. The next day a lamb came running to the pen and told a sheep that a wolf had scared him near the woods. The sheep said to stay away from the woods. The next day a sheep saw the wolf walking through the field. He ran to the guard dogs and told them. They said, "Has he done anything wrong?" "No," admitted the sheep. The guard dogs did nothing. The next day a lamb was heard screaming. The guard dogs ran to him. The lamb was bleeding. "The wolf bit me!" he said. The guard dogs ran after the wolf. When they caught him they brought him back to the herd. A trial was held. The wolf said, "I'm sorry. It was just a mistake. I didn't mean to hurt anyone. I won't do it again." The sheep ...