By Tae-Sik
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April 4, 2020
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~2 min read
A Chinese Conspiracy Theory It's mid 2019 and Hong Kong students are pushing back against China. They are demanding representation in government, their freedom and liberty. Hong Kong is a Chinese territory, but some people of Hong Kong have had enough. They are going to march, demand rights, liking to a democratic country. They demonstrate […]
By Tae-Sik
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June 18, 2020
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~5 min read
A free society respects the individual. A free society allows for a frictionless exchange of products, services and labor. Laws are designed to be universal and add clarity and boundries in the interaction of sovereign individuals. Wages are paid to those who provide their time and services. Labor and time is paid in exchange for […]
By Tae-Sik
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March 22, 2020
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~3 min read
We have smart people on both sides of the aisle. Half the pundits say the shutting down of all commerce for 30 days is justified. The other half say otherwise. I have heard people I respect say the Covid19 is not a normal flu virus and something to be taken very seriously. The other half […]
By Tae-Sik
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June 22, 2020
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~3 min read
Democracy. The system and idea that individual citizens of a nation or state has a direct influence on the rules, laws and systems that govern their way of life. The idea that everyone may participate in casting their vote for a policy or politician. One person, one vote. The history of voting rights in America […]
By Milan Ji
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September 13, 2026
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~15 min read
Since the earliest flickers of human consciousness, our relationship with the divine operated under the terms of an earnest, hopeful one-way radio. We knelt in the damp grass, whispered into the cold vaults of cathedrals, or stared at the ceiling at three in the morning, dispatching urgent bulletins into the silence. Supplication was an act of profound vulnerability: humanity pleaded for rain, for remission, for bread, and for mercy, while the heavens responded through the notoriously ambiguous mediums of weather, historical accidents, and inner conviction. […]
By Milan Ji
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June 23, 2026
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~7 min read
The Irreplaceable Currency and the Vanishing Light of Youth King or slave, the tax is paid. Time, in its indomitable nature, underlies all of life. It is the invisible backdrop upon which every event unfolds, the medium through which consciousness is experienced and existence becomes real. Every thought, every decision, every achievement, every regret, every […]
By Tae-Sik
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May 28, 2024
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~10 min read
You observe an aquarium filled with an assortment of small trees. The trees on the right seem larger, healthier, and more robust compared to those on the left. In fact, the further you look to the left, the less healthy the vegetation appears. You notice a water spigot located in one corner of the aquarium […]
By Milan Ji
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September 8, 2026
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~20 min read
Every generation seems to discover a new reason to worry about the direction of civilization. Today, we worry about declining birth rates, the retreat from traditional family values, economic insecurity, social fragmentation, loneliness, and the apparent unwillingness of younger people to make the sacrifices that previous generations considered ordinary. We worry that ambition has weakened, that family has lost its importance, that people no longer believe in duty, and that comfort has made us unwilling to endure hardship. […]
By Milan Ji
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November 20, 2025
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~4 min read
One of the most challenging realities of aging is the shortening runway. When you’re young, time stretches out like a long, open field, you have a long runway. You can run hard, build speed, take risks, and trust that you have enough distance to get airborne. Youth gives you the margin for error: time to […]
By Tae-Sik
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June 23, 2023
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~12 min read
Human beings have birthrights and entitlements, unlike any other living creature. In democratic and free market nations, we have private property rights, the right to vote, the right to life, the freedom of speech, the freedom of movement, the freedom to work and pursue happiness. We have freedoms and liberties given to us by "default". […]
By Tae-Sik
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June 17, 2020
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~2 min read
A nation is great, when its citizens are free to be their best. A nation is great when it frees its people to think freely, move freely, speak freely, and live freely. The pillars of a great nation require restraint. The foundations of a great nation is trust. Trust amongst the citizenry, its leaders, communities, […]
By Milan Ji
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November 4, 2025
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~7 min read
In the theater of a single life, where the curtains rise on boundless vitality and fall on quiet acceptance, there unfolds a profound arc shaped by the interplay of energy, time, and fortune. Youth arrives as a lavish subsidy from the universe, a non-renewable gift of effortless abundance, where every sensation is amplified, every risk […]