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Let’s not forget Veteran’s Day, Nov 11. Jan and I recently visited DC, and I took this video. So I am showing this video, even though it’s more appropriate for Memorial Day, in May. Any way you look at it, and at any time, let’s always remember those who make sacrifices that most of us are not prepared to make. If you study history, any history, you get pulled in deeper and deeper. In things that...

Perhaps more than anything, who we are is shaped by who we have encountered. Mostly it’s the people we live with and near to. But there are those who are in and out of our lives in minutes. And sometimes they count for a lot… Thanks for reading Individualists Unite! ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and sup...

Why do we discriminate based on age? Why is it acceptable? You know what happens if you discriminate based on race (depending on the race you discriminate against). You get cancelled. Same for gender. But age discrimination? Have at it. Millennials ridicule Boomers, Boomers ridicule Gen Z, and so forth. No problem. The funny thing is, a person’s age is, well, an accident of birth. We have no more...

Who Discovered America? Indians? Columbus? Erikson? Maybe it’s trickier than that. If you haven’t visited my homepage lately, check it out. Individualists Unite! Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at individualistsunite.substack.com/subscribe

When did all the divisiveness start in America? News flash: It’s always been here. Do you want us all to join together? Why? Don’t we want diversity? This video is a brief examination of the differences between us, that makes us America. Also, Check out: American Nations by Colin Woodard Trilogy: Passages from Life Stories in the Time of Slavery by Chip Kussmaul Individualists Unite Thanks for rea...

If you could make everyone be just like you, would you do that? Would you regret it? Why would you want to? Celebrating diversity doesn’t just include people you like, it includes people you don’t like. Are you prepared to do that? Thanks for reading Individualists Unite! ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts a...

Slavery has existed for as long as ‘civilized’ man has existed. Every race has enslaved and been enslaved. How much of slavery do you know, besides the southern plantation slavery of the early USA? In this video I am reading from a book written by Olaudah Equiano in1789. Equianao had been kidnapped into slavery at the age of 11. He later was able to buy his freedom. Individualists Unite! is a read...

I’ve been a teacher, a student, an employee, an employer, a landlord and a tenant. The more of these that you’ve been, the greater your perspective. Teachers are woefully lacking in perspective regarding what makes a good, desirable employee. If they don’t know what employers are really seeking in an employee, they are not likely to do an effective job of preparing students to become employees. Li...

Why do we react to things the way we do? Are we capable of seeing what’s really there, or do we always misinterpret? Thanks for reading Individualists Unite! ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Individualists Unite! at indivi...

Toby is an enigma to me. He is so prescient in some ways, and so….”unusual” in others. You might want to read one of my stories which features Toby, aka Walter: Quiet Time in the Morning Thanks for reading Individualists Unite! ! This post is public so feel free to share it. Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free...

Books used to be hand written and copied. They were too valuable to be written about or read by average people. So they were about kings, queens and conquerors. Now, books are inexpensive, and we all have dozens of them. Now, they are less about kings and queens and more about folks like ourselves. Times have changed, but have we changed? Individualists Unite! is a reader-supported publication. To...

I frequently say, “The more sure you are that you’re right, the more likely you are to be wrong.” Once you are convinced that you and your friends are right, everything you hear after that becomes confirmation bias. Whatever you hear that fits with what you believe is seen as truth. Whatever you hear that contradicts what you believe, is seen as lies. Much of the worst that has happened to mankind...

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