Archive - On Purpose

A Revolution in History

Reflections on 249 years of Independence

Jul 6 •

44 Things I've Learned

Reflections on a life in progress

Jul 2 •

May 2025

Making Trade Great Again

Potential policy options for the U.S. administration

May 5 •

April 2025

Why is Good Friday “Good?”

Reflections on Easter Weekend

Apr 18

What’s going on with trade policy?

One perspective on what’s happening with tariffs

Apr 8 •

March 2025

Find Quiet (and Maybe Even Peace) at Work

The power of silence in a world of noise

Mar 27 •

January 2025

The Pax Americana at 80

Why the era of American peace and prosperity has been good for the world--it will co

Jan 5 •

December 2024

Reflections on the ways we love

The virtue at the heart of flourishing

Dec 8, 2024 •

November 2024

George Washington’s sacred election tradition

His gift to America and the world

Nov 1, 2024 •

October 2024

There is no success without significance

Power and money are worth little without purpose...you can make your "second mountain" your first

Oct 24, 2024 •

Love your neighbor

Cultivating ideologically diverse friendships in a politically divided era

Oct 3, 2024 •

September 2024

The essential importance of wisdom

The undervalued path to using our other gifts well

Sep 21, 2024 •

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