Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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It appears the Facebook mega-billionaire has learned the lessons of John D. Rockefeller’s belligerent reaction to Teddy Roosevelt’s antitrust suit that ultimately dissolved Standard Oil. Teddy Roosevelt is generally considered the first American President to take on and reign in big business in America. At the time, large corporations were organized into byzantine trusts, essentially… Continue reading Of course, Mark Zuckerberg caved to President Donald Trump, exactly as he should have
While healthcare philanthropy is recognized as a worthy cause, the grand scope Rockefeller applied to every challenge from curing hookworm around the world to cerebrospinal meningitis remains elusive, as well as the sheer willpower required to achieve such scale. Mr. Musk has both, and he should set his mind to doing something purely to help… Continue reading Elon Musk’s next mission should be a Rockefeller sized bet on incurable diseases
Rockefeller himself was an unlikely business tycoon, born into a relatively poor family in upstate New York on July 8, 1839. His mother was the daughter of a local minister. His father was effectively a con artist, who had multiple identities and sold fake cures for cancer and other maladies. Still, he changed the world… Continue reading Modern capitalism, John D. Rockefeller, and the lies of the 1619 Project revisited
He was a lawyer by trade, well-educated, a Governor and President, but perhaps because of his time in the Civil War, he was far more comfortable around common people, believing that by empowering the individual to learn, strive, and work, we would empower civilization itself, fighting for civil rights, universal education, and a more equitable… Continue reading Rutherford B. Hayes and how little we truly know
Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 