How about the idea of employing “best practices” that work, regardless of the source? Out of the blue, I recently received a slickly produced magazine called Freedom.  I read it from cover to cover and found the stories compelling – mostly because they addressed real-world concerns in plain language that would appeal to a wide range of people. Among the articles were these: “The Humam Cost of California’s Water Policy” (environmental elites run wild are ruining the lives of farmers and communities as they deprive them of water all to suit saving some fish); “People Who Read are a Dying Breed” about the deleterious impact on Americans – especially younger people – who no longer read nearly as much as in former times (with damage to their ability to think, reason, and write, and spell); the devious use of astroturfing on the internet (parties with an agenda flooding the internet with seemingly genuine opinions but...(Read Full Post)