Updates, letters, and notes from the movement.
I spent the weekend in Washington, D.C. with my son and my granddaughter. We went to watch the Astros play the Nationals, and it was one of those trips that ended up being about a lot more than baseball. I’ve been to Washington many times over the years, but this time I noticed something different. […]
You know, I had a major breakthrough about the Truth Party this week. And that’s good, because when you’re starting a political movement at 69 years old, breakthroughs are really all you’ve got. Because I started thinking… do we really need another political party? Honestly? We already have Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, Greens, Constitutionalists… at […]
The Truth Party is different. We’re not funded by corporations. We’re not funded by PACs. We’re not funded by billionaires or special interests. The Truth Party is 100% self-funded because I believe that if we’re going to build a movement that truly represents ordinary Americans, it has to be built by ordinary Americans. Over the […]
You know what I’ve realized? We’ve stopped being citizens and become spectators. We’re not participating in democracy anymore. We’re binge-watching it. Politics has become the longest-running reality show in American history. Every morning, millions of Americans wake up and ask, “What crazy thing happened overnight?” Not because they’re involved. Because they’re fans. We’ve turned democracy […]
So here we are on America’s 250th birthday. Two hundred and fifty years old. Which, if we’re being honest, is pretty young for a country. I mean, Europe looks at us the way grandparents look at a toddler with a hammer. “Aw, look at him. He’s trying to build a democracy. Isn’t that adorable?” And […]