Brad Mathews, Author

Tag: Democracy

  • Wake Up and Smell the Illusion

    Wake Up and Smell the Illusion

    Waking up is a sometimes unpleasant experience as our internal clock, or whatever it is, signals to our bodies that it is time to arise. Oftentimes, amidst a particularly vivid dream, a ‘trigger’ jolts the mind awake, leaving the brain suspended in the shadow of a nightmare that clouds the reality surrounding us.  This semiconscious…

  • The Spark of Freedom

    Many years ago, the community in which I grew up decided to end sponsorship of the ever-popular Independence Day festivities and hand over the reins to a private enterprise that promised ‘bigger and better.’ The company hired a conductor to lead a symphony that played patriotic classics in an intimate setting much of the day,…