Building for the Next Saeculum Forward What This Document Is First Foundation is not a blueprint for any one political system. It is a framework for institutional renewal—a collection of design patterns intended to help… First Foundation
Like many of you, I’ve felt the weight of these turbulent times—not just intellectually, but physically and emotionally. As I’ve explored how history moves in cycles, I’ve started to wonder: What does this mean for… Do Societal Cycles Shape Our Health? A Research Idea for Generational Science
The Neuroeconomic Cycle Driving Empathy, Fear, and the Shape of History What if history doesn’t just repeat, but pulses—rising and falling in ways we rarely notice until it’s too late? This article started as a… The Hidden Circuitry of the Four Turnings
Imagine you’re reading this in 1974. You’ve just watched Nixon resign. Vietnam is winding down. The economy is rocky, but manageable. You’ve grown up in the shadow of WWII and lived through the civil rights… A Tale of Future History
George Will wrote that “Conservatism has always been defined by its insistence on limits to the claims the collectivity — the public sector — could make on the individual,” in a recent article I read… George Will and Today’s Conservatism
TL;DR – The outcome was pretty much what I expected. California Assembly District 71 is a really conservative area. In fact, in the 2022 election, there wasn’t even a Democratic candidate—it was just three Republicans… On the Results of My Race
I am Gary Kephart and I am running to be a member of the California Assembly, district 71. Many of you might be wondering who I am, what the California Assembly is and does, and… Gary Kephart for Assembly District 71