ADF – Prison Reform
In 1992, I learned about the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system that DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) had created for the US military. It allowed ships, planes, and missiles to determine their exact position on Earth. It was also coming into commercial use in many ways, from trucking to farming. I asked myself what...
ADF – Golf
There are two chapters of the novel American Democracy Forever in which golf plays a significant role. It is how Charlie first obtains a nest egg for future investments, and much later, Charlie plays a round at Bedminster with President Trump. But how does an author who has never played golf write about it convincingly?...
ADF – MedSupply
In the novel American Democracy Forever, Charlie watched one of his employees die of HIV/AIDS. It shocked him into memories of the COVID-19 pandemic in his Life 1 that killed his wife and that he barely survived. There is nothing he can do to get President Trump to manage the pandemic in a responsible way,...
ADF – Forum Clubs
Forum Clubs are one of the key ideas of the novel American Democracy Forever. Initially, Dr. Charles, Charlie, Durand had only vague ideas about organizations and how they spread over time, but he knew he could not fight fascism all by himself; he needed help. He created the first Forum Club as a thirteen-year-old student...