Bari Weiss: You Are the Last Line of Defense, The Free Press. My speech at the Federalist Society’s Barbara K. Olson Memorial lecture.
“Our enemies’ failure is not assured and there is no cavalry coming. We are the cavalry. We are the last line of defense. Our civilization depends on us.”
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: We Have Been Subverted. The Free Press.“What is at stake in our ability to see the threat plainly? Nothing less than the preservation of our way of life.”
From a Biblical worldview, the subversion is spiritual and started in the Garden of Eden when mankind was deceived by the belief that they could be God.
The U.S. system of government (a Republic) is exceptional in that Judeo-Christian principles influenced its design. These principles enable “We the People” to work together towards that “more perfect Union.”
The quality management technology provides the methods and tools to support both a secular and non-secular approach to improvement.
Posted at LinkedIn – Oct 9, 2025
12.28.24 — The Big Read, The Free Press, How Intellectuals Found God
Almost 150 years after Nietzsche said ‘God is dead,’ some of our most important thinkers are getting religion. Peter Savodnik meets the new theists.
W. Edwards Deming introduced an additional convincing argument for the belief in God. Deming recognized that an inherent part of God’s design is variability. Reducing the variation from God’s standard of perfection (where all needs are met) meets the expectations God has for his faithful servants.
Deming has been referred to as a Prophet of Quality who supported a secular approach to improvement. His contributions were recognized by Fortune magazine as being among the 20 that have shaped the modern world of business and by U.S. News and World Report as one of nine turning points in history. The top turning point was identified as “The Apostle Paul, whose preaching and eloquent writings led to mass acceptance of Christianity.”
Deming’s experiences were similar to the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 6:9-10), where the simplicity and truth of the message lead many to “Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive. “
The quality profession, through the Taguchi Loss Function, has reinforced that the closer any product or service gets to the target or ideal (more perfect), the higher the quality and the lower the cost to the customer and society. Deming referred to this as a Chain Reaction: “When you improve quality, costs decrease, productivity improves, capture the market with better quality and lower costs, stay in business, create jobs, and more jobs. “ https://lnkd.in/gc3egWgB
Quality Leadership 
The Discovery of the Prophet of Quality, by Clare Crawford-Mason