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Corruption and the American Way of Life
Jan 15, 2026 12:00 PM
Dr. Paul Clarke, Lt. Retired US Navy SEAL
Corruption and the American Way of Life
Dr Clarke, who is currently a local attoney and who's background involves matters relating to security, organized counterterrorism, defense reform and corruption.
The fight against corruption has been an unspoken key theme of the American Experiment, beginning with the 13 colonies, the American Revolution, and the U.S. Constitution being actions to living under a corrupting monarchy.
He will speak defining the current state of corruption around the world, and how it is impacting the U.S.
Since the U.S. has experienced corrupt periods before, i.e. the Gilded Age, Americans have previously found strategies to overcome corruption and to build a better society. Indeed, progressives on the left and right made California a leading actor in defeating the corruption of the Gilded Age.
Can California be a catalyst to get past the corruption that engulfs the U.S. now?
What will it take to return to good governance?