These days, I don’t often have time to write an entire entry, but today I’m making an exception.

For my 150th entry, I want to discuss the mythology surrounding “government” and “corporation.”

I’ve notice a trend in the perception about organizations like the Federal, state or local governments. When people refer to them, it is with great reverence … as if they were “gods” (with the little “g”).

For instance, “the government” makes policy, determines how to fairly treat each other and keeps us safe. What I don’t hear people say is that the “government” is not some mythical being in a far away place, all-knowing, all-seeing and all-wise.

Instead, each and every government is comprised of people, just like you and me. And if anyone should understand that, it is here in the Washington, DC, area.

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