Despite the Federalist Papers having been written over 230 years ago, the arguments they contained with regard to the dangers in store for the governed at the hand of tyrannical governance are every bit as clear now as...
Understanding the Incorporation of the United States of America.
Understanding the incorporation of the United States of America. One of the failings of teaching American History and Civic has been in not recognizing the that the thinking that goes behind the creation of every...
As the End Approacheth?
By watching and listening to the Left for well over 40 years, and paying attention to self-describing conservatives who claim some religious connection to God and His Son, Jesus, I think I have an idea of how all this...
The Rising Sovereign Individual: Part I-The Death Of Trust
As the saying goes, “drawing from the same well too often inevitably leads to an empty well.” This idiom has been around, in one form or another, for as long as there have been wells from which to draw...
Sunday Musing: Bemoaning The Rise Of The Self-Unaware
Warning, salty language ahead! [Author’s note: This essay was first written in the pre-Covid pandemic era, but it is safe to say that we have gotten worse, as a species, according to my personal observations on...
Extemporaneous Observations INRE: “Social” Media
Old enough to remember a world that was only connected by pen, paper & stamp, or rotary dial phones, I can assure the younger generations that “Social” Media has completely kicked the legs out from under meaningful...
Part II, How the Organization Man Went Rogue
Part II The Gordon Gekko vision (1987) more or less defined the next iteration of Organization Man, which I learned the hard way after returning to the US, trying to help link up American entrepreneurs with business...
Great Resets: Natural Law, History and Science, Part III
The prevailing thinking since around 1960 has been that ordinary people, of ordinary education and skills, are no longer qualified to be a part of the management of world affairs, at virtually every level. It’s...
Dying for the Right
Dying for a Cause is not the same as arguing a Cause. What stands out about the Civil War (1860-1865, for those of you who still read) is that both sides sent their sons to fight and die for a Cause. Only they were not...
The Great Reset by Michael Rectenwald (2020)
The following is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on November 7, 2021, during a Center for Constructive Alternatives conference on “The Great Reset.” I heartily recommend you read it, and underline...
In the End, Natural Law Decides
If you have studied God from the viewpoint of Natural Law then you know He was never a fan of kings, or their systems of government. They always destroy themselves, and in accordance with Natural Laws that can be...
Communism vs Socialism, First Principles, Getting the Understanding Straight
Unlike Communism, which was the love child of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Fascism had no real solid parentage, just a mishmash of European social thinking. Americans are ordinary people, created on the principle...
The “Politics” of Global Cooling…
…which according to Nature and Natural Law, has begun. Again. This guy’s name is Peter Temple, and there is a 2015 and 2019 version, only mildly edited. Mr Temple is speaking of an era which, even if you are...
The J6 Hostage Crisis now at 324 days!
The Iran Hostage Crisis, (Nov 4, 1979- Jan 20, 1981) lasted 444 days, and all national media mentioned it nightly to begin their nightly broadcasts: ABC’s Ted Koppel led every evening broadcast with “America Held...
The Times They are A’Changin’, So, Do we Need to Change the Names?
…just to avoid confusion between “classical”, “modern” and “new-and-improved” Republicans and Conservatives. I watched Peter, Paul & Mary sing this live in 1964 on the campus of the University of Kentucky. Of...
Science and History and Facts
Science began as a logical and reasoned inquiry into how Nature works. Isaac Newton and gravity always comes to mind first with me. You’ll note it’s tied together with mathematics, and how many times have we...