Month: February 2020

Magical Thinking

“In a dying civilization, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest politician, but of the man with the best bedside manner. It is the decoration conferred on mediocrity by ignorance.”    Eric Ambler, A Coffin for Dimitrios When a…

The Two Americas

There have been two completely different Americas in U.S. history. For more than a century after the United States came into existence, there was no income taxation or IRS. People were free to keep everything they earned and decide for…

A Socialist for President?

How is it that a communist, for all practical purposes, is winning in the Iowa caucuses at present? If there is anything that history shows repeatedly, it is that socialism, including its more violent form, communism, is an utter failure…

History’s Promise

“If you want to destroy a nation, you find a way to denigrate its belief in itself. Smear its founders. Belittle its accomplishments. Pillory it for failing to live up to its ideals. Mock its most sacred traditions. Deride its…

A Friendly Word to the Never Trumpers

President Trump’s State of the Union message, coupled with the Democratic response, reminds me of why I voted for Trump in 2016. And why I plan to vote for him again in 2020. The contrasts are just too extreme. I…

The Dead Sea Scrolls

“If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning; just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was…

Defining Evil

“There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.”  Edmund Burke That God permits evil to exist is taken by nonbelievers as an inarguable sign that there is no God.  After all, if…