“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…
Month: February 2020
You Can’t Give Away the Right of Self-Defense
Guns and BandagesImage from Guns.Com It is neither moral nor practical for you to give away your right of self-defense. It isn’t our right of self-defense; it is yours. One to a person. Most of us couldn’t give it away…
A Monopolistic System of Education Controlled by the State
People are beginning to wake up to the fact that American education has changed drastically. At first we watched academic performance decline, the quality of instruction decline, behavior decline, the overall quality of high school graduates decline and we reacted…
American Communists Call for a Violent Takeover.. and the American People are Ready for Them
It is uncomfortable to face violent threats. We endure that discomfort because it is better to face them than run from them. Communists in the US have flocked to Senator Bernie Sanders’ campaign, and the things they want to do…
If You’re Not Scared Yet – You Should Be
We never learn. Even the most well-intentioned government law or program can be, and has been perverted, corrupted and used to advance illegitimate purposes once profit and power are added to the equation. The war on terror, the war on drugs,…
Hundreds Who Survived Abortion Represent Millions Who Didn’t
The anniversary of the infamous Supreme Court abortion decision, Roe v. Wade, is upon us again. And here we are, 61 million abortions later. Some of the most powerful spokespersons against Roe are those who survived an attempted abortion. At least 300 Americans alive…
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…
Buttigieg in Iowa – A Victory or A Sign of Decline?
M Biblically based conservative Christians need not apologize or declare open war against the gay movement in America, all we are mandated to do is to declare what we find in the Word of God. Under the deep scrutiny of…
Those That Ignore History Are Doomed To Repeat It
“As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it.” Vaclar Havel Socialism…
Fantasy Socialism Versus Real Socialists
We are not all the same. In fact, we differ in every measurable way. We measured the psychological leanings of people on the left and right sides of the political spectrum. What we have not done very well is map…
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…