Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Send this to EVERY young person (25 and under) you know.I know many of you won't care, don't care or won't (don't want to) believe it. You country's government will bankrupt you.How often (if ever) have YOUR parents lectured or harped on being responsible with money? The dire consequences of ...
Posted in Culture, Economics, History | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Part of the challenge in today's political environment is that many Americans, including those elected to represent us, are very ignorant of the Constitution and the proper, appropriate role of the Federal Government.
Walter Williams sees this and writes in interesting fashion about this uniquely American Idea.
A further lesson can be ...
Posted in Constitution, History, Law, Politics, Taxes | Comments Off
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Our Dear Friend and Contributor, Sally, is a prolific and thoughtful Author. Here is a sampling of her work we thought our readers would enjoy
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My Reaction to David Brooks. Wherein I blast Brooks for supporting Obama during the 2008 campaign and wonder why it took him so long to ...
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Third and last in a series... Part I | Part II
STOCKDALE: Epictetus faced no comparable crisis to that which either Seneca or Marcus Aurelius did. His crippled servitude was a chronic, not an acute, condition which he not only learned to live with, but within the confines of which found ...
Posted in Culture, History, Military, Philosophy | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Terry Paulson echoes our frequent observation and demand that the United States suffers from a potentially deadly divergence from its constitutional origins. His article certainly summarized a sensible, common argument for people who appreciate what constitutional government is supposed to be.
The nagging question is, are there enough people in the ...
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
As in most cases of liberal/leftist "progressive" projection, the Demoncrats love to claim that conservatives and libertarians "support dictators" as a rule.Of course such obfuscation is the common tactic of those on the left. They publicly idealize totalitarians of the collectivist left. Today it is Chavez and Castro, yesterday it ...
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009
Part 2 of 3... Part I
EPICTETUS: Nero's court favorites included Seneca, Petronius, Tigellis (who was the undoing of both), and the freedman Epaphroditus, who killed the master of the world. This freedman bought a crippled slave, who, in the time after Nero's death, was sent to hear the Stoic philosopher ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
In personal, as well as in public life, peril and the test they make of one’s character are as common as they are unavoidable, for all but the most timid souls. To paraphrase Shakespeare, some are born to it, some seek it, and others have it thrust upon them. How ...
Posted in History, Philosophy | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Back when I was little, the GOP was the boring party of responsible adults who tried to give us good government and who did not take it upon them selves to save the world, and who did not let pie-in-the-sky, make-believe wishful spending burden their children with debt. Bob ...
Posted in Government, History, Politics | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Looking at the Donkeycrat plan for "Health Care Reform" would be disgusting if it weren't so maddening and frightening. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.Collectivists seem to think that people with high incomes just somehow luck in to it, steal it or ...
Posted in Government, Health Care, History, News, Politics | 1 Comment »