Archive for the ‘History’ Category

The Boys of Point du Hoc

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

When Freedom was understood. (Remarks delivered by President Reagan celebrating the 40th Anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1984 Normandy, France) We're here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For four long years, much ...

Remembering Those Who Did Not Return

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Before Memorial Day became a 'Monday Holiday' back in the 1970s, it was intended as a day of rememberence for those who had fallen in battle, first in the Civil War (it was first known as 'Decoration day') and then for all of our fallen and missing who served under ...

Generational Crime

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 ...

Lessons For Citizens

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 ...

Learn from Sally

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 ============================= 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 ...

What We Do In Life Echoes in Eternity, part three

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 ...

But are there enough?

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 ...

For those Tyrant lovers on the left

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 ...

“What We Do In Life Echoes in Eternity” part II

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 ...

“What We Do In Life Echoes In Eternity”

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 ...