The First Amendment (Part 3)
Abridge—To limit; curtail. – American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
Jeff Ulicny
What We’ve Learned or Affirmed from This Pandemic (Part 2)
Greetings my fellow Americans! In Part 1 of this article, I highlighted governmental and large private corporate behavior observed during the COVID-19 pandemic which introduced, and/or reinforced, notions of corruption and collusion within and between these entities. In this Part 2, I’d like to share some thoughts about the public’s reaction and conduct as this …
What We’ve Learned or Affirmed from This Pandemic (Part 1)
Greetings my fellow Americans! Before I dive into this article, I’d like to briefly explain my intent with my regularly aforementioned salutation. It is directed at everyone (regardless of nationality) who has come to appreciate just how exceptional the original American approach to society and civilization, based on individual liberty and God-given rights, has been …
Local Politics Can Drive National Policies
Local elections have far reaching effects and can even affect the result of Presidential elections.
As We’ve Seen by Our Reaction to the Covid-19 Virus, Many Experts…Aren’t
We as a society rely on too many experts…that aren’t.
There is a Perpetual and Global War on Freedom
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” – Plato
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War
The First Amendment (Part 2)
Free (adj.)—not under the control or in the power of another; able to act or be done as one wishes. – Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Of What Are We Actually Afraid?
Democrat politicians, enabled by weak Republicans, have become very adept at using fear to control the American public.
The Science is NEVER Settled
“The climate debate is over. The science is settled.”
– President Barack Obama, May 2016
The Emperor Knows He Has No Clothes
Joe Biden does not have dementia. What he has is a built-in alibi for consistently acting in direct opposition to essentially every foundational American principle in order to dismantle and destroy the nation he swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend
Our Pandemic of Hypochondria
Hypochondria–1. The conviction that one is or is likely to become ill, often involving symptoms when illness is neither present nor likely, and persisting despite reassurance and medical evidence to the contrary.
It’s Long Past Time to Hold Our Elected Officials Accountable
I’m shifting with this article to a more tactical focus on the 2022 midterm elections. To be honest I, like many others, have become rather skeptical of the integrity of our election process, as both anecdotal and empirical evidence has continued to mount that suggests that U.S. election tampering not only reached an all-time high …
The First Amendment (Part 1)
Religion—A set of beliefs, values and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
Jeff Ulicny begins his in-depth examination of the Bill of Rights
Tyranny Is The Cost Of Freedom Without Responsibility
Greetings my fellow Americans! At the risk of further examining what will probably seem obvious to most regular consumers of AFNN content, I’m going to start this piece with a famous quote by President Ronald Reagan: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’” …
We Must Do More Than Just Vote
Greetings my fellow Americans! While last week’s elections undoubtedly have given many hope that America can be saved if we just put the right people into the right offices of public service (especially at the state and national levels), this is a rather small part of the constitutional formula, and our responsibilities under it. I …
If It Sounds Too Bad to be True, It Probably Is (Part 3)
Schadenfreude (shäd′n-froi″də) – 1) Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others; 2) Malicious enjoyment derived from observing some else’s misfortunes; 3) delight in another person’s misfortune. – Source: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Greetings my fellow Americans! From the differing camera angles and lighting in the Nixon-Kennedy debate of 1960 to the …
If It Sounds Too Bad to be True, It Probably Is (Part 2)
Schadenfreude (shäd′n-froi″dÉ™) – 1) Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others; 2) Malicious enjoyment derived from observing some else’s misfortunes; 3) delight in another person’s misfortune. – Source: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
The Bill of Rights; A Primer
“Negative liberty is the absence of obstacles, barriers or constraints. One has negative liberty to the extent that actions are available to one in this negative sense.” — from “Positive and Negative Liberty”, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
If It Sounds Too Bad to be True, It Probably Is (Part I)
Schadenfreude (shäd′n-froi″dÉ™) – 1) Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others; 2) Malicious enjoyment derived from observing some else’s misfortunes; 3) delight in another person’s misfortune. – Source: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.