Culture

Stop the Hatred, by Walt Tollefson

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America, we need to remember how to disagree without hating one another. When I was growing up, many of my neighbors and friends were Democrats. My family was conservative and Republican. We disagreed. Sometimes we argued politics at the dinner table. But when the weekend came, we still went swimming together, canoeing together, watching movies together, eating together, and living as neighbors. Political disagreement did not require hatred. It did not require destroying friendships. It did not require treating half the country as enemies.

The Star, the Seal, and the Stories We Live By How Two Triangles Became One of the Most Powerful Symbols on Earth

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The six-pointed star did not begin as the Star of David. For centuries, it was associated with the legendary Seal of Solomon, a symbol tied to stories of hidden wisdom and supernatural power. Over time, the same geometry took on a very different meaning, becoming the enduring emblem of Jewish identity, survival, and national restoration. The lines never changed. The story did. And that is the secret behind every powerful symbol: it is not the shape itself that moves people, but the history, faith, and identity carried within it.

The American Awakening

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My grandfather fought in World War II. My father served in Vietnam. My wife and I both deployed to Iraq. Three generations answered the nation’s call, each believing that sacrifice served a greater purpose. But after Vietnam, 9/11, Iraq, Wall Street, and COVID, millions of Americans are asking a question more dangerous than any enemy abroad: Have we been lied to? That question marks the beginning of the American Awakening—a rediscovery that we are more than consumers and collections of atoms. We are moral and spiritual beings, and once a people remember that truth matters and rights come from God rather than government, they become very difficult to manipulate.

The Lodge, the Labyrinth, and the Tower of Babel Rebuilt How Secret Societies, Spiritual Power, and Human Pride Converge

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Secret societies do not need literal magic rings to shape history. Their real power lies in symbols, secrecy, and the ancient promise of hidden knowledge. From Solomon’s legendary seal to modern surveillance systems and technocratic elites, the temptation remains unchanged: to gain wisdom without God, power without accountability, and immortality without redemption. The Tower of Babel was never destroyed—it was upgraded. Today’s builders wear tailored suits instead of priestly robes, but the serpent’s oldest lie still echoes through the corridors of power: “You shall be as gods.”

Simple, Complex, Simple

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Think about almost anything…The first thought is simple.  Then, if you keep thinking and studying, layers of complexity with expanding horizons, exponential new factors, and conflicting facts appear.

The first thought is simple.  Then, if you keep thinking and studying, layers of complexity with expanding horizons, exponential new factors, and conflicting facts appear.  Yet, after more thought and study, the holistic conclusion is simple.  A few words very loaded with meaning suffice.

Propaganda from the credentialed media will not change reality

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My website, The First Street Journal, maintains a Stylebook of its own devise. It includes: Those who claim to be transgender will be referred to with the names, honorifics, and pronouns appropriate to the sex of their birth; the site owner does not agree with the cockamamie notion that anyone can simply ‘identify’ with a …

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