Mental Health: Has The Federal Government Done Enough?
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience mental illness in any given year.
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We Don’t Know What Happened-Stop Trying To Shove Bad Policy Down Our Throats
A madman murdered people in a mall. Before we jump off a cliff, mewling, “It’s the guns,” let’s take time to get the details.
Military Readiness-Through the Lens of Army Aviation
The Readiness of America’s Military is Under Internal Attack. Recent Accidents in Army Aviation, and Response thereto, Indicates What Plagues Our Military
The FBI Goes on a Snipe Hunt – While the Country Burns
While the FBI chases the elusive “white supremacist domestic terrorist,” it seems blind to other attacks on our society.
5 Reasons the USA is the Greatest Country Ever Conceived
‘Murica; What are the top 5 reasons the United States is the greatest nation ever conceived by mankind? Economic Power: The USA is one of the world’s largest economies, with a GDP that is larger than any other country. Many people see the US economic system as one of the main drivers of its success …
The Navy’s Drag Queen SpokesMAN
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough MEN stand ready to do violence on their behalf
~Unknown
The Soul of Our Nation
The 2020 notion was that we “are in a battle for the soul of the nation.” So let me ask a few questions:
Russian Recruiting Policy Demonstrates One Possible Benefit of Biden’s Military Transgender Policy
I don’t know whether I write this as snark or as a serious warning about the abject evil Democrat governance is bringing upon this great nation.
The Tragedy of the Commons, Part 3: Wicked Logic
The Tragedy of the Commons: Wicked Logic In The Tragedy of the Commons: Rational Actors, I discussed linear vs. spiral logic. I suggested that western logic tended to be more linear and Islamic and other cultures, perhaps more spiral. But that is a generalization based on today’s conditions. In the past, western logic tended …
State Supported Child Kidnapping
Star Chambers Coming for Your Children. Washington & Minnesota, have already legalized the kidnapping and mutilation of children without parental consent
Political Parody As a Weapon Part LXXXV; Whatever happened to John Cougar?
Political Parody As a Weapon Part LXXXV; Whatever happened to John Cougar? Albert Constantine Jr. blasts Joe Biden with “Cherry Bomb.”
The Tragedy of the Commons: The Rational Actor
The Tragedy of the Commons: Rational Actor This is a follow on to Tragedy of the Commons: The Political Commons. It specifically looks at the rationality implied in Ostrom’s 8 points and the Rational Actor/Choice, Game, and Agency theories. What happens if the rational hypothesis fails or is different across cultures or relevant ranges? I …
A Male Lesbian’s Take–An Ongoing Domestic Cognitive War
The America I knew as a young man, was a country in which you could grow up to be anything you wished. My how that is now truer today, than ever before, but not in a good way. Today, no matter who you are, you can grow up to be literally “anything” you wish, given …
Montana’s Transurrection An Eyewitness Account
Whenever a veteran recounts a war story from their military days they often start with the phrase, “So there I was.” Though I am retired from the military and back home in Montana there are still times when I feel the need to start a story off right. So, there I was, sitting in the …
Tragedy of the Commons: The Political Commons
The Tragedy of the Commons: The Political Commons I first came across the problem (tragedy) of the commons in a political science course in grad school. We read a remarkable work by Elinor Ostrom about the problem. Her work both resonated with me and left me looking for more. I thought the problem was bigger …
It’s For The Kids!
Imagine a typical North Idaho family, Shawn and Jane Doe and their three children Mary, Mike and Becky. Shawn is the assistant manager at a local division of a national company. The Doe family is a comfortable, middle class family and happy, but money seems tight. Jane has been pestering Shawn to ask for a …
Culture Commands Series: Our Great U.S. Culture War, Pt 2b
This Part B of the second installment of a series on Our Great U.S. Culture War. American Biblical Worldview When the thirteen colonies became thirteen united states, that America was 98.2% Protestant. The Protestant denominations had their differences, but they shared a focus, allegiance, and affinity to the Holy Bible. Furthermore, “dissenting” Protestantism is a …
Trifle With Nature at Your Peril, be it Human or Otherwise. Is Society Becoming Zanier and More Insane by the Day? Part 1
Learning Life’s Lessons the Hard Way in 21st Century America
Defending the Republic, Part 1
Defending The Republic, Part 1: Scenarios Over the last year, I’ve been thinking, researching, and writing (Corporatism Part 1, Part 2; Thoughts on Ukraine, Part 7: The Joint Corporatist Scenario, among others) a lot about corporatism. I’ve been searching for a reason why corporations are doing what they are doing with social justice agendas. Why …
Culture Commands Series Our Great U.S. Culture War Pt 2a
This is Part A of the second installment of a series on Our Great U.S. Culture War. From Cape Henry to President George Washington It is 182 years from Englishmen planting the Christian Cross on Cape Henry, Virginia to claim a covenant evangelizing this new world, this Virginia, to the first inauguration of President George …