The “Reasonableness” Factor
Discretionary wording is found throughout the Constitution and its Amendments.
Article I: “Each house MAY determine the rules….”
Article IV: “New states MAY be admitted by the Congress….”
History
Too Many Generals- Part III of Five Parts
Firing some of our general officers is just a start. The rot goes far deeper than just a few. This article is the third of five parts, and examines the second of three destructive consequences of having too many generals.
Killing Christians Today
Muslims are murdering Christians in Syria and the Congo today. Muslims have killed Christians throughout their bloody history. Mohammed showed them how.
Too Many Generals- Part II of Five Parts
Firing some of our general officers is just a start. The rot goes far deeper than just a few. This article is the second of five parts, and examines the first of three destructive consequences of having too many generals.
Letter From a Humble American
Husbands and sons. Carpenters and clergymen. Some rich, some poor. Some carrying the nicest firelocks money could buy. Some wielding nothing more than a pitchfork. I was playing my fife for them.
SNARK: Maybe the U.S. Should Wage War on Europe
It seems Europe is hell-bent to start yet another World War. Perhaps we should give it to them.
Too Many Generals- Part I of Five Parts
Firing some of our general officers is just a start. The rot goes far deeper than just a few. This article is the first of five parts.
Transcendent Geopolitics 7; Our fourth empire is a divided empire.
Our fourth empire is militarily strong—and it wield its military might ruthlessly. But, its only engine is money, its only fuel is manufactured fears.
The Democrats’ metamorphosis: The self-destruction of a once-great party
During a June 2019 MSNBC Democratic presidential primary debate, co-moderator Savannah Guthrie asked the candidates to raise their hands if their healthcare plans would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants. All ten candidates, including former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, did so. That shocking moment demonstrated just how far leftward the party …
Not All Humans Are Angels—But Are They Even Humans Anymore?
James Madison once famously said, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” The idea is simple: human beings are inherently flawed, prone to greed, selfishness, and the occasional bout of idiocy.
The Washington Post Conflates Current House Painting Fashion With Race
The Washington Post published an article on neighborhood gentrification on Sunday, and a lot of readers, to judge by the comments, saw it as completely racist. Perhaps, just perhaps, not everything is about race. The house color that tells you when a neighborhood is gentrifying A Washington Post color analysis of D.C. found shades of …
The Tragicomedy of Volodymyr Zelensky: From Slapstick to Statesmanship (Sort Of)
Once upon a time in Ukraine, a comedian rose to fame playing a bumbling everyman who becomes president in a feel-good TV satire.
In the USA, some Prices are Lower, but so are Expectations
At a time when prices for everything from eggs to gasoline are high, I thought it might be interesting to share a list of commodities and services that are actually much cheaper than they once were when compared to dollar values and wages in the past. Will this take the sting out of today’s sky-high …
Hard Work Is Good For You
In Genesis 2, we read about how God wants us to work. Verse 15, “And the Lord God took the man and put him into the Garden of Eden, to work it and keep it.” Gardening, farm work, yard work.
Transcendent Geopolitics 6; The global empire of our time is destructive.
Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron shatters and breaks everything—and just as iron smashes everything, so will it shatter and crush all others.
Watch out… Nazis in Germany Postured as “Moderates”
Leftist Trump haters are going to mirror the Nazi German playbook… by posturing themselves as “moderates.”
The Democrats These Last 75 Years
The Kennedy years are often called Camelot. However, it was not quite the romance the legacy media and aging Democrats would have you believe.
Options For Gaza And Gazans
Nobody wants the Gazans fomenting strife in their countries. What needs to be done?
Patriotism – What Happens When a Nation Forgets Its Rituals?
From standing for the National Anthem to pledging allegiance to the flag, national rituals shape our identity, unity, and shared vision. But what happens when these traditions fade? Fragmentation, division, and a loss of purpose.
The New New World Order
The fall of the Soviet Empire was an epochal shift in the order of international relations around our world. A “New” world order was the inevitable outcome.