The Forgotten Founding Father
We’re familiar with Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and other Founding Fathers. But have you ever heard of Gouverneur Morris? He’s important, too!
History
Happy Independence Day.
It’s Proper On Our Nation’s 247th Anniversary, We Pause To Remember The Men Who Risked It All, And Reread The Mutual Death Warrant They Signed. We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor… In the very hot summer of 1776, representatives of the original thirteen colonies of Great Britain met in Philadelphia, and …
The Forgotten Patriot
Most of us can tell at least part of the story of Revere’s famous midnight ride. But how many are familiar with Sybil Ludington, the female Paul Revere?
Book Review-The First Conspiracy
A great book review: Attempting to unmask the plot against the George Washington
It’s Starting To Look A Lot Like 1917 In Russia
The last time things got this way in Russia, we ended up fighting a Cold War for 6 decades with a thing called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Science, Rationalism and the Enlightenment
The age of enlightenment in the mid 1700’s was led by thinkers such as Voltaire, Descartes, and Montesquieu in France, and Kant and Mendelssohn in Germany. These philosophers believed that a new world was dawning.
Upholding Liberty: Reflecting on the Founding Fathers’ Definition of Tyranny Amidst Post-Pandemic Measures
“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” Thomas Jefferson
The Enlightenment as a Political Movement
Over the last few days, we have been exploring the enlightenment as a philosophical movement. This movement started as a reaction to the significant advances in math and science, particularly Isaac Newton’s mathematical modeling of planetary movement, which described their orbits without the traditional process of metaphysics, the understanding of the planet’s first principles. From there, the …
The Enlightenment and The Science of Man
As we continue trying to understand the philosophy of the enlightenment (an admitted challenge for me I freely admit) we started with Newton’s mathematical explanation of the movement of planets. He completed this analysis without the use of metaphysics, the intellectual discipline where the observer would attempt to understand the entire nature of the item that …
The Enlightenment – Empiricism and Skepticism
Last time we talked about rationalism and the enlightenment, how science became a large influence on the philosophers of the time and how they felt that science would continue to unlock the secrets of the universe to mankind, both those secrets that were scientifically provable, and those that existed in a philosophical sense. Another …
Citizenship – Or, Thoughts on Why Paul was not Crucified
Citizenship can mean many things, depending on your viewpoint
COVID May Come Back to Haunt Donald Trump
Is this scenario plausible? A House subcommittee publishes a report concerning its investigation of COVID, blaming Anthony Fauci for wrondoing. An hour later Rod DeSantis releases a campaign video about Donald Trump giving a commendation to Fauci.
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire; A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.
The Power of One Person
The Power of One Person and We The Patriots USA Conference Last weekend Jane and I attended the National Conference of “We The Patriots USA” in Boise with several hundred fellow patriots. This organization has moved their headquarters from Connecticut to the Boise area to escape as other refugees have done moving out of the coastal …
America’s Headlong Rush Back to Slavery
We’re told by the left that our history of slavery is America’s original sin. So, why is the left demanding a headlong rush back to slavery
A Birthday Wish List for the U.S. Army
It is the U.S. Army’s 248th birthday, time to make a wish and blow out the candles. Not long after America’s Revolutionary War began in April 1775, an appeal was made to all thirteen states to join in the struggle for American liberty. The result was the delegates of the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia. They …
Happy Birthday To The United States Army!
“Stand your ground,” Parker ordered. “Don’t fire unless fired upon. But if they want to have a war let it begin here.”
The U.S. Army at 248 Years Old
The Army is the Master of Land Warfare for our time. It took 248 years to get to where it is today. Unfortunately, The Army is also Woke.
The Old Jew and the Indian
The Hebrews, like the Stoics, did not have the benefit of modern science, neither were they fools. Their brightest people looked at the world that surrounded them and tried to make sense of it in the same way that we do.
The Cave Painting and the Grave
The cave painting and the grave tell us that early man was aware of himself and thought about himself as an individual, and as mortal.