‘Apocalypse Now’ and The Green Beret as Saint and Sinner

20th Special Operations Squadron Green Hornets on alert at Ban Don, South Vietnam, July 1970.

I harbor little love or respect for Hollywood or it’s spawn, but I can still appreciate movies as an art form and how they often point to literary works, pieces of history and culture, that are worth remembering. Take “Apocalypse Now,” for example. Through that one film—lauded as one of cinema’s best, yet tiresome and …

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The Third Amendment—Private Property Rights

The Third Amendment—Private Property Rights “Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.” ~ Benjamin Rush Greetings my fellow Americans! “No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in …

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Who Are The Real Fascists?

Who are the real fascists? By Ray DiLorenzo The left’s vision is not only a vision of the world, but also a vision of themselves, as superior beings pursuing superior ends. In the United States, however, this vision conflicts with a Constitution that begins, “We the People…”   Thomas Sowell Since few of us know …

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Of, By and For The People: Chapter 1

U.S. Constitution

Greetings my Fellow Americans! As I am writing this, our front-line adversaries in the virtual war we are currently fighting appear to be in somewhat of a retreat, with the gracious lifting of infringements of our Creator-endowed rights which had been imposed under the guise of “flattening the curve” of COVID-19 infections.  While I will …

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