After 15 Years
I’m saddened that there is a video of me circulating the internet, playing a banjo, with 7 million views, where the majority of commenters are labeling me a racist.
Society
Two Free Societies, Two Very Different Views of Law-Abiding Gun Owners
In the United States—particularly in states like Michigan—firearm ownership is treated as a normal attribute of a free citizen. In Australia, firearm ownership is treated as a conditional privilege granted by the state.
The Wolf, the Myth, and the People Who’ve Never Lived in the Woods
There’s a reason our ancestors didn’t hold hands, light candles, and sing to wolves. They eradicated them. Not out of ignorance, not out of cruelty, but out of lived experience. Wolves weren’t abstract symbols on a Patagonia catalog; they were competitors, livestock killers, and a direct threat to survival.
The Failed Religion Masquerading as Scholarship: And Why It’s Time to Sweep This Nonsense Into the Trash Bin of History
Every few years, America picks up some shiny new bad idea, polishes it with jargon, markets it with hashtags, and forces the rest of us to pretend it’s brilliant. Today, the reigning champion of American intellectual embarrassment is something called Critical Theory
Michigan DNR: The Agency Working Overtime to Kill Hunting (And Calling It “Science”)
If your goal were to sabotage Michigan’s hunting tradition, hollow out rural economies, frustrate every sportsman in the state, you couldn’t design a better system than the one the Michigan DNR proudly operates today.
The Ongoing Black and Red Color Revolution in America; The Seditious Six’s video kicks off a new phase
The US is in the middle of a color revolution from within. The Seditious Six and their disgusting video that suborns sedition of serving members of the US military, as noted in this analysis, are just the latest and most visible players.
Leadership Series: The Ride of the Spineless, Part I
Remember when leaders actually led? When decisions were made by people with chests instead of committees with spreadsheets?
Tribes; A Melting Pot No Longer?
As a predominantly Christian nation, we welcomed everyone through legal immigration. We expected everyone to share the same values—freedom, self-reliance, capitalism, and the willingness to learn and speak English.
Is “AI” The New Tool to Fundamentally Change America? by George Mcclellan
Along comes AI —the great new hope to solve all our problems. AI, created by hopeful modern tech acolytes of the Gilgamesh saga, who themselves hope to cheat death, cannot be moved away from their goal: immortality.
Penny for Your Thoughts
The curtain fell quietly on a 232-year tradition as the U.S. Mint struck the last penny this month in Philadelphia. This ended one of the longest runs in American history. For years the penny had become a costly relic and was more nostalgic than useful and too expensive to mint.
The New Age “Christian” Religion; or Simply 2,500-year Ood Gnosticism Wearing Yoga Pants
The modern New Age movement loves to pretend it’s some groundbreaking spiritual awakening, but it’s really just repackaged Gnosticism wearing yoga pants and clutching a crystal.
The Most Dysfunctional Time of the Year (And Nowhere in the Bible Does It Say “Put a Tree in Your House”)
Let’s be honest: this season is a pressure cooker disguised with twinkly lights. Credit cards get maxed out, travel is miserable, food is overpriced, and somehow every family expects you to teleport between states so you can sit at a table with your cousin who still thinks you “changed after high school.”
The Nine-Step Model Toward Civil War: No. 7 Is Just Beginning
Yesterday, six Democrats^ in the US Senate and US House released an ad urging military members to defy Commander in Chief Trump’s orders, that is, to mutiny. Democrats are trying to create a trigger (Step No. 8) which will cause civil war.
The Golden Standard
The Golden Rule is older than you might think. The first reference to The Rule comes from ancient Egypt, roughly 2000 BCE. “Do for one who may do for you, that you may cause him thus to do.”
Is America Not Ready For A Woman As President? Or Just Not These Women
There are women out there qualified for high office. But being a woman is not a qualification in and of itself.
Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Idea Isn’t Radical — It’s a Wake-Up Call
Many in the press have enjoyed taking pot shots at President Donald Trump for his recent recommendation that the banking community make 50 year mortgages available to prospective homeowners.
Not One Penny More
The last penny has been minted. The humble American “pence” shall be no more. It’s too expensive to produce. It just doesn’t make sense. No pun implied.
The Cult of the Green God: How Fake Money Became America’s Real Religion.
We’ve built an empire around something that doesn’t actually exist — not in any tangible, survivable sense. Our currency, the almighty dollar, is a human invention with no intrinsic value, no caloric energy, no sheltering power. You can’t eat it, you can’t heat your home with it, and it doesn’t grow in the soil — yet people live and die by it.
Semantics
In most cases, the difficulty with social intercourse is due to either a misunderstanding due to definitions, foreign language translations or unfamiliarity of certain terms.
Rescuing a Dying Tradition: Rebuilding the American Hunter, Part III
Part III – Rescuing a Dying Tradition: Rebuilding the American Hunter “If We Don’t Pass It On, We’ll Bury It Beside the Campfire.” The numbers are grim but not terminal. Hunting can be saved—but not by bureaucracy. It will be saved the same way it began: neighbor to neighbor, family to family, and a kid’s …