A Republic, If We Can Keep It.

Benjamin Franklin

I am certainly no classical scholar, I leave that to men like Victor Davis Hansen whom I greatly admire. But I have read some of the ancients. And truth be known, they were prescient in their thoughts. And eternal in their wisdom. We simply haven’t, and don’t, pay attention. So the following offers a few …

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A Free Press: RIP

Same paper, same dates, different markets. Is this real or fake? Media sometimes caters to what their audience predominantly wants to hear.  Financial Samurai “A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”  John F. Kennedy Freedom …

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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.

‘Decarceration’ Programs Are Deadly to Black Americans

It was two months ago that Congress, which is normally hands off but does have jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, rejected the city’s attempt to overhaul its criminal law, an attempt which would have reduced or eliminated mandatory minimums. Crime has increased in our nation’s capital, increased dramatically this year. The chart at the …

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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 …

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Transurrection Part II

Part one of Montana’s Transurrection is the only accurate eyewitness account of what happened in the Montana legislature when radical leftists showed their willingness to act violently and disrupt the business of all Montanans on April 24th. In part one, I described what I witnessed outside the Capitol building and then in the House gallery. …

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