Obama and the First Amendment

Obama and the First Amendment; Barack Obama does not believe in free speech for his political adversaries In a speech given at Stanford University a few months ago, Barack Obama declared himself to be a “First Amendment absolutist” while calling for social media regulations. The self-described constitutional law professor needs to reread the First Amendment, as …

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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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How bad does it have to get before Americans hop off the falling elevator?

Those who have recovered from alcohol or drug addiction compare it to being on a descending elevator. They can step off any time they like by either asking for help or via intervention or they can choose to ride it all the way down until it crashes at the bottom. For some addicts, losing a …

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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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