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Liberty is often talked about like a mood. Something inspirational. A vague sense of freedom that lives in slogans and holiday speeches. That framing is…
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Why are they called ‘Protestors’? Because the pen is mightier than the sword and your carelessness can kill you
Not ‘protesting’: Stochastic terrorism
Stop calling them protestors. The pen is mightier than the sword, and wielding it carelessly can kill you. And they know that.These people who’ve been acting violently in the streets (again), are not protes…
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Another Shocking New Year’s Resolution: Have a Questionable 2026!
As the year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 comes to a close, and a new last half of the decade begins continues, ask yourself this: Can you spend fifteen minutes in a room alone with yourself, with no digital devices, TV, music, books or …
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The Gift of Christmas to the World
(With a post from 2011, here’s wishing you a very Merry Christmas!)
What meaning is there to be found in Christmas, even by those who find no meaning in Christmas at all?First off, grant that the false alternative of ‘Not all Christians are good, t…
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The 234th Birthday of what we today are most divided over today: The Bill of Rights
234 years ago today, December 15th, 1791, our states united in ratifying the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America! How weird is it that many of the individual rights protected by these amendments as being e…
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Help to keep the horrific surprise of December 7th, 1941, in the past, by remembering Pearl Harbor Day today
Remember to remember. Remember that while we’re preoccupied with our concerns of the day, the worst lessons of our yesterdays – such as the unexpected attack upon us 84 years ago today – can return in an instant to consume our present. Remember that wh…
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For Our Veterans on Veterans Day – Thank You For Persisting ‘The Harder Right’, Across Time
William Ernest Henley. 1849–1903Invictus
OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludg… -
For Our Veterans on Veterans Day – Thank You For Persisting ‘The Harder Right’, Across Time
William Ernest Henley. 1849–1903Invictus
OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
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Is this the Heritage of an intellectual backbone? Happy Halloween
Well. Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation, has tweeted out a statement regarding ‘canceling’ Tucker Carlson & Nick Fuentes, that went way beyond making a reasonable statement in defense of sometimes awkward friendships. FWIW, Real Clear Politi…
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To Indigenous Peoples Everywhere: A Hearty Happy Columbus Day!
It’s that time again, to speak truth to the power-mad woke folk who fail to give any thought to the discordant noise of their virtue signaling, while prattling on about wanting to change ‘Columbus Day’, to ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’, it’s time to re-post…
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Happy Constitution Day – The 238th Birthday of considering the greatest of all reflections on the perils of human nature
Today is the 238th birthday of the United States Constitution. Peruse it or lose it… and the liberty it was written to preserve.
What was signed as completed upon this day, two hundred and thirty-eight years ago, September 17th, 1787, by thirty-nine… -
24 Years Later – Who are we, who now remember September 11th, 2001?
With the assassination of Charlie Kirk yesterday, my opening from last year’s remembrance of September 11th, 2001, hits still harder and deeper, and is that much more important for us to consider deeply.
[From 09/11/2024] Who are we, who now remember S… -
Speaking of Flag Burning Deja-vu
There’s some serious Deja-vu in the air this week, hitting some harder than others (looking at you Matt Walsh). I’m of course talking about the uproar over Trump’s EO on Flag Burning this week (while also wondering why this has generated almost no…
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Calvin Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson, James Otis, and reflecting upon how dependent America is, upon Americans’ understanding our Declaration of Independence
Three quick points before getting to my annual reposting of Calvin Coolidge’s speech on the “Inspiration of our Declaration of Independence”, and to the Declaration of Independence itself – the first, which I went into a little bit of detail here, is t…
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What the Right misses in current events, that the Wokesters (Left & Right) never do
I’ve watched several news cycles come and go since I started on this post, and what eventually caught my interest in it then, has been evident in each of the newer news cycles since then, and in most of the ones preceding it. This particular incident …