We speak of tribalism. It is often emphasized as a defining feature of modern times, perhaps more so than in the past. We perceive a divisiveness today, amplified by nearly constant, total connection through social media. As sources of communication increase, sources that once held relative exclusivity now compete with a million points of light,…
My Musings on a Saturday Morning 1. Corporate Influence on Wealth & Ethics 2. Government’s Role in Wealth & Power 3. The Cycle of Political Control 4. The Resulting Stagnation The Core Issues & Their Solutions 1. Monetary Reform 2. Economic Incentives & Taxation 3. Education Reform Conclusion Fixing monetary policy, economic incentives, and education…
Many people may recall the Mustang Ranch brothel out in Nevada. It was $100 million per year success. So successful, in fact, the government decided it had to do something about it. As you may recall the owner of that legal business got into trouble with the IRS and it ended up shutting down his…
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free…it expects what never was and never will be. Thomas Jefferson Glittery objects, game shows, professional sports, Woke Education, fast-paced surface entertainment, and the endless noise of a plugged-in world—these are the sedatives of modern life. They dull our senses, keeping us occupied but not enlightened. When…
I don’t like over simplified classifications – most fail to span their subjects. However simplicity has a power of its own and usually contains, if well developed, more truth than the other massive and complicated tomes. I don’t claim to develop any perfect simplicities, but, as do many, I try: Our world is in the…
This is an article, not written by me, that I think is worth reprinting. (Please see my note at the end in italics) The first ever GAO(Government Accountability Office) audit of the Federal Reserve was carried out in the past few months due to the Ron Paul, Alan Grayson Amendment to the Dodd-Frank bill, which…
I want to express another thought which underlies much of my political and philosophical views. The decline of our many elements of our nation (an to some extent the world) are directly related to the growth of the religious cult of psychology and attitude of liberalism. Psychology, a religion, is condoned and supported by government…
If you look at what prejudice is, it is simple. It is prejudging. Unfortunately the majority of those walking this planet are prejudiced. This word is usually associated with racial issues but that is only a small part of it. The real problem, a problem of sanity really, is that folks do not observe well….
The day the Democrats took over control of Congress was not January 22nd 2009, but two years earlier on January 3rd 2007. They took over the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the start of the 110th Congress. The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end…
John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: “This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever together at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.” Here…