Calvin Coolidge deserves a good deal more attention. Strangely, he is not much more than a footnote in most history textbooks. He exists in the education system as a kind of witless boob Neanderthal relic of the pre-Depression 20’s. Progressives can’t refute his argument, so they seek to shut Silent Cal up instead.   Read the rest of this entry »

The connection between virtue and the future of the republic was cited often by the Founders. Without belief in God and his commandments to temper the natural weaknesses of human nature, neither liberty nor the republic would long endure.   Read the rest of this entry »

The recent brouhaha over the Delaware GOP Senate primary winner, the pundits’ reflections and Democrat wishful thinking about civil war in the Republican Party, reveal some interesting dark corners in surprising quarters.   Read the rest of this entry »

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” — Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777

Since posting my “call to action”  after the passage of Obamacare, I have …

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Consider this an old fashioned handbill, albeit an electronic one. But try and imagine this posted on lamppoles, tavern walls, and distributed manually at town meetings.

REPEAL THE BILL! THROW THE BUMS OUT!

I am an American, and an independent …

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The Stamp Act was passed by Parliament on March 22, 1765 with an effective date of November 1, 1765. It passed 245-49 in the House of Commons and unanimously in the House of Lords.…

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Since its my brother, I have to weigh in. (If you have seen either of us, then you will realize that I chose that word wisely.)

I think the fundamental accomplishment of the propaganda ministry on the left, has been …

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