Today's Politicos vs The Words and Deeds of The Founders

Big numbers are difficult to grasp. Everyone understands numbers they can relate to, 10 people, 100 people, even a thousand or 10,00 people is something that the mind can envision and understand. But once you start talking about millions the mind flicks a switch and begins to depersonalize.

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Some links from around the blogosphere - and some music to go with your browsing.

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We should just err on the side of safety and ban anything smaller than a softball.

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Why are liberals, leftist, and progressives so mean? I started to list the mean, outrageous, and downright revolting things progressive have said in the last four years, but I try to keep these posts to fewer than one thousand words. Besides we all know them. If you are on the right, you’re aghast and if you’re on the left you’re gleeful. The interesting part is not what they said, but why the fringe left has such a deep-seated need to bully people with opinions different than their own.

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Hamilton defends two of the most talked about clauses in the Constitution. His arguments revolve around logic and jurisdiction. He isn't sparing with his aspersions as he explains the intent of the framers.

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In the process of assigning grades Hayward manages to be both scholarly and entertaining. His combination of neglected and forgotten historical information with trenchant observations injects color into what otherwise might be dull reading. This book should be read because it is more than a “Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents.” It is a cautionary account of how Wilson’s dream of the unrestrained state guided only “by the exigencies and the new aspects of life itself” became today’s nightmare of profligate spending, crony capitalism, destruction of the rule of law, and, inevitably, failing a course change, bankruptcy and tyranny.

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One day my youngest son eagerly greeted me at the front door as I arrived home from work. He was very excited to show me his latest LEGO creation. He led me to our family room where he unveiled a quite elaborate house that he built from his vast supply of LEGOs. It was multicolored, had stairs, a chimney, plus a pool in the yard. It even included Luke Skywalker perched on the roof, as if on guard.

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Benjamin Franklin ran away from Boston when he was seventeen years old. When he arrived in Philadelphia, he spent his last few pennies on bread. He may have started poor with no family support, but Michael Klepper and Robert Gunther include him in The Wealthy 100: From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates—A Ranking of the Richest Americans, Past and Present.

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Some poignant observations about life from a potential new WWTFT contributor (fingers crossed), journalist and author George Archibald.

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Two hours of reading here, but worth the time, if you have it to spend. This week, we've got political snark and satire, some great American history, and even some Constitutional analysis from Publius Hulda. Good folks, good stuff.

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