Only the next generation can see what were the big stories of 2014, but one appears clear even now. In 2014 Americans finally became aware that the 1% has screwed us, taking most of America’s productivity gains since the 1970s. We saw it in the news about rising inequality, in new studies about inequality (e.g., …
A speech by one of Britain’s greatest leaders gives a powerful start to our new year Read More »
Summary: One of our greatest tools in the struggle to reform America is our history, its ability to inform and inspire us. National holiday’s point to some of these people, so that we can not only celebrate their accomplishments but als0 learn from them. Among those most appropriate for us today is Martin Luther King. …
Martin Luther King Jr’s advice to us about using violence to reform America Read More »
Summary: A the American polity rots, we follow a path well-worn by previous Republics. Our society’s observation-orientation-decision-action (OODA) has broken, with each stage become dysfunctional. We cannot accept this, so cognitive dissonance (see Wikipedia) dominates our mental processes. Rather than communicate values, information and analysis, our political speech increasingly serves to disguise our bleak situation. Our Founders looked to …
Rome speaks to us. Their example can inspire us to avoid their fate. Read More »
Snapshots by that acute and politically incorrect observer, Mark Steyn. These are worth reading in full! About antisemitism: “Anti-Semitic Attack with Machete at Carlton University“, Michael Coren (Canadian syndicated columnist), 5 April 2010 Steyn’s analysis: “Macheteculturalism“, National Review Online, 6 April 2010 About the fading away of the right to free speech: “The Earle and the …
Snapshots from the edge’s of western society, where change first appears Read More »
The following is from the website of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). At the end are links to other posts about the Constitution and our liberty. Esp note the first — Forecast: Death of the American Constitution (4 July 2006). Background In the critical year of 1944 a vast “I Am an American Day” …
