January 16, 2013

A War still Rages within Them

See also: Military Suicides and the Progressive Worldview An epidemic of heartbreaking proportions is striking down members of our U.S. Armed Forces and veterans. It kills with a merciless hand and without reason. It does not discriminate. They...

November 27, 2012

Let Them Eat Caviar

According to Rousseau, a "great princess" once uttered the memorable line "Let them eat cake" when she was informed the peasants had no bread to eat. Rousseau's political philosophy is said to have influenced the French Revolution (1789-99) and as we...

September 23, 2006

Mahmoud's Big MacGuffin

What Iran recently accomplished in Lebanon has been called by various names.  A red herring, feint or diversion is what it is commonly called when recognized but the term MacGuffin (or McGuffin) is much more suitable when explaining Ahmadinejad'...

September 16, 2006

The Fanatic is Incorruptible

'The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.'  —   E.M. Cioran (1911 — 1995) Granted, the Rumanian...

February 20, 2005

Dear Mr. Moyers

Dear Mr. Moyers: I've been meaning to write you for quite some time, in fact, if the truth were known, I originally intended to communicate with you in 1964, when as Special Assistant to Lyndon Johnson, you approved that television ad showing a ...

January 28, 2005

The Remnant

'You do not know, and will never know, who the Remnant are,nor what they are doing or will do.  Two things you do know,and no more: First, that they exist; second, that they will find you.'Albert Jay Nock — 1936    ...

January 12, 2005

Venezuela: storm warnings

A new storm is forming, one which could prove to be detrimental to peace and stability in the Western Hemisphere, and particularly damaging to the United States.  It is a tempest of human origin, which has visited us before:  Guatemala (195...

January 6, 2005

Hands off the Electoral College

The other evening, while awaiting my table in a local restaurant, I overheard a Republican and Democrat agreeing with one another about the elimination of the Electoral College.  It's one area where many Liberals and some uninformed Republicans ...