"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
I have just read a thought-provoking article on The American Interest website entitled National Conservatism: A Guide for the Perplexed. The post, written by Aaron Sibarium, notes how political and ideological … Read More
Antifa combatants fighting with Trump supporters at Berkeley, California on August 27, 2017. Youtube screenshot / The Red Elephants The United States of America is unraveling as a society, in … Read More
The U.S. Senate voting NO on repeal of Obamacare on July 27, 2017. Screenshot of ABC News coverage. Everywhere the leaders of the two major American political parties look, insuperable … Read More
Anti-Trump Resistance protest Screenshot of Youtube video from the Next News Network American progressives are becoming increasingly unhinged as they push ever further toward the political Left. Their hysterical reaction to … Read More
Come now, and let us reason together … Isaiah 1:18 (c) Can Stock Photo / photography33 Following my post Will Automation Require Progressive Unemployment Solutions?, a reader called Cai left a comment … Read More
May the better ideology win! (c) Can Stock Photo / jgroup This is the fourth and final essay in a series in which I give neoliberal answers to progressive counterarguments … Read More
Automated pharmacology production Wikimedia Commons / FLAGRANGE This is the third essay in a series in which I answer progressive criticisms of neoliberalism (often mistakenly called conservatism). The author of … Read More
Let the Games begin! (c) Can Stock Photo / Mark2121 Over the last couple of years, I have been very hard on progressives on this website. It is no surprise … Read More
Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI), a name that will live in infamy. This is the man progressives are currently emulating. Wikimedia Commons / Library of Congress (United Press) Almost 70 years … Read More
What we need to avoid! Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Library of Congress I have been traveling lately, which explains the dearth of new posts on this website recently. Right now, I … Read More
The Monument to Multiculturalism by Francesco Peril in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Four identical sculptures are locate in Buffalo City, South Africa; Changchun, China; Sarajevo, Bosnia; and Sydney, Australia Wikimedia Commons … Read More
Five of the most important Western ethical thinkers. From top, left to right; bottom, left to right: Socrates (Wikimedia Commons / Eric Gaba (Sting)); Aristotle (Wikimedia Commons / Eric Gaba … Read More
The Death of Socrates, by Jaques-Louis David (1787) Wikimedia Commons / Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1931 Let it be stipulated the two major American political philosophies, more or less … Read More
Trump’s nominees for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson (Wikimedia Commons / Office of the President-elect), and for the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions (Wikimedia Commons / U.S. Senate) American progressives are … Read More
The Yin and Yang of our ideological realities (c) Can Stock Photo / arkela Light and Dark. Good and Evil. What you are For and What you are Against. Yang and … Read More
The first three progressive presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson Photo Credits: Wikimedia Commons / Pach Brothers , Wikimedia Commons / George Grantham Bain , and Wikimedia Commons / Harris … Read More
President-Elect Donald Trump conversing with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, November 10, 2016 Wikimedia Commons / Pete Souza The shell-shocked mass media and progressive pundits still are having … Read More
Are you ready for your soul to be weighed? Morguefile.com / Southernfried This is not an an essay on how human values and ethics are irreconcilable with Reality. At least … Read More
The Thinker by Auguste Rodin. This is what we must all do if we are to survive as a free nation! Wikimedia Commons / Andrew Horne The reactions by … Read More
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) campaigning for Hillary Clinton, October 2016. Warren is one of the leading forces in the Democratic Party. Wikimedia Commons / Tim Pierce Elizabeth Warren, one of … Read More
Donald Trump giving his victory speech early this morning YouTube / RT.com Donald J. Trump’s victory yesterday to become the President-elect of the United States is a fitting surprise for … Read More
The Thinker in The Gates of Hell at the Musée Rodin Wikimedia Commons/Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Paris, France The most sacred words any human being can utter are “I believe …”, The more … Read More
A symbol of hope or a symbol of ignorance and prejudice? FreeImages.com/abcdz2000 Christians have a great deal to fear in this world. In the Middle East, they have been marked … Read More
Which to Choose? Photo Credits: CNN.com and CNN.com The choices we have for president, while … Read More
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. The three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Act 4, scene 1 Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Johann Heinrich Füssli 1783 The Western World’s political … Read More
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wi) taking over the House Speakership from Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) Wikimedia Commons/Office of Speaker Paul D. Ryan On a lot of issues Donald Trump has been … Read More
The draft Declaration of Independence being presented to the Second Continental Congress by the five man drafting committee on June 28, 1776. The five men standing before the Chair are … Read More
Cover to the first edition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. In a People’s Republic, some animals are more equal than others! Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Today I engaged a young … Read More
It’s good to talk! Photo Credit: FreeImages.com/Jon Wisbey One of the most important duties we have for our country and to … Read More
Obama and Trump: Two sides of the same coin? Photo Credits: Left: President Barack Obama in Nordea Concert Hall via photopin (license) Right: Flickr.com/WalkingGeek Yesterday the Wall Street … Read More
