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I posted about Prof. Panarin’s prediction a month ago: “Russia Gets It!” Now there is a WSJ Article about it: “There’s a 55-45% chance right now that disintegration will occur,” he says. “One could rejoice in that process,” he adds, poker-faced. “But if we’re talking reasonably, it’s not the best scenario — for Russia.” Though […]

On June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln made a speech accepting the Republican party’s nomination for U. S. Senator from the State of Illinois. The best remembered quote from that speech was the line: “A house divided against itself cannot stand”. As all American school children once knew, two years later, Abraham Lincoln was elected President […]

The upcoming “Brexit” referendum in the UK, is essentially an European secessionist movement. As is the fundamental right of a free people, the citizens of a disgruntled sovereign state, are deciding whether to throw off the yoke of a remote out-of-control central government. While there may very well have once been good reasons for joining […]

I have stumbled across a profound and thought-provoking academic essay, which effectively slays most common arguments that governments are necessary for a modern peaceful society to exist. A downloadable PDF, it is entitled, “The Obviousness of Anarchy,” by John Hasnas,  Associate Law Professor, Georgetown University, J.D., Ph.D, LL.M. Those familiar with my Montessori education background, […]

A really good analysis of Trump’s worldview is now available at, “Trump’s 19th Century Foreign Policy.” The correlation with modern libertarian thought on such matters is remarkable. On the off chance that he could actually be elected POTUS, it is well worth reading and pondering: One of the most common misconceptions about Donald Trump is […]

This being the holiday when we (should) celebrate our national independence, it seems a reasonable time to reflect on the notion of Patriotism and of the Patriot. To some extent, this article is in response to the blog post at: https://www.thoughtsaloud.com/2013/06/11/does-the-truth-realy-make-us-free/ and to the many comments it prompted (and for which I thank all of […]

I often write articles predicting the end of the United States of America. I realize that, taken in the wrong context, this sounds a bit extreme. Therefore this attempt to give the intended context. First, if asked whether the physical entity the United States of America is going to disappear from our maps in the […]

…for Re-founding the Original American Republic Incumbrepublocrats: n. The sham duopoly of incumbent ruling elites, tricking complaisant sheeple into believing they need frequent sheering for the welfare of the herd, and have a choice of shepherds promising, yet never quite providing, eternally green pastures in wolf-free zones. See: Incumbrepublocrats Those of us who are political […]

…for Re-founding the Original American Republic Incumbrepublocrats: n. The sham duopoly of incumbent ruling elites, tricking complaisant sheeple into believing they need frequent sheering for the welfare of the herd, and have a choice of shepherds promising, yet never quite providing, eternally green pastures in wolf-free zones. See: Incumbrepublocrats Those of us who are political […]

If you wish to converse with me, define your terms. – Voltaire Voltaire admonishes us to resolve any ambiguities in our language before debating a subject. This is even more important in today’s Orwellian world, where the meanings of words change within a generation, often meaning the opposite when used by the young or the […]

I too had a lengthy comment that got lost in Troy’s post below, which is worth starting a new post to discuss: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” -Tenth Amendment I would submit […]

I find that even we Jacksonians often do not quite understand what makes us tick. A lot of the internal contradictions between my libertarian/objectivist ideology, which one would think should make me a Jeffersonian, and my native patriotic affinity for my redneck roots, were revealed to me when I carefully studied the following essay. Grasping […]

The other day, I was listening to the radio as I drove to a nearby town. I was only half listening until I realized a reporter was interviewing a member of congress whose name I missed. This congressman was explaining that, now that the debt ceiling crisis was behind us, it was time for both […]

Any red-blooded American Patriot paying attention, can’t help noticing the breathtaking pace with which our once great nation is self-destructing. More accurately, it is being systematically dismantled by determined domestic enemies of Liberty. Anyone unfamiliar with the “Cloward and Piven” strategy to implement a Marxist revolution in America, by first deliberately collapsing our economy, should […]

Any red-blooded American Patriot paying attention, can’t help noticing the breathtaking pace with which our once great nation is self-destructing. More accurately, it is being systematically dismantled by determined domestic enemies of Liberty. Anyone unfamiliar with the “Cloward and Piven” strategy to implement a Marxist revolution in America, by first deliberately collapsing our economy, should […]

What happened to the message of hope and change? Let’s connect some dots. Six weeks ago, the Bush administration started giving Obama and Biden security briefings: Barack Obama, who has not been “vetted” by the FBI for the position of president of the United States, received his “first high level briefing” on Tuesday from the […]