Venezuela – A Lesson
As this country a lured by the promise of “free” everything few are thinking about how expensive “free” really is. For a very recent answer just ask the good people…
The New Jim Crow Racism
Let’s start off with a small survey: In the past 40 or 50 years, how many reading this essay have passed a business that had a sign in the window…
Substituting Superficiality For True Knowledge
Each day I am bombarded with information of all sorts. I turn on a news broadcast and I hear a distinguished expert on a subject get about 2 minutes before…
The Death of the American Cruise Industry
As time moves on, I am convinced that the Left loves COVID because it allows them to become the de facto dictators they always wanted to be. Nowhere is this…
Stumbling Into Nuclear War
In author Barbara Tuchman’s book, “The Guns of August”, a picture of pre-World War I Europe is drawn that shows royal families so caught up in nineteenth century mores that…
Thoughts from a Veteran
Many years ago, the United States government gave me one of two choices: either get drafted into the Army or join another branch of the military. I choose the later…
The New Jim Crow
This past few years we have heard both Left and Right groups call the other side “Nazis” somewhat indiscriminately. Of course, the main purpose of this was not to make…
Can It Happen In Amerca?
If you read “The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany” by Thomas Childers you will begin by seeing a 1927 Germany that looks much like any United States’ city.…
Never Enough for the Left
This past year I have followed all the federal guidelines and state mandates regarding the COVID pandemic. I have worn a mask when required, washed my hands, and social distanced.…
Beware of Technocrats
Back in the 1940s economist F.A. Hayek and historian Jacque Barzun warned us about the technocratic state. Both men warned that the collective wisdom of an informed society is far…