technology Safe, Convenient Servitude Lately, I find myself increasingly concerned with the more sinister consequences of dependence on technologies that offer convenient ways to do all of the things we once did for ourselves.
history City Upon a Hill In June of 1630, the Arbella came to anchor in Salem Harbor, and the Massachusetts Bay Colony was born. Arriving ten years after the settlers of Plymouth Plantation, this first
random The Measure of a Life While frittering away a few minutes watching random YouTube videos the other day, I came across an old TEDtalk about procrastination. The video is linked below, and I encourage readers
politics Ronald Reagan at CPAC, 1974 January 25, 1974 First Conservative Political Action Conference There are three men here tonight I am very proud to introduce. It was a year ago this coming February when this
history Eye of the Hurricane Hard times breed strong men. Strong men build good times. Good times spawn weak men. Weak men beget hard times. All of this has happened before. All of this will
law Making Amends I have followed the progress of the Convention of States movement with great interest since it first launched in 2013. For those not familiar with the legal context for an
freedom Make Mine Freedom Once upon a time, there were some things about which Americans all agreed. At a time when we seem to agree on almost nothing, this film shouldn't just be nostalgiac.
random Get Busy Livin' As I lay awake this morning, waiting for the alarm (or the baby) to sound, my wandering mind gradually focused on a single question — "What are you most afraid
gun rights A Polite Society Well, in the first place an armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. For me, politeness
quote History Has Stopped Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been
quote The Object of Life The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. — Marcus Aurelius
religion and philosophy What's So What follows is an essay by Werner Erhard. As a believing Christian, I am not convinced that this take is entirely aligned with my sense of truth, but it still
politics I am a Republican I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress. — Frederick
technology If you build it, they will come (maybe). For the past month or so, I have been obsessed with finding some way to respond to the corporate social media purge of traditional, mainstream ideas and attitudes. The speed
politics The Most Oppressive Tyranny Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent
history We promised. We lied. First they came for the Trump supporters, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Trump supporter. Then they came for the gun owners, and I did
religion and philosophy Think your opponents are evil? Yes, they are (and so are you). Democrats think Republicans are hate-filled, racist, xenophobic nazis. They want to control everyone's life, and force them to conform to the dictates of a theocratic, patriarchal prison state.
politics What Do We Do Now? We awaken this morning to the no longer deniable reality that we live in an Empire of Lies. Where the stories we are told as "news" no longer comport with
religion and philosophy Now, Today, This Moment "God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what it will be like when He does. When
history Sheep Are Deadlier Than Wolves You are dismayed to find that millions of your countrymen prefer slavery to freedom. Then someone reminds you that freedom is an historical anomaly, while subjugation has been the rule
