Most have heard the phrase "Barbarians at the gates," a reference to Aleric and his Germanic tribes camping outside the gates of Rome in the fifth century AD.  It was a cataclysmic moment representing the fall of Roman civilization.  Of course, things are rarely as simple as cute phrases make them seem, and the fall…

I have just read the best definition I have ever come across for the "Modern Man."  Author Alexander Boot describes him as follows: "A sociocultural type whose intuitive two-pronged animus comes from a desire to destroy the spiritual and cultural essence of West[ern] Heritage, while at the same time magnifying the material gains that were…

On Wednesday, all Americans who are engaged in pulling the cart paid in their taxes to those who ride in the cart. "Tea parties," reminiscent of the Boston Tea Party of 1773, which protested taxation that amounted to less than 2%, were staged in cities across the nation.  Apparently the three readers of this blog are not…

Way back before Alan Greenspan became Chairman of the Federal Reserve, he penned a now famous essay for inclusion in Ayn Rand's book, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.  In the article, Greenspan explains the stability and logic behind a gold-standard-based money system, and then makes the following observation: "But the opposition to the gold standard in…

Watching the death of freedom is heartbreaking. This magnificent construct called the United States of America was built by a collection of talent the likes of which world has rarely seen. For a crowded moment in time, in a small strip of sea-side colonies, some of the greatest minds ever assembled put aside their sundry…

In an increasingly advanced effort to show its total lack of respect for the Constitution and private contracts, and its extreme arrogance and hubris, the U.S. government has forced General Motors head Rick Wagoner to resign as a condition for the company receiving a government LOAN.  According to an article on Politico, in all it's unfounded…

"It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you."  – Dick Cheney "We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls." ~Robert J. McCracken "For what avail the plough…

Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, made an intersting quote some forty years ago. It is interesting because it is increasingly relevant today, and appears to indicate that Greenspan was aware of where his and the Fed's policies might/could lead us. As related by Richard J. Greene of Thunder Capital Management: "In his…

I am not a hunter. I am not a woodsman. I am not a conspiracy-theorist. I am not a vigilante. However, I do like to shoot guns, and I strongly believe in the freedom granted by the Second Ammendment to the Constitution of the United States that gives us the right to bear arms.  1.…

Never forget that our freedom was purchased with the blood of those who have gone before us. We should be ashamed to surrender it so willingly to our own government an inch at a time. Someone recently gave me a rundown of some of the legislation that is already moving through the U.S. Congress or…