Draft Ron Paul
When I read Ron Paul’s letter, announcing that he is downgrading his campaign for the Presidency, I recalled the lugubrious soliloquy MacBeth intones upon...
Shadows of Nuremberg
While reading a report in the Washington Post (Sunday, 6 January 2008, p. A10) on Republican Presidential candidates who were campaigning in New Hampshire,...
Ron Paul and Competing Currencies
As America’s inherently self-destructive monetary and banking systems lurch from crisis to crisis—and one foreign country after another announces its intention to reduce its...
Ron Paul and the Militia
The last thing I claim to be is a political-campaign tactician. Yet it seems obvious to me that revitalization of “the Militia of the...
Leashing the Mad Dogs
Recently, you have probably read a spate of justifiably angry Internet commentaries and watched some truly shocking and sickening videos reporting on and recording...
Freedom From Fear is Your Responsibility
Franklin D. Roosevelt promised this country "freedom from fear." In keeping with most of his grandiose pronouncements, he spoke with a forked tongue. (As...
True vs. False Militia and Why the Difference Matters
Although at the present time I am one of very few people, if not the only person, vociferously advocating revitalization of “the Militia of...
What Good is Political Education Without Political Action?
As Saint James teaches, “faith without works is dead.” God’s grace may be “amazing”; but He desires men’s active cooperation with it for its...
Outflanking the Kakistocracy
The penchant of all too many Americans for indulging in socially destructive rationalizations and delusions seems limitless. No sooner had the Internet come alive...
The Kakistocracy Exposes Its Hand
The publication of National Security Presidential Directive 51 (Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20) on 9 May 2007, now available on the White House’s web...
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