When I was a young man, from 15 to college graduate at 22, I generally kept my mouth shut in the company of my elders. Much of it was just good manners, which, I note, is in short supply these…
Category: American Exceptionalism
Natural Law and the Law of Averages, How Science Hobbled Down and Became Political
When Science started calling Science a liar. Continuing our inquiries on how Science has been hobbling down in both its genuine understanding of Fact and Truth, and its current political insistence on incorporating most other academic pursuits under its wing…
Dying for the Right
Dying for a Cause is not the same as arguing a Cause. What stands out about the Civil War (1860-1865, for those of you who still read) is that both sides sent their sons to fight and die for a…
The Times They are A’Changin’, So, Do we Need to Change Party Names?
…just to avoid confusion between “classical”, “modern” and “new-and-improved” Republicans and Conservatives. I watched Peter, Paul & Mary sing this live in 1964 on the campus of the University of Kentucky. Of course, Bob Dylan wrote it, but I liked…
People Who are Lost That Don’t Know They’re Lost…a Teaching
If the shoe fits, this qualifies as a “teaching”…for those under 55. The situation both American history finds itself in is one which my generation can do little about except to issue a heads-up and perhaps light a few flares…