I never heard of now-Speaker of the House Mike Johnson until only recently. But I did look him up, to note that he was not elected to Congress until 2017, and was a member of the Christian right, which you…
Category: American Exceptionalism
Why the Natural Law of Generations still is Operational
Introduction: Bullies and Cowards (This is over 3000 words, so I recommend you print it out, and highlight it for future reference.) Recently (3/16/2024), in an open speech at Dayton, Ohio, former-President Donald Trump stated that if he doesn’t get…
To be American, (updated with New Facts, New Doors to Open, and Old Truths)
This is updated to 2025 to note the changing of the guard, and the new doors now available to reshape our Republic. A law student takes his date, a med student, to Ruby Tuesday’s for dinner. In the course of…
“Papismus Lucifugus”, the Advent of Tribalism in Not Just in Our Politics, but in American Conservatism
I actually had this book, one of only a few surviving. Dated 1668, it’s a record of a disputation between John Menzies of the (Church of Scotland) Divinity School at Marischal College in Aberdeen and an English Jesuit named Francis…
“It is French”, an Introduction for a Lifetime of Observation and Study
A few days ago I mentioned a comment used by Mark Twain, more than once I’m told, to convey a broad principle that perhaps the French are a people that cannot be trusted. My own study of history, including French…