A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Karl Marx’s Funeral
I began this survey about Karl Marx only to hit a quick detour while looking into Marx's first experimental run, Russia. Like most theoreticians, Karl Marx couldn't show or tell you how to build...
Natural Law is God’s Quality Control (Revised 2/4/2023)
(I cleaned up a few scabs on this piece that were left dangling on 2/4. Now it's clear to launch.)
If you have studied God from the viewpoint of Natural Law then you know He...
Linking Victor Davis Hansen’s “Thermidor Reaction in Jacobin America” to the Law of Generations
Victor Davis Hansen's "Thermidor Reaction in Jacobin America", reprinted here, explained in vivid, living color, what Americans have always found so inscrutable about the French Revolution.
Mark Twain, as portrayed by Hal Holbrook, once quipped...
To be American, American Exceptionalism and Assimilation- How Things Worked and Must Work
I think there is a general misconception of just what assimilation means to the ideal of “to be American”.
To understand American exceptionalism you must first realize that it was created by the American people, not...
Bona Fides; My Resume of Trailblazing
I've chronicled the chase for personal greed all through history, but whudda thunk that a naked chase for personal recognition could potentially do so much in such a short period of time, and reaching...
Where is Matt? After a Decade’s Slide into Darkness (Revised)
Matt Harding was born in 1976, a Gen-Xer (1965-1980). That Generation is just as apt to cling to the old ways and standards of their parents (Baby Boomers, 1942-1964) as they are to become utterly nouveau, knowing little, if anything about the shoulders they...