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Learning About Propaganda

     Most people now-a-days thinks that propaganda is all about peddling lies, and that if it is true (or people believe it is true), that they aren’t being propagandized against. In reality, propaganda is about shaping perceptions of reality, even when … Continue reading

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Firing Line Friday: Confidence and Betrayal

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      While people expect their confidence to be betrayed by politicians, it is different when it comes to their … Continue reading

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The Incredible Superficiality Of The Right

     There is a fundamental basis of American society that underlies the superficial sense of normalcy most people have, and to maintain that normalcy, those foundational pillars of society must be maintained. Many conservatives on the right do try to renew … Continue reading

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Firing Line Friday: What Is Radio Free Europe Up To?

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      The voice that America ought to present to the world is a long debated question now just as … Continue reading

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When in the Course of Human Events…

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them … Continue reading

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     Apologies for the lack of posting. Been busy with real life and haven’t had the time to write anything up.      Here are cute kittens to make amends. Tweet

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Firing Line Friday: Should America Be Bilingual?

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      With refugees and illegal aliens in the news, let us look back forty years ago on when they … Continue reading

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Happy Flag Day, 2023

     Happy Flag Day!      There are many historical flags associated with the United States, particularly during the War of Independence.      One such flag is the one that flew over Fort Mifflin during the Revolutionary War. “In the fall of 1777, 240 … Continue reading

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Firing Line Friday: How to Speak, How to Listen

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      William F. Buckley, Jr. and Mortimer Jerome Adler discuss something that is sorely lacking in politics these days: … Continue reading

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The Inevitable Overreach Of Social Conservatives

     America has reoccurring periods where authentic concern for real, or at least perceived to be real, social ills results in social activist from the more puritanical parts of American culture that inevitably overreach and end up sooner or later becoming … Continue reading

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