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Victims of Communism Day, 2025

     Today is Victims of Communism Day. It is also “May Day,” where “useful idiots” march and demonstrate in free countries, while those who have to actually live under Communism are made to march lest they face dire consequences.      One of the … Continue reading

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The Fierce Urgency Of Knowing What Time It Is

     When someone is trying to sell you something—anything—the use of high pressure sales tactics is clear warning of caveat emptor. Between the urgency and pressure, the intent to to deny you a chance to think things through, or to act … Continue reading

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Free to Choose Friday: I Pencil

     With all the talk of tariffs and trade wars, it’s a good time to remind ourselves of the humble pencil, specifically “I, Pencil”.      As Milton Friedman explains:      Or if you prefer it in animated form: Yesterday, @elonmusk shared the video … Continue reading

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Firing Line Friday: Should We Choose Our Presidents Differently?

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      The method of choosing our President is not a new one. Over two hundred years ago that method … Continue reading

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Quick Takes – Presidential Apotheosis: Birthday National Holiday; International Airport; Mount Rushmore.

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: “God-Emperor of Mankind” isn’t just a meme, at least to Congressional … Continue reading

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Punishing The Unpunishable?

     The law can be a funny thing when it comes to crossing state lines. It used to be that if one state allowed some action or deed while another state prohibitied it, the legality and protections of the law would … Continue reading

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Nostalgia Of The Nomenklatura

Nor is this the Summer of Love      It has become an obsessive fantasy amongst some to look back at the past as a paragon of a more perfect civilization when the “common man” was king and responsible for creating wealth … Continue reading

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The Common Good And The Law

     What happens when the Rule of Law and the Common Good conflict, in that strictly upholding the letter of the law causes a greater harm rather than prevent it, as would be the legitimate aim of the Rule of Law? … Continue reading

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Sovereigntism

     One of the most misleading, including self-misleading, things a person can do is try to hard to fit things into preconceived boxes and categories. This can be particularly treacherous in an intellectual sense when self-segregated into an echo chamber. Your … Continue reading

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Firing Line Friday: The Politics of Henry Kissinger

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      With foreign relations in flux in this day and age, let us look back at the era of … Continue reading

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