One of the things I learned early in the military was that decision makers—Generals and Admirals, are only as good as the information they use as a predicate for their actions and decisions. The good ones understand the “power of information”, but most importantly the power of information in controlling a narrative. The bad ones—and […]
I want to write something a little different this week and I hope it is uplifting and maybe even inspirational. When we listen and watch the news or even look at what is happening in our own neighborhoods, particularly in the realm of government, it is easy to get discouraged. We are fighting an out-of-state […]
When reason, morality, ethics, and the law are replaced with feelings and emotions; humanistic diaphanous solutions that never can stand the test of time replace sound policy and fill the void. Those willing to “sell their souls to the devil” will many times win in the short run—but not in the long run. When a […]
Two young men on an “Outward Bound” college vacation were dropped off in the middle of Montana at the edge of Yellowstone. One was a political science major who had applied to several Ivy League law schools and as a backup plan scheduled himself to go to sociology grad school. Work was not on the […]
I finally got around to reading the John Durham CROSSFIRE HURRICANE conclusions after reading through 350 pages that would make anyone’s skin crawl. Idaho’s Frank Church is rolling over in his grave and if you can listen closely in a peaceful and quiet place you can hear his voice softly saying, “I told you so.” […]
A group of well-intentioned people, several of them my friends have formed an organization with the purpose of finding as one of them said on a radio show last week “the common ground between well intentioned people who represent disparate political factions”. I believe that everyone should try to get along and find “common ground”, […]
Milton Freidman famously opined that “the road to Hell is paved with good intentions”. Modern day claims of “charity and social justice” have no bases in Biblical Justice or Natural Law Theory. A legislator, a government bureaucrat, a hospital that is the recipient of government transfer payments are not participating in any form of “Christian […]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is an example of a vacuous virtue signaling ventriloquist, that we are all too often seeing today in our public elected officials and in the media. Al Sharpton is the puppet master. They are both literally tugging at the racial strings of the American people and are purposefully creating factions […]
UCLA economist Donald Shoup has become a cult figure in the worlds of City Planning and Urban Development. His 2005 book THE HIGH COST OF FREE PARKING has been the center of a movement that has become almost religious like with sycophants advocating for less parking in congested urban areas and a blind devotion to […]
St. Augustine High School is a Catholic, private all boys school run by the Josephite Priests and Brothers in New Orleans Louisiana. It began operations in 1951 and includes grades 8 through 12. From its inception the school was designed to educate young men from Black Catholic families in New Orleans. It is one of […]
Abraham Lincoln attended formal school it has been estimated, for about four months. He was a self-educated man. From the time his stepmother taught him to read when he was a young child, he read everything he could get his hands on. Plato, Aristotle, The Stoics, Shakespeare but most of all The Bible. Lincoln’s moral […]
I want to be very clear that when I talk of a New Great Awakening that must happen in our country I am specifically talking of a spiritual awaking. But I also want to promote the idea that is anything but new, that patriotic Americans need to stand up for Patriotic business, and cities and […]