Category Archives: Timeless Principles
Why “make” when you can “take?”
Unfortunately for the future of America, the old “Protestant Work Ethic,” instilled in so many of us while growing up; do your best, work hard, give your employer an honest day’s effort, is mostly a thing of the past (- … Continue reading
2016 GOP Platform – Wonderful, if anyone would actually stand on it!
Amazingly enough, despite nominating the most brash, annoying and worse – progressive -presidential candidate in the history of the party, Republicans last week managed to produce quite a conservative platform. As expected, a quick perusal of the major … Continue reading
Founding Wisdom [Flouted by the Foolish]
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed … Continue reading
Are you failing to prepare – for the grasshopper mob?
PeakProsperity.com recently published an interesting and very instructive article called “Grasshopper Nation.” Easily recognizable to those of us over a certain age, the title references the old parable of the grasshopper and the ants. While the industrious ants spend … Continue reading
Milton educates Bernie
It’s true, the great free-market economist Milton Friedman passed away in 2006, but his fiscal wisdom is timeless. In this cleverly edited video he enlightens Senator Sanders about capitalist “greed” ~ Video via FEE (Foundation for Economic Education) … Continue reading
The transforming effect of matrimony
It’s June, traditionally the most popular month for weddings. Traditional (God-ordained) weddings that is. (No matter what Barack Obama irreverently decrees.) And studies show that the “marriage premium,” especially for men, is a very real phenomenon. So guys, do yourself … Continue reading
Founding Wisdom [Flouted by the Foolish]
“If [our] government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine Commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the Laws.” ~ Noah Webster
What’s a “Brexit?”
So what exactly is a “Brexit?” • a basket used for gathering Brussels sprouts? • the off-ramp on a chair-lift? • a new breakfast snack? None of the above. But given our partisan, hopelessly inept mainstream media, you’re … Continue reading
Founding Wisdom [Flouted by the Foolish]
“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate … Continue reading
Trump’s GOP Goon Squad attacks Sasse for standing on principle
Ben Sasse, the junior senator from Nebraska, is a solid conservative – particularly when it comes to embracing our founding principles. As he sees it, one of the biggest problems with the federal government is that “we are electing a … Continue reading
And the good news is…
Well there really isn’t any good news at the moment. At least not in the short term. Americans now have two equally unpalatable presidential candidates to choose from (both unprincipled, secular-progressive, socially liberal, big government autocrats), a Supreme Court poised … Continue reading
