Atlanta, GA February 8, 2023 “America is becoming again a house divided against itself. In the savagery of our politics we imitate the Third Republic; in our social and cultural life, we begin to resemble Weimar.” – Pat Buchanan, Right from the Beginning (1988) I awoke in the middle of the night, on the floor, in a […]
Atlanta, GA January 31, 2023 We were at a gala last weekend where one of the speakers represented a major “healthcare” organization. His remarks reminded me how our conception of medical service has shifted dramatically since I was a kid. This executive promoted “curated” care tailored to each individual, going so far as to etymologize […]
Orlando, FL January 22, 2023 “When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” – Edmund Burke A quarter century ago, Harry Browne wrote a wonderful book about how to attain liberty in an ocean of hostility. Since the publication of How […]
Atlanta, GA January 14, 2023 An evil man will burn his own country to the ground to rule over the ashes. ~Sun Tzu First they came for high-flow toilets, and I did not speak out – because my current commode flushed fine. Then they came for high-pressure shower heads, and I did not speak out […]
Atlanta, GA December 25, 2022 In the bleak mid-winterFrosty wind made moanEarth stood hard as iron,Water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow,Snow on snow,In the bleak mid-winterLong ago. Our God, heaven cannot hold HimNor earth sustain,Heaven and earth shall flee awayWhen He comes to reign:In the bleak mid-winterA stable-place sufficedThe Lord God Almighty […]
Auburn, AL December 18, 2022 The “vicar of Christ” is at war with His Church. OK…that might overstate the case. Not because “his holiness” isn’t at war; but because this putative “vicar” can’t possibly be the pope. If he were, it would be impossible for him to promulgate the apostasy that’s defined his “papacy”. Jorge […]
Atlanta, GA December 5, 2022 And I wish you all the love in the world But most of all, I wish it from myself. – Christine McVie Like weeds in a garden, reminders of the 1970s are popping up everywhere. Volatile inflation, atrocious attire, and proxy wars with Russia are discomfiting echoes of that turbulent […]
Atlanta, GA November 24, 2022 Three years ago, on Thanksgiving Day in 2019, we inverted the script, put our tongue in our cheek, and derided all the things for which we’re eternally ungrateful. A few months later, those annoyances would seem like quaint irritants of a naïve age. Since that time, it’s as if we’ve […]
Lexington, KY November 21, 2022 Last month, I participated in a charity golf event. The day before, for the first time in weeks, it rained in north Georgia. Showers continued thru the night, stopping just as we were supposed to play. Unfortunately, the soggy conditions caused the Club to prohibit carts from leaving their path. […]
Frankfort, KYNovember 20, 2022 The United States were founded on principles of state sovereignty and local government. If two peoples were incompatible, there was no sense imposing a bad marriage. That was the rationale for thirteen states seceding from Great Britain. It became the reason future societies might separate from those states (and one we […]