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 January 6, 2023 It is a learned skill to force yourself to articulate your life, your present world or your possibilities for the future. – David Whyte Today is the Feast of the Epiphany. With any luck, we’ll have one. So let’s hop on our horses, grab the gifts, and seek our star. […]
Atlanta, GA December 20, 2022 A few years ago, over breakfast with a mentor who’d recently retired, I lamented being middle-aged. Having three children as old as I was, he responded by providing perspective…and putting me in my place. “How do you think I feel?”, he asked. “My kids are middle aged!” Like drops of […]
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 […]
Atlanta, GA November 16, 2022 Chesterton advised to “not ever take a fence down till you understand why it was put up.” But sometimes they come down whether we like it or not. The previous owners of our house had some reason to line each side of the property with a double-rail border fence. We […]
Atlanta, GA November 4, 2022 Imagine going to the doctor with unfamiliar chest pains. The physician hears your symptoms, drops everything, and immediately suggests open-heart surgery. Just to be safe. You question the decision, and ask for some tests, additional data, or perhaps another opinion. You also try to inform him of other health issues […]
Atlanta, GA October 26, 2022 Degenerate societies despise children. The Canaanites immolated them, Carthaginians took them to the tophets, and Aztecs hurled them into volcanic pits. Being more “civilized” than its ancient ancestors, modern culture dispenses with kids by averting its eyes. Every year in America alone, almost a million unseen innocents are intentionally exterminated […]
Atlanta, GA October 15, 2022 “There must be something about Russia; like a chorus girl on the make for a rich, old man, she seems to attract degenerate empires.” – Bill Bonner We’re teetering on the cusp of the Fourth Turning. And the incorrigible idiots who’ve put us on the precipice seem bound and determined […]
Auburn, AL September 15, 2022 Mark Twain said that while history doesn’t repeat, it often rhymes. Today the stanza and meter brought back memories. My younger son is a senior in high school. He’s taken his tests, compiled his grades, and is applying to college. Our elder son went thru the same process three years […]