Longtime readers will know I often refer to “the 3×5 card of approved opinion” that defines the narrow range of permissible debate in American society. When someone strays from that… Read More
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Shock: ‘The Progressive Professor’ Opposes Nullification
A very predictable progressive, I might add. Once in a while a progressive, like Jeff Taylor at Jacksonville State, realizes that gigantic, unresponsive bureaucracies that bomb foreign populations at the… Read More
African Lions Are Going Extinct
But the Endangered Species List won’t help them, says Terry Anderson . It won’t solve the problem, Anderson explains, to ban the importation of lion trophies or to outlaw hunting in the country… Read More
Unimaginative Conservatives at The Imaginative Conservative
Sirius/XM radio host Mike Church has an article at The Imaginative Conservative on secession and the (obviously correct) compact theory of the Union. But check out the comments. How many of them are — dare I say it — imaginative? For some… Read More
Wikipedia’s Most Common Word in the History of Nations
What’s the most common word (apart from “a,” “the,” etc.) in Wikipedia’s “History of” pages for countries? For the U.S. and for one-sixth of all the countries of the world,… Read More
Why the Greenbackers Are Wrong
This is a long piece, but no longer than strictly necessary. It refutes a few of the most common claims advanced by Greenbackers, opponents of the Fed who believe the… Read More
Forget Nullification, Says ‘Conservative’ Group; Stick to the Establishment’s Rules
The U.S. Is a “City on a Hill,” Right?
We’ve all heard Ronald Reagan describe the U.S. as a “shining city on a hill,” a nation like none other, with a special mission to bring liberty everywhere, etc. That… Read More
The Electoral College: How to Defend?
Someone on my Facebook page ( which I hope you will ‘like’ ) asked about defending the electoral college: should he make the argument that electors will have more sober and impartial judgment than the fickle… Read More
Was JFK Assassinated Because He Opposed the Fed?
I run into this claim quite a lot. A lot of the people advancing it are fans of G. Edward Griffin, and this is why I find it so odd… Read More
