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The Supreme Court
Hello Fellow Patriots: A philosophy student was given the assignment to determine the meaning of truth. He decided to ask a mathematician, a priest, and a statistician the meaning of the simplest truth he could think of. What is the meaning of two plus two equals...
Turning Back America’s Clock
Hello Fellow Patriots: I am 65 years old. Your age is an important determiner of what decade(s) you might have a particular hankering to return to. For me, it was the 70s and 80s. By no means were these perfect decades. There was the winddown of Vietnam, race riots,...
Why Putin Welcomed War
Hello Fellow Patriots: I have eight infrequently discussed theories on why the war in Ukraine is taking place. Because Putin can Putin uses wars to solidify his power and control Putin needs war to test his weapons Putin needs war to keep his fighting forces...
Biden’s Loss of Moral Authority
Hello Fellow Patriots: I’m going to discuss two interlocking themes today. They are Biden’s Loss of Moral Authority and the mechanism whereby it became so. I believe the President is in Cognitive Decline, perhaps from some form of Dementia. We’ll also discuss how the...
How Government is Failing Us
Hello Fellow Patriots: Why is it a problem that we don’t have term limits? In a 5-4 majority opinion written by Justice John Paul Stevens in the 1990s, the Supreme Court ruled that the states could not impose congressional term limits because the Constitution simply...
Living a Meaningful Life and Common Ground
Hello Fellow Patriots: Exactly what do I mean about my code and associated assumptions and why it might resonate for yourself? The following is a series of axioms and beliefs that I attempt to use in my daily life to help me better interpret what I hear, and learn,...
Surrender? – 1plus1equals2
Hello Fellow Patriots: All of us are Ukrainians today. There is no justification for war-making in Ukraine. None. No nation was invaded, no actual threats were made against Russia, no genocide befell Russian-speaking Ukrainians. We are simply watching the will of a...
Enslavement or 1776? – 1plu1equals2
Hello Fellow Patriots: Ukraine. What should we think about events unfolding seven time zones away? Is there any reader who would not push a magic button to return the Russians to their barracks and leave Ukrainians to live a life of peace and freedom? It’s sort...
Distorting the Truth that is America
Hello Fellow Patriots: Confusion and Division. That’s where we are today as a country. There is so much on our plate, you need to be a rocket scientist to keep up with what’s going on and to weigh its significance to your everyday life. Has it always been this way? I...
No OPM is not an Opiate
Our country must be under the influence of some kind of Opiate. How else can you explain the rush to jump off a fiscal cliff we seem so inclined to do? Other People’s Money shortened to OPM is a slightly derogatory term that seeks to explain how our government manages...
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