There is a gulf between those who wish to examine and test ideas against the physics of our natural world, and those who are content to believe something not so examined, but instead proclaimed by someone or thing they accept as authority. I have heard faith defined as the excuse people give for believing in …
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All Hail The Oxford Shoe
(I’ll Save The Oxford Comma For Another Day) There is a hierarchy of shoes in the menswear world, though in the 21st Century fewer men follow the rules of style than a few decades before. But for some environments and situations these time honored dress codes survive and continue to support the sobriety and respect …
Consent Of The Governed
“Governments are instituted among Men, and derive their just power from the consent of the governed.” The idea did not originate in that document, but has been found in writings going back over eight hundred years and was repeated by thinkers and political philosophers who inspired the founders of our Republic. If the phrase isn’t …
Patent Elastic Ankle Boot
Patent Elastic Ankle Boot In the 1830s an English shoemaker named J. Sparkes-Hall was trying to develop a slip-on boot that didn’t require lacing or buckles, and was short enough that a person could easily put them on and take them off without assistance. He tried several different methods to mixed or poor results, but …
The Failure Of Dictatorship
We are seeing the manifestation of the problem of anti-democratic government. The idea that Russia is a democracy is laughable. It exists in a notional concept only, with anyone mounting even the slightest threat to Putin’s monopoly on power being arrested, banned from running, or killed outright. What followed Stalin’s consolidation of power, and Hitler’s, …
Banning Books.
It is February 2022 and throughout the United States of America there is a renewal of the old conservative trend of banning books. We even had a preacher hold a book burning rite. Along with this we have several states proposing or even making laws that restrict what public school teachers may talk about with …
Is Ukraine Our Sarajevo Moment?
Tensions are mounting along the border between Russia and Ukraine. It is quite possible that Russia will invade Ukraine. Their goal is to create a Ukrainian state that is aligned with and a puppet of Russia. It is not a secret that Putin wants to recreate the borders of the former Soviet Union. He has …
Russia Will Invade Ukraine
And China will invade Taiwan. The leaders of these two countries have territorial ambitions that are plain to see. Xi, in China intends to be the most significant leader of that country in the modern age, not merely this generation. He has made himself President for life in a country where only the party that …
I’m Camping On The Left
Is This The Right Camp? For much of my life I’ve been a Democrat. There was a long period when I had no party affiliation, and even some several years when I thought I was a libertarian. But that was before I realized libertarianism is a fraud, and while I was still under the influence …
America Was Not Built On Morals
America wasn’t built on morals. It was built on reason. I reject everyone’s morals universally. All but my own. And everyone else should do the same. Morals are personal beliefs that guide your life. They establish the base conduct for one’s self, or at least the standard to which one aspires. But one should reject …