Israelites leaving Egypt (1828) by David Roberts – Music by G. F. Handel They prayed from a slave mentality, from a limited mindset. Instead of asking to be free from their oppressors, they were asking to become better slaves. Instead of praying for what God promised them – ‘the land flowing with milk and honey,’ […]
Socrates (470-399 B.C.) was a famous Greek philosopher from Athens, who taught Plato, and Plato taught Aristotle, and Aristotle taught Alexander the Great. Socrates used a simple but cleverly profound method of teaching by asking penetrating, revelatory, and psychologically probing questions. The Greeks called this form Dialectic – starting from a thesis or question, then […]
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. ~ Ayn Rand Book cover, The Fountainhead (1943) by Ayn Rand. Male figure derivative of the Greek god Prometheus who witnessed the pathetic estate of primitive Mankind freezing on an ice planet – took pity, […]
A black drape has been placed on the chair of Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions [is] a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. ~ Jefferson letter to Wm. Jarvis (1820) Jordan Weissmann, a fine […]
Bernie Sanders and Beyonce (Superbowl 50) giving the Communist Black Power salute Even though Obama will be out of power, he will wield power behind the scenes because he has been a revolutionary these 8 years… we’ve had a radical, psychotic Left-wing government for 8 straight years that’s decimated this nation from top to bottom. […]
Bernie Sanders and Beyonce (Superbowl 50) giving the Communist Black Power salute Even though Obama will be out of power, he will wield power behind the scenes because he has been a revolutionary these 8 years… we’ve had a radical, psychotic Left-wing government for 8 straight years that’s decimated this nation from top to bottom. […]
“… [N]or shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” Fifth Amendment, Takings Clause (1791) “Eminent domain is a very important thing. Jeb Bush doesn’t understand what it means. And if you look into the Bush family – I found this out five minutes ago. They used eminent domain for the stadium […]
Trump blames Ted Cruz for picking Chief Justice Roberts who gave U.S. Obamacare… TWICE! It [Obamacare] would have been dead if we had a different justice on the United States Supreme Court – put there by him [Cruz]. ~ Trump If a judge can interpret the Constitution or laws to mean something obviously not intended […]
By Ellis Washington Did you know that Lady Liberty wears slave chains at her feet? However, these are the symbolic chains of slavery and tyranny broken by the inexorable power of Liberty and the Republic. Marx: Democracy is the road to socialism. Lenin: Democracy is indispensable to socialism – The goal of socialism is communism. […]
“The corruption, crime, and incompetence of the D.C. government has been an embarrassment to our nation’s capital for decades. It is long past time that Congress restored the honor and integrity of George Washington to the beautiful city which bears his name.” ~ Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), speaking on the BOWSER Act “It is […]
Fifth Circuit’s Ruling against “Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule” Safeguards Meritocracy Over Mediocrity
“The evidence presented by Nasdaq in its rule proposal, contrary to its claims, does not show that board diversity provides better returns for shareholders.” ~Excerpt from a Manhattan Institute led amicus curiae brief in the case of Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment vs. SEC. “We will terminate every diversity, equity, and inclusion program across the […]
The Keep Nine Amendment: A Permanent Solution to Threats of Court-Packing
“I think that was a bad idea when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to pack the court. If anything would make the court appear more partisan, it would be that. So, I am not at all in favor of that solution. Nine seems to be a good number. It’s been that way for a […]
Thompson: GOP candidates should debate jobs, Flint
Lots of topics ranging from national security, foreign policy, immigration to health care could be front and center at the upcoming Republican presidential debate March 3 at the Fox Theatre. But some local black GOP members already have identified the boilerplate issues they’d like billionaire Donald Trump, U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, […]
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