Nancy and Ronald Reagan (pictured) met as actors and appeared together in the 1957 film Hellcats of the Navy. (See UK Daily Mail) “Without Nancy, there would have been no Governor Reagan, no President Reagan.” ~ Michael Deaver, Reagan Deputy Chief of Staff (1981-85) Nancy Davis: Born with the gift of Encouragement For this essay […]
GOP Candidates at the Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan The 11th Republican National Debate occurred at the historic Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan last Thursday, March 3rd, 9:00-11:00 pm and was sponsored by Fox News. I was part of the press pool housed inside the Hockeytown Cafe next door to the Fox Theatre with my colleague […]
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win! ~ Attributed to Gandhi Trump wins the KKK vote? The Socialist-Progressive Left and Right is on the rampage. They finally believe that they have an issue that they can bring down the Trump juggernaut before the election returns from […]
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, […]
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,’ […]
The Death of Socrates (1787) by Jacques-Louis David. The final moments before Socrates drinks the poison hemlock, surrounded by his grief-stricken philosophy students. *Note the particularly profound grief of Plato at the foot of the bed – It is though entire weight of the world is on his shoulders at that moment. “The State is […]
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 […]
When Machiavelli Comes to Town: The Dangers of Opportunistic Consulting
“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.” ~ Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532) “Unencumbered by government oversight, McKinsey is accountable only to its clients, who expect that their vulnerabilities, mistakes, […]
“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 […]
Trump + we the people = peace & victor
March 15, 2016 ]By Ellis Washington We the People (with Trump) can bring Peace They are not angry about what I said: I’m just the messenger. ~ Trump, interview with Chuck Todd of MSNBC [Trump is] not articulate. He’s not poised. He’s not informed. All he has going for him is a lot of votes. […]
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