Totalitarian movements that envisioned nothing less than the transformation of human nature were inspired by that book [Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto]. ~ Dr. Paul Kengor My friend and colleague, Dr. Paul Kengor, has just written another blockbuster, must-read book, Takedown: From the Communists to Progressives, How the Left has Sabotaged Family and Marriage (WND Books, […]
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them. ~ Requiem Mass, Introit Prologue to Goethe’s Journey In thinking about the horrible tragedy in Charleston, SC last week and what music would be appropriate to post for my grieving Facebook friends. I […]
Ellis Washington Ellis Washington June 20, 2015 Dinesh D’Souza has a new book out, America: Imagine a World Without Her, that will be the basis of a film of the same name that builds upon his highly successful, 2016 Obama’s America. D’Souza strives to challenge the progressive narrative that America is an evil, colonialist, plundering, […]
o no one will we sell [no slavery], to no one will we refuse or delay right or justice. ~ Magna Carta In questions of power, then, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution. ~ Jefferson Prologue to the forgotten Magna […]
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. Everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas: he must burst it open, and that in his youth, and so try to test his ideas on […]
The light of the body is the eye: If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! ~ Matthew 6:22-23 Prologue […]
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.~ Freud Freud and Emotion The Ancients frequently declared existence of the power of the passions, and in their poetry, epics and narratives likewise expressed their lack of confidence in man, in humanity to have the will, the […]
“The most trusted man in America,” Walter Cronkite Warns America of the Coming Ice Age (CBS Broadcast: 9/11/72) Their leader, Pat Robertson, has written that we should have a world government but only when the messiah arrives. Any attempt to achieve world order before that time must be the work of the Devil! Well join […]
Prologue to a Hero’s Life This essay is a Memorial Day tribute to all of the heroic soldiers who gave life and limb, blood and treasure in defense of America’s sacred ideas and ideals – God, Family, Country, and America’s Judeo-Christian traditions. Saving Private Ryan (1998) is an American epic war movie based on perhaps […]
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, and business strategies—in order words, […]
“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 […]
Oedipus Ordeal: Defy Truth or Abandon Injustice
“He shall be found at once brother and father of the children with whom he consorts; son and husband of the woman who bore him; heir to his father’s bed, shedder of his father’s blood.” ~ Teiresias, the blind prophet, Oedipus Rex “Given time, you’ll see this well, I know: you do yourself no good, […]
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