Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from the new expanded second edition of Granville Sewell’s book In the Beginning: And Other Essays on Intelligent Design (Discovery Institute Press). ENV contributor Dr. Sewell is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas El Paso. He has written three books on numerical analysis, and is the author […]
To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you. ~ Goethe Biography of Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), a German writer, poet, lawyer, scientist, statesmen and artist. One of […]
There are no crimes only criminals ~ Robespierre No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of civil authority. ~ Jefferson Prologue: Are some religions more protected than others? Can the government force Christian business owners to cater to gay customers […]
Reality is a historical process. ~ Hegel Like other historical theories, it required, if it was to be made plausible, some distortion of facts and considerable ignorance. ~ Bertrand Russell Biography of Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) was a German philosopher and a central figure in German idealism movement. His radical conceptions of reality […]
Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it. ~ Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals (Rule 12) Do Christians have religious rights? Last Tuesday a DailyKos blogger whose penname is “Eclectablog” wrote an incendiary rant titled, Anti-trans* woman uses Michigan civil rights act to sue Planet Fitness for cancelling her membership. In this anti-Christian […]
Prologue to the Wicked Witch of the Upper West Side After reading a Breitbart article with the controversial title, “Is Hillary too big to fail”? I made the following comments on my Facebook page: “Is anyone in America too big to fail? This silly worldview got us into the Wall Street Collapse of 2008 by […]
I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kids of composition and decompositions are formed. ~ Lavoisier Profound study of nature is the most fertile source of mathematical discoveries. ~ Fourier Within the laws of Nature, nothing is too wonderful to be true. ~ Faraday Biography of Lavoisier Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794) was […]
I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. ~ Boswell Biography of Boswell James Boswell (1740–1795), was a Scottish lawyer, diarist, biographer and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is celebrated for the classic biography he wrote on Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), a contemporary […]
When it comes to Iran and ISIS the enemy of your enemy – is your enemy! ~ Netanyahu Prologue to a Statesman Like many Americans who love the Nation of Israel, I sat with eager anticipation watching the truly historic speech by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before both Houses of Congress last week. On […]
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 […]
1915-2015–100th Anniversary of Booker T. Washington
Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it. ~ Booker T. Washington (quote in my father’s office) Happy Resurrection day and Easter to all. This essay celebrates the 100th anniversary of the legendary Black American conservative intellectual, Booker T. Washington, who was born on April 5, 1856 and died […]
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