The Tea Party - Three Principles is an interesting and well-written book. It is not a paean to the Tea Party intended to fortify members of the faithful. Rather it is an intellectual examination of the principles behind the movement.   Read the rest of this entry »

Here's an idea. Print off a few copies of this image from thepeoplescube.com and put them in your car with a roll of tape. Next time you're filling up your tank (and emptying your wallet), surreptitiously tape one of these to the front of the pump.   Read the rest of this entry »

I have been a Suzy Bogguss Fan since the first time I ever heard her on the radio, driving around in my ’71 Pontiac, sometime in the late ’80’s.   I fell in love with her honey-smooth sweet voice from …

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Here are three interesting articles from the Niles Weekly Register, pertaining to the War of 1812. In the first, we see the exuberance brought about by the early victories of the US Navy in several single-ship actions. In the second we have a silly calculation purporting to show that prosecuting the war was good for the country economically speaking. And finally, we conclude with a brief article on the state of the nation's credit.   Read the rest of this entry »

Some of the Federalist Papers are, well, a tad bit dry. However, if you dig deeply enough, it seems that there is always something to consider, that there is always at least one paragraph that piques your interest. Here is one such paragraph from Federalist No. 26.   Read the rest of this entry »

A dirty DOJ exposed. They "trampled on the rights of the accused, but denied the people of Alaska a fair election and literally shifted the balance of power in the U.S. government."   Read the rest of this entry »

The Age of Wonder is an aptly named chronicle of enlightenment era scientific discovery, when natural philosophers, rather than scientists, dominated the study of nature.   Read the rest of this entry »

This interesting snippet from the Niles Register can make you wonder if there's something in what you're named.   Read the rest of this entry »

In this Federalist, Hamilton addresses the source of American suspicions about standing armies and where the power of establishing them resides according to the Constitution.   Read the rest of this entry »

The textbooks don't adequately depict what the term "impressment" meant. It was one of the principle causes of the war of 1812 (whose conclusion, ironically, still left unresolved). The article below gives some idea of what being pressed into the service of his majesty's navy might mean.   Read the rest of this entry »