America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~Abraham Lincoln   Lincoln's words...
When I was growing up in a Democratic kitchen, my parents made the difference between Democrats and Republicans abundantly clear. Keep in mind that this...
    In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. ~Francis Bacon Whoever appeals to the law...
Loads of people love to talk about fascism coming to the United States, draped in a flag and carrying a cross. Well, maybe that's...
At the recommendation of a fellow Southerner, I'm currently reading a book I should have read long ago - Tony Horwitz's Confederates in the Attic. It's...
 The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land we inhabit are not only critical elements in the quality of life we...

Attitude Problem

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I was born a Democrat. My parents were Democrats before me. My father cast his first vote at 21 in 1936, for FDR. Four...

King of Kings

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I am Cyrus, king of the world, great king, mighty king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters   In...
People are living longer. Just look at the number of ex-Presidents we have living yet. There are four, and I can’t remember when so...
When I was a junior in high school, in the middle of Richard Nixon's first term, I took a course in civics. Back then,...

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