“The society that puts equality before freedom will end up with neither. The society that puts freedom before equality will end up with a great measure of both.” — Milton Friedman
Utopian Energy is a Bust
Can solar and/or green energy get an airplane off the ground? No, you have to be nuts to believe that. There’s no battery that can...
A Return to the Wild, Wild West?
We are being told that gun restrictions are necessary to keep us from becoming the wild, wild West. If everyone has a gun, we are...
Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election Fair and Square, Didn’t He?
The essay below is meant to be read for its writing style, not for whether you agree or disagree with its thesis. Is it well...
The Two Fundamental Pillars of Socialism
The two fundamental pillars of socialism are elimination of private property and equalization of wealth. Democrats are having a love affair with the prospect of...
A factually true statement that is misleading is still a lie
Big media can present a factually true but misleading statement and get away with lying if nobody notices. Deception by misleading is an attempt to...
Always Do The Best You Can With What You Have
I was nine years old when my father decided to leave this world. 1954 Of course, he left my mother and I at the same...
Is there an afterlife? (an updated version)
No says Steven Pinker, a Harvard psychologist: “Belief in an afterlife is a malignant delusion, since it devalues actual lives and discourages action that would...
When Marital Trust Turns Deeply Troubling
What does a guy do when he gets home and finds his wife in bed with another man? It happened to me in a previous...
Bullitt County, Kentucky 8th grade graduation exam in 1912
Are you as smart as a 1912-era Bullitt County, Kentucky 8th grader? Give yourself this little test…. \
Charles J. Rhone, legendary Wyoming cowboy
You may have noticed that all the cowboys in the photo featured just above are black. That’s because their ancestors likely headed West right after...
Drivers, Analyticals, Amiables, Expressives
These four words, drivers, analyticals, amiables, expressives, supposedly describe personality types, temperament, disposition, communication style, personal markers of one’s ways of interacting with others and/or...