A flowerpot of ashes from the fire of liberty…tokens of hope and truth preserved for future generations who dare to believe that there was once something else.

TL;DR summary here. Navigation using main menu above (upper right on mobile devices) is highly encouraged.

A few random posts…

  • Electoral Integrity
    Confidence in electoral integrity is at a historic low. Stability of a republican government requires confidence of the populace in elections.
  • Climate Change
    A discussion of scientism in the arena of climate change (specifically its public policy advocacy aspect)
  • Definitions, part 1 (racism)
    Contrasting a few Classic Definitions of racism with the New Definitions being adduced by (specifically) Ibram Kendi and Robin DiAngelo.
  • Definitions, part 2 (social justice)
    Deductive and Inductive definitions of "social justice" are given. The former is the common definition. The second is often unjust and antisocial.
  • “Implication Vector” in historical narrative
    Historical reasoning needs to deal with the direction of the "implication vector" - does a fact about America in 1776 tell us more about 1776 or about America?