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.

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A few random posts…

  • “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?
  • Energy prices
    A discussion of the relationship between energy prices and economics. Specifically, their role in economic growth and their relationship to "Big Oil"
  • Conversion
    Can "conversions" from (adult) Marxism be accomplished? If so, what approaches are most likely to be effective? A short case study following Thomas Sowell
  • Introduction (Anti-oikophobia)
    An expansion of the earlier discussion about oikophobia, the postmodernism-inspired, multiculturalism-influenced repudiation of inheritance and home.
  • Bad History: Jonesing for slavery
    Nikole Hannah-Jones produced a wholly inaccurate view of U.S. history that puts slavery and white supremacy at the core of the American enterprise.