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?
  • Fragility
    Regardless of Marxist intentions, the results are inevitable due to the accumulation of power at the core of a Marxist government
  • Bureaucracy
    Avoiding the creeping advance of the power and incompetence of bureaucracy - limiting the power of the Iron Law of Bureaucracy
  • Statistical (and other) fallacies
    A discussion of fallacies (statistical and logical) that tend to crop up in discussions about race and race relations
  • 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.