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…

  • Electoral Integrity
    Confidence in electoral integrity is at a historic low. Stability of a republican government requires confidence of the populace in elections.
  • How Far Along the Path?
    Clearly certain aspects of USA version 1 are no longer operative. How far along the path of decline are we? Are we headed for reform, collapse or revolution?
  • Exposition (Anti-postmodernism)
    A modest expansion of the earlier discussion of the nature of postmodernism, based on Pluckrose and Lindsay's "two principles and four themes" outline.
  • Resources for nonracism
    Resources for further reading about nonracism. I make no claim that any of these writers agree with me on anything, just that I have found their writing useful.
  • “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?