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…

  • Judicial Review
    A discussion of the necessity of a different form of constitutional review. Someone must decide constitutionality, but not an unelected SCOTUS.
  • Dangers to orthodox Christianity
    Dangers to orthodox Christianity include opposition from without and heresy from within. Both are principally (though not exclusively) from the political left.
  • “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?
  • Principal Danger
    The main reason to be opposed to Marxism? 100,000,000 reasons that are all tied for first: # of people killed by their own Marxist governments in last century
  • Summary (Christianity)
    As we move (perhaps) closer to actual persecution of the American Church, return to basics: read how the first century Church dealt with persecution and heresy.