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…

  • Summary (Constitution)
    A short summary of what to keep at all costs and what to fix in the USA version 2 constitution.
  • 10 vs 14
    10th and 14th Amendments, in tension with each other, define intergovernmental relationships in the US. In ver. 2, this must be both clear and correct.
  • Bureaucracy
    Avoiding the creeping advance of the power and incompetence of bureaucracy - limiting the power of the Iron Law of Bureaucracy
  • 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.
  • “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?