The men who wrote the Constitution had a pretty straightforward plan to Provide for the Common Defense. Most new Americans viewed a standing army as a source of oppressive behavior at home and misanthropic behavior abroad, so opted for state militias and a navy...
Evolution
In 1795, just before being tossed into a French prison for not supporting the execution of Louis the XVI, Thomas Paine wrote the book that would be his downfall. The Age of Reason was a critical look at The Bible...
Revisiting the Age of Reason
The Constitution is quite clear on matters of war. We were not meant to have an enormous, world-straddling military hegemony. What military we did possess was meant as a defense mechanism only and not a tool of global dominance. The...
An American Renaissance
Paranoia runs deep in American politics these days. So many on both sides of our gaping cultural divide are willing to believe the most heinous things about their fellow citizens that I am surprised the Republic still stands at all. ...
Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Elephant
The funny thing about politics (funny sad, not funny ha ha) is that perception equals reality for most people, and our perceived "reality" then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for the country. We have a crappy, partisan hell where nothing gets...
Post-Partisan Traumatic Stress Disorder
63 I learned to love Fridays these last few months, newly appreciative of weekends after 18 months of telecommuting contract work. I had finally landed a Dream Job at a Dream Company. Life had stabilized into something more suitable for long-term...
Donner, Party of Two
I have come to the conclusion that even as pragmatic and reasonable people accomplish great things over the coming years of an Obama administration, all we will see and hear in the near future (both on- and off-line) will be...
the evolution won’t be televised
It's official. I have joined the republican party and will be voting under that banner in November. No, I am not voting for McCain, I am just sick and tired of the self-righteous anger the democrats have lathered themselves into...