Just before the Crusades around 1100 AD, the notion of noble character, noble thought and noble deeds arose among the noble classes of Europe. In fact, it’s how they got their name, the Nobility, both men and women, and it…
Author: vassar
Why Go Dark? Fear and Pain Work, That’s Why
Glenn Beck recently spoke of his differences with Proud Boys, and their street skirmishes with Antifa. He disapproves of their participation in violence, while I disapprove of their mindless, possibly choreographed kabuki dance, as a way to signal that Good…
First Principles; the Constitution, Big Government and Peter Strzok
In the Introduction to his biography of Alexander Hamilton, former “National Review” editor and historian Richard Brookhiser wrote that “As an orator, he was not spellbinding. His method…was to find the first principles (emphasis mine) of his topic and tirelessly,…
Assessing Why a Marine LTC puts his Career on the Line
When I went into state government as a law-school clerk in 1969 I was told by the Department chairman that we were all public servants, and that every day when we go to work we put our jobs on the…