I never heard of now-Speaker of the House Mike Johnson until only recently. But I did look him up, to note that he was not elected to Congress until 2017, and was a member of the Christian right, which you…
Category: American Exceptionalism
Why the Natural Law of Generations still is Operational
Introduction: Bullies and Cowards (This is over 3000 words, so I recommend you print it out, and highlight it for future reference.) Recently (3/16/2024), in an open speech at Dayton, Ohio, former-President Donald Trump stated that if he doesn’t get…
“To be American”, (updated with New Facts, New Doors to Open, and Old Truths)
This is updated to 2024 to note the changing of the guard, and the new doors now available to reshape our Republic. A law student takes his date, a med student, to Ruby Tuesday’s for dinner. In the course of…
“Papismus Lucifugus”
xxx All this occurred over 100 years after the Scottish Protestant Menzies made his case to the English Jesuit Dempster, not knowing that his down-the-nose attitude that would define Puritanism, would enshrine a defining characteristic of government, even…
“It is French”, an Introduction for a Lifetime of Observation and Study
A few days ago I mentioned a comment used by Mark Twain, more than once I’m told, to convey a broad principle that perhaps the French are a people that cannot be trusted. My own study of history, including French…