Political

I had a delightful and stimulating conversation with one of my readers last night. She had several questions about my book, Philosophical Lighthouse. On page 72 I write, Tribal mentality or xenophobia, the “fear or dislike of people who are culturally different from...

Roger Ebert was my favorite movie reviewer because every movie Ebert liked, I didn't, and every movie he didn't like, I did. He was a very consistent indicator for my movie going. I use the government as my barometer of truth in the same way I used Roger Ebert for...

Thomas Jefferson said, "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and...

On May 30th I gave a speech at the LP National Convention in St. Louis which began with a eulogy for the Libertarian Party. I think I'm pretty safe in claiming that nobody expected the speech that I gave. Let me be clear. I do not hate the Libertarian Party, nor do I...

On April 19th, 1775, the residents of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts "fired the shot heard around the world" by returning fire on the British troops who arrived to arrest "terrorists" John Hancock and Samuel Adams. On April 19th, 2010, patriots gathered at each...

In February of 2009, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) added my name to their growing list of "radical, racist, anti-government extremists". I was thrilled because many of my personal friends were also named, specifically Joe Banister, Tommy Cryer, Pat Shannan, Dave...