“The president reigns for four years, and journalism governs forever and ever.” — Oscar Wilde Dang, I’m so ready to smell the fresh air of spring, get outside in my gardens, work up a sweat running by Lake Michigan, and lounge on the beach this summer. As I write this,…
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos.” — H.L. Mencken America Is Cracking—Can You Feel It? Some see the tremors as natural; others suspect a calculated scheme. I see both:…
“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”—John 11:25 (ESV) in honor of Jesus on this Easter Sunday A Curious Experiment A few weeks ago, my son slipped me a chapter from his book about teaming up with AI to…
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” —Oscar Wilde Last week, I made a call that one of Trump’s Executive Orders was the turning point. A mandate for the production of minerals, uranium, copper, potash, gold, and any other elements, compounds and materials determined by the Chair of the…
“It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.”― William Patrick Ophuls, Apologies to the Grandchildren: Reflections on Our Ecological Predicament, Its Deeper Causes, and Its Political Consequences On March 20, an unusual Executive Order caught my…
“There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality, and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence.” – Charles de Gaulle Based on consumption import…
“The future is ours, and our golden age has just begun.” —Donald Trump, Inaugural Address, January 20, 2025 The term “Golden Age” comes from Greek mythology, particularly Works and Days, a didactic poem written by Hesiod around 700 BC. It’s part of Hesiod’s “Five Ages of Man,” which describes the…
“We are like sailors who on the open sea must reconstruct their ship but are never able to start afresh from the bottom. Where a beam is taken away a new one must at once be put there, and for this the rest of the ship is used as support.”…
“I will immediately begin the overhaul of our trade system to protect American workers and families. Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens.” —President Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech 2025 On January 20th, the whole world was watching….
If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no need for tinkers. —Unknown So I’m binge watching The Gilded Age, a great show on HBO Max. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, it refers to the economic boom between 1865 (end of the Civil War) and the turn…
“Outstanding, sophisticated, and mesmerizing…a spiritual intrigue similar to Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code.” —ForeWord Reviews
