As most of you probably know, as of last week, Texas is allowing licensed gun owners to carry on college campuses. The law is pretty clear: University presidents can designate some areas “gun free,” but they cannot designate so many … Continue reading
My gratitude for today’s post goes to Eric D. Mertz. *** As someone who has been avowedly #NeverTrump since at least Iowa, I am often met with a response from reluctant Trump supporters which is somewhere along the lines of … Continue reading
Let’s start the week off with a rant from Stephen L. Hall. *** An advertisement the other morning was talking about some kind of blue awareness ribbon for some cause or another. I thought it necessary thus to express my … Continue reading
Everyone, please be sure to thank Eric for the foreign news updates! *** **China and East Asia** Human History Pushed Back Recorded history in China could be a thousand years older than we thought. The discovery indicates the mythical Xia … Continue reading
Many thanks to The Other Shoe for this post. *** I ask the question, “What is an ‘American’ middle class individual?”, as opposed to the more general question, “What is a middle class individual?”, because I believe there is a … Continue reading
The past eight years have been rough, and we may be in for even rougher times in the near future. The negativity weighs heavily on the soul at times, and I try to throw in some posts that are lighter, … Continue reading
August 2, 1776: 56 congressional delegates signed the Declaration of Independence. An excerpt: When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume … Continue reading
Thank you very much, Stephen L. Hall, for this Monday morning post! *** First, I’d like to thank Garth for the topic of this post. One of the hallmarks of the sapient mind is the ability to make distinctions, to … Continue reading
Please thank Eric for this foreign news update! *** **China** Russia and China join forces for South China Sea Naval Exercises To be held in September, the upcoming naval exercise shall be conducted in the territory illegally claimed by China … Continue reading
Today I’d like to show you two letters. The first is an email that Clete Torres received, and the second is his response. And thank you, Clete, for sharing them with me and allowing me to share them with the … Continue reading
