June 21, 2014

The Blood of Liberty

When Thomas Jefferson penned: “The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” he could hardly have guessed the myriad ways that would be done. Even now, long after our national anthem firs...

June 10, 2014

Korea and McCarthy

Historical revisionism can be useful, but frequently it is distorted to concoct new folklore by people with axes to grind.  Millions of television viewers believed they learned something about the Korean War from M*A*S*H*. More millions were ...

April 4, 2014

The Progressive Beehive

The past century saw the disastrous failure of collectivist government in many forms including communism, socialism, fascism and America’s so-called mixed economy. There is a simple explanation for that: homo sapiens are not a collectivist s...