February 12, 2023

An admonition to the Greatest Generation

My father graduated from Purdue University in 1943 at the age of 21, in chemical engineering.  The degree was expedited, being required to be completed in three years, instead of the usual four, due to the World War.  The course of study wa...

November 14, 2020

The 2020 Democratic Party Platform – Understanding the Opposition

Joe Biden is claiming to be everyone’s president and the leader who will unite us and solve all our problems.  Whether Biden becomes the victor in the presidential election or not, understanding the beliefs of his supporters and admirers i...

November 12, 2020

While we slept, the communists had a plan

On January 10, 1963, as an extension of remarks of Representative A.S. Herlong of Florida, "Current Communist Goals" were entered in the Congressional Record — Appendix, pp. A34–A35.  There were 45 in total. ...

August 26, 2016

Context and the 2016 Presidential Election

A common translation of a Latin inscription on William Bradford's grave marker is "What our fathers with so much difficulty attained do not basely relinquish."  Conceptualizing "fathers" in this case as "fathers and ...