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What Keeps Them Up At Night
WHAT KEEPS THEM UP AT NIGHT “Government has coddled, accepted, and ignored white collar crime for too long. It is time the nation woke up and realized that it’s not the armed robbers or drug dealers who cause the most economic harm, it’s the white collar criminals living in the most expensive homes who have […]
Writer’s Block in A Fourth Turning
Writer’s Block in A Fourth Turning I have writer’s block. It’s not for lack of things to write about in my personal life or in world events but for the past six months, I just haven’t felt like I’ve had anything new or interesting to say. No words of wisdom, no earth-shattering revelations and no […]
Towers to Heaven: The Alchemy of Prophecy, Terror, and Unity
Towers to Heaven: The Alchemy of Prophecy, Terror, and Unity They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer). – Revelation 9:11 At the end of last month, I read an article that claimed Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation […]
10 Years Later–No Lessons Learned
10 YEARS LATER – NO LESSONS LEARNED “A variety of investors provided capital to financial companies, with which they made irresponsible loans and took excessive risks. These activities resulted in real losses, which have largely wiped out the shareholder equity of the companies. But behind that shareholder equity is bondholder money, and so much of […]
Those Who Don’t Take Heed Die of Ingratitude
Those Who Don’t Take Heed Die of Ingratitude One evening, while in college, I attended an extracurricular lecture held by my college adviser on nuclear proliferation. It was a concern that was close to his heart and I admired his “doing something about it” at the time. During his talk, he shared the parable of […]
Mere Anarchy is Loosed Upon the World
Mere Anarchy is Loosed Upon the World I have to admit that I was a bit surprised at the vehemence of some of the replies to my recent guest post, “An Open Letter to West Virginians”. Some of my fellow TBP´ers took strong exception to the military draft, voting, the political parties, and the existing […]
Self-Governance in an Unreasonable Age
Self-Governance in an Unreasonable Age Part IV: A Conclave of Reptiles Once again, the country descends into the fetid morass of double-talk, obfuscation, and contemptible cacophony known as election season. Right on cue, every slithering incumbent and mucilaginous political rookie is crisscrossing his/her/its respective area of operations in the hope of bamboozling the required number […]
Ten Ways the Democratic Northern Hemisphere Nations Became the Orwellian West
Ten Ways the Democratic Northern Hemisphere Nations Became the Orwellian West In his book, “1984”, George Orwell envisioned a future crushed by the iron grip of a collectivist oligarchy. The narrative told of the INGSOC Party which maintained power through a system of surveillance and brutality designed to monitor and control every aspect of society. […]
Book Excerpt: How You Got Screwed
Book Excerpt: How You Got Screwed Chapter 4: How you’re getting screwed by…Retirement Promises The Point: Most people have an expectation that they’ll be taken care of later in life thanks to government programs like Social Security and Medicare, private or public pensions, or through their own efforts to build up their net worth. In […]
Winter is Coming (Part Three)
WINTER IS COMING (PART THREE) “The very survival of the nation will feel at stake. Sometime before the year 2025, America will pass through a great gate in history, commensurate with the American Revolution, Civil War, and twin emergencies of the Great Depression and World War II.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning […]
Keep Going. This Too Shall Pass.
Keep Going. This Too Shall Pass. Like the weather when a storm approaches, or as the seasons turn, or waves pounding on a shoreline, any deviations are measured and compared by speed and intensity. The same can be said for headlines: Omnibus, discouraged Deplorables, rumors of war, prospects of peace, economic bubbles, fluctuating markets, and […]
1984 is in Full Bloom
1984 IS IN FULL BLOOM When I read this forwarded email from Yojimbo from HollyO this morning it seemed surreal. I swear it sounded like a scene from 1984, the movie. I can’t believe this is happening in this day and age. I think we are all being naive regarding how far our ruling class […]
Is There a Method to the Socratic Madness?
IS THERE A METHOD TO THE SOCRATIC MADNESS? Bear with me, and let’s together consider a scenario: Imagine one day you wake up, turn on the TV, and there is complete pandemonium. The news has just broken that the Trump administration has set up military tribunals; arrested hundreds of members of both political parties; arrested […]
Destiny Looms: Choose Your Way or it Drags You
Destiny Looms: Choose Your Way or it Drags You But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: – 2 Timothy 3:3 – Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant. ― Seneca Posting articles online, especially for readers of high intelligence, can be quite a balancing act. In fact, with […]
