Aesop’s Warning

Featured image by Alejandro Slocker. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. “The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle’s own plumes, we often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.” Aesop History is an interesting teacher, the lessons oft repeated, yet seldom learned. It may […]

Give the man some credit.

Featured image from NBC. Follow the link for an article about him contracting COVID. Bill Maher had a segment that I agree with wholly, about the lessons learned from Afghanistan. As much as I can disagree with him on his politics and personal philosophy, I try to find the places where we can agree. This […]

Biden should resign…

Featured image from News18.com. The original story is in Telugu, so have fun translating. The Biden Administration is failing, and we’re seeing it collapse in real time. The progressive and “empathy” President is preparing to abandon thousands of American citizens, and hundreds of thousands of Afghan allies. In his compassion, his administration has provided the […]

The Lost Lessons of Babel

Featured image by Classic Art Wallpapers. Follow the link for more classical art pieces. For a clinical view of the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel, follow the link for the Encyclopedia Britannica. Language is an interesting thing, full of context, meaning, nuance, tone, interpretation, inflection, and so on. Language is, of course, an […]

Elections have consequences…

This quote has been running through my head in distracted fashion, snippets of the quote echoing in the crevices of my mind. And it gets me to thinking about what has been happening in this country. I’m seeing our nation unravel from “is” back to “are” again. My nuclear family lives in Texas now. I […]

Take a look in the mirror…

Featured image by StockyPics. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. I’ve been watching V for Vendetta again… And something struck me. The news station video that V played for the people of London most specifically. The clip, and the transcript of that scene, are below. [V]Good evening, London. Allow me first to […]

Can we stop calling it a conspiracy theory yet?

Featured image is a meme I made myself. Enjoy… Coming soon to a city near you, COVID relocation centers… In Australia, they are switching from a COVID hotel model to more of a “camp.” In New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans are imposing proof of vaccination in order to engage with normal life activities […]

Scholars and Warriors

Featured image by Marie. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. Thucydides once said, “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.” We are being lead by cowards and our military commanded by fools. We care more for petty strife […]

Why self-reliance matters…

Featured image from Eat This, Not That! Follow the link for an interesting article on expected food shortages expected this year. I don’t know if you’ve gone to the grocery store recently, or if you’ve gone out to eat recently, or have gone to fill up at the gas station recently, but the cost of […]

Why Personal Responsibility Matters…

I had a small rant with a coworker this morning, in front of another coworker who identifies as a Democrat. My coworker was asking why many more people were masking up recently. The Democratic coworker asked if he had been watching the news, which piqued my interest (he had not been watching the news by […]