From the chapter “The Declaration of Independence” in The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III by Andrew Roberts: Of all the twenty-eight charges, only two really stand in terms of logic, natural law, chronology or politics — namely, the seventeenth, about imposing taxes without the conomists’ …continue reading
Queen Elizabeth II not long ago opened a vast trove of documents relating to King George III, the king scorned and pilloried in the Declaration of Independence. This new source has resulted in a new biography by Andrew Roberts, The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III. …continue reading
Pope Benedict XVI (now emeritus) published Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration in 2007. It was the first of a three-part examination of the life of Jesus. The Pope (now emeritus) states plainly that the books are not part of his official teaching as …continue reading
Happy that the apparent value of your house is rising? Exasperated at rising grocery costs? Those are two sides of the same debased coin, and the face on the coin is that of any politician you wish to name who has voted for policies that lead to a “stealth tax” …continue reading
After reading Red Deception, an international thriller by Gary Grossman and Ed Fuller, I am expecting a subsequent installment of this successful series of books that follows the protagonist, Dan Reilly, in quashing an intentionally-released viral plague! After opening with a sequence that teases several terrorist groups infiltrating the United …continue reading
Pertinent to our recent situation, this is an excerpt from Federalist No. 28, on the question of whether to restrict the legislative authority (that is, Congress) in regard to common defense: That there may happen cases in which the national government may be necessitated to resort to force, cannot be …continue reading
The book this is excerpted from is available for next to nothing for Kindle at Amazon. The Federalist Papers without annotation is available for free. Federalist No. 1 is a general introduction to the ensuing series of papers arguing in favor of approving the new proposed Constitution. Together with the …continue reading
If you do not attend a religious service weekly, this article likely does not appeal to you. However, if you sorely miss Mass, read on! Our benevolent overlord in Sacramento has decreed that indoor Church services are not allowed, not even chopped down to ten congregants and a sole priest. …continue reading
I enjoy murder mysteries, from psychological to police procedural to British cozies to locked rooms. Stuck at home (safer!), I am feeding my obsessive-compulsive leanings by reading all the Alex Delaware murder mysteries by Jonathan Kellerman, from When the Bough Breaks (first published in 1985) to The Museum of Desire …continue reading
From The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties by Christopher Caldwell: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was, as we have noted, a legislative repeal of the First Amendment’s implied right to freedom of association. Over decades it polarized the political parties and turned them into something like secret …continue reading
From Benedictus: Day By Day with Pope Benedict XVI, the entry for March 7: Moral obligation is not man’s prison, from which he must liberate himself in order finally to be able to do what he wants. It is moral obligation that constitutes his dignity, and he does not become …continue reading
Before Brett Kavanaugh got raked over Congressional coals, Neil Gorsuch had a much easier time as President Trump’s nominee to replace the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. Scalia’s death was a surprise. No great resistance was made to replacing the conservative originalist Scalia with …continue reading
From Halloween through Thanksgiving and past Christmas Day, we generally keep political discussions off the table at home. In opposition to Gloria Steinem, the personal is not nor should it be political. That way madness lies. But now, on this last Sunday of 2019, we look past New Year’s Day …continue reading