by Polydamas In February of 1968, the famous American pop artist Andy Warhol made a most insightful observation which secured him inclusion in the book Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. Warhol said,”In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.”…
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We Built the “America I Know”
— by Odysseus This is the inspirational speech delivered at the Republican National Convention by Mia Love, former mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, who is currently running for the Utah’s Fourth District United States House of Representatives: “Let me tell…
An Evolutionary Defense of Natural Law Theory
— by Odysseus In the Republican Convention and, generally, in the remarks now being made by GOP candidates or commentators, there is a welcome increase in the mention of the term “natural law” or, even more frequently, a reference to…
Democracy 101 — The Secret Ballot and Why “Vote by Mail” must be abolished
— by Odysseus One would have thought that this article would be unnecessary. There was a time when “civics” was taught in the public schools. Later, the “civics” portion of the curriculum was picked up by the “American History” classes.…
The Olympics Has NOT Destroyed Womanhood
by Polydamas Several days ago, a Turkish columnist by the name of Yuksel Aytug wrote in the daily newspaper Sabah a column titled “Womanhood is Dying at the Olympics” (http://bit.ly/N55J4f). In his column, Aytug wrote that the Olympic Games were…
The Giant Carbon Scam Made Simple
The Giant Carbon Scam Made Simple — by Odysseus Carbon production is a chemical byproduct of “activity” of any kind. It is the nature of the chemistry of this planet. When an animal sits and does nothing, it breathes less…
Is America Rational? Ten Reasons It Might Be
Is America Rational? Ten Reasons It Might Be — by Polydamas A recent July 24, 2012 blog post in the online New Yorker Magazine, titled “Is America Crazy? Ten Reasons It Might Be” (http://nyr.kr/Pfaoyo) made a number of interesting observations…
The Hollow Republic
The Hollow Republic — Commentary by Polydamas Yuval Levin’s essay below in the National Review (http://bit.ly/TbaUyH) contains an excellent discussion of the fundamental differences between the Left and the Right concerning the roles that other institutions besides the government and…
Dispersion: Smaller is Better and More Resilient
—by Odysseus Dispersion: Smaller is Better and More Resilient Last week, Sandy Weill, the originator of the mega-bank model, opined that he had been wrong about that concept and that the big banks should be broken up. In the late…
Obama’s Worship of Centralized Power
Obama’s Worship of Centralized Power — by Polydamas Normally, we are rather leery of agreeing with opinions written by Patrick Buchanan because he is a very unrepentant apologist for and appeaser of radical Islam. By castigating America and Israel for…