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It’s Never Been A Better Time To Be A Christian

You, like me, may not even bother to look out the windows on a daily basis to lament the sad goings on in our world.  The level of impossible craziness seems to expand beyond the previous level as if some new law of the Momentum of Societal Insanity is about to be discovered. 

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Don Surber’s Point #2: Normal Parents Reaction to Teachers’ Sexuality

Part 1 was the reveal by Don Surber, while letting the info drop that I’d been looking for some time (where did the policy on “Transgender and Non-conforming” originate?). But as I said at the end of that post, Surber also made another observation I think is important, one that I think all Normal people …

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Notable Quote – Social Justice mob deciding? Or you for yourself?

It might indeed be said that the main difference between the order of society at which classical liberalism aimed and the sort of society into which it is now being transformed is that the former was governed by principles of just individual conduct while the new society is to satisfy the demands for ‘social justice’

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Notable Quote – When you get down to the root of the matter, Custom reigns supreme

Reformatted just a bit as our current writing customs want shorter sentences: Had they [ancient Roman legal theorists] studied the facts of consciousness, and learned that conduct was necessarily exhibited in the form of habit and custom.  They would have seen that the origin of law rested in a self-governing principle of society (i.e., Customs …

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“Why Did You Let Them Do It?”

Good question. A sad question, really, but a question that has to be asked. What happened? The WHY is easy – but that’s for later. Many folks I’ve been talking to are just overwhelmed about what is happening. If you weren’t paying attention to politics all the time, you wouldn’t know.

Fascism is Corporatism

We Must Resist the Politicization of Business and of Capital Markets

Our Founders clearly delineated their vision for us – a limited Government constrained by the Constitution. A large, vibrant, and robust Civil Society that was to be the place for self-governance in action. And that large expanse to be the buffer between that limited government and the third faction, Individuals.

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Notable Quote – Society vs Government

Just as the Founders considered and created a Constitution that would guarantee the Separation of Powers, the philosophy behind it was to set up bulwarks to deny people the ability to aggregate power unto themselves and their special interests.