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Life is About Choices November is Coming

September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

Life is about choices and around the country people are choosing. What happened on Saturday in Chicago near a statue of Christopher Columbus? It was an ambush with planning and coordination. Eighteen police personnel have injuries from the ensuing melee. This was a paramilitary attack on them. This is Jussie Smollett on steroids. Where is … Read more

Narratives or Facts and Truth

August 25, 2020

Narratives or facts and truth; what’s the difference? The news media are projecting a “narrative”. The fact news people are doing narratives, that the word is part of the lexicon conveys a message. We are in trouble.

Tyranny Looms If We Do Not Respond

July 27, 2020

We should understand tyranny looms if we do not respond. Ms. Bari says editors live in fear of offending this orthodoxy. Writers are careful lest they ruin their careers. The Times plays it so safe in accepting op-eds Twitter has become the “ultimate editor.”

Preventing Majority Rule From Being Unjust

July 20, 2020

For the American founders majority rule was the problem. To prevent majority rule from becoming unjust they designed measures into our constitution. Do you agree rule by majority can be an issue? When might it be desirable to thwart majority rule?

Maskachusetts Health Officials Approve Permanent Mask Mandate

July 19, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The ~~Massachusetts~~ Maskachusetts Public Health Department has voted to approve a permanent mask mandate for the Bay State. Talk about living up to your nickname. The only thing standing between residents and a forever requirement – for the good of public health – is a July 24th Public hearing.

Majority and minority factions pose a danger to public welfare

July 18, 2020

What’s the problem? Have you ever stopped to think about that? Can you make decisions about supporting the U.S. Constitution without answering the question? Why was it thought to be a problem then? Is it still a problem today?

“Flattening the Curve” on Liberty – Today It’s Statues, Tomorrow it’s People

June 23, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Anyone who thinks the Left’s latest tantrum has anything to do with discrimination or justice for minorities is in for a surprise. The Left never does anything for anyone but itself. And all you are doing is helping them.

Stopping Petty Tyrannies Is How We Beat the Serious Ones

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020

My dentist called today with a reminder for an upcoming scheduled appointment. We confirmed the date and time. Then the office worker said the practice requires patients to wear face masks. It made me pause for a moment.

This Meme About California Reminds me of Nashua and Jan Schmidt

May 26, 2020 Skip

First, it speaks to the idiocy of the Progressive Government. Petty and vindictive, with the promotion of things and actions we used to assign stigma to informally protect traditional society from “infections” that twist it into the Left’s own image. In this, I thought of Steve’s post on Jan Schmidt and Nashua.

Liberty and Freedom

May 23, 2020

Liberty and freedom are rare in human history. Human instinct is not to yearn for liberty. Rather, humans yearn to be taken care of.

Quick Thought: IF NH Governor Sununu is a Constitutionalist, why Doesn’t He Talk Like One?

May 6, 2020May 5, 2020 Skip

Background: NH Gov. Chris Sununu: “Public Health Trumps Everything“. As many of us have noted: Constitution, even? Something has been bothering me since his 3pm Presser last Friday at which time he announced his “Stay at Home 2.0”. At one point during the Presser, he was asked a question about Out of Staters coming into … Read more

BlogQuestion of the Day – Why weren’t they hassled?

May 5, 2020 Skip

My wife just asked me an interesting and instructive question: If the police are willing to go around hassling parents and kids at playgrounds, why weren’t they at Saturday’s rally in Concord to tell everyone to go home? Do you suppose it could have anything to do with the fact so many of the people … Read more

Guns, Libs, and Truth Bombs

May 2, 2020 Steve MacDonald

I’ve said this before but probably not recently. It relates to one of the primary reasons why Democrats hate private gun ownership. Or, at least my armchair psychology opinion on the matter. A theory based on years of observations.

What Will America Look Like After the flu d’état?

April 22, 2020 Steve MacDonald

As we scrabble about in search of a path back to normal the critical question to my mind is what will normal be? Look around you. With very little information and a few projections that were outrageously wrong, a majority of Americans knelt before the State and complied with its demands.

“If I begin sacrificing my rights in order to save lives, then where does it end?”

April 16, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The title is a quote from Brandon Morse at Red State. He is walking us through an incident where the Police in Raleigh, North Carolina broke up a lockdown protest. The point, of course, being that the first amendment protects that right and it was just infringed.

Yes, Vermont DID Restrict the Sale of Seeds in Some Stores ‘cuz COVID-19, and a Lot More

April 3, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Last night we learned that stores in Vermont had been instructed to prohibit the sale of vegetable seeds because of the pandemic. Part of that report included my failed effort to find the provenance. A reader just sent it to me. And it’s not just vegetable seeds.

Did Vermont Take a Huge Step to the Left – Vegetable Seed Purchases Prohibited ‘Cuz COVID-19?

April 3, 2020April 2, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Vermont is not letting this crisis go to waste. It appears to have ordered stores to prohibit the purchases of an item it deems non-essential. Vegetable seeds. You read that right. No starting a home garden by order of the State!

What Do You Mean This Post Isn’t About the Chinese Flu?

March 31, 2020 Steve MacDonald

It has become increasingly difficult to find subject matter outside the context of that thing we’re all experiencing as a planet. Yes, the Kardashians. No, the other thing. But I’ve been trying. Because all (that thing) and no play makes Blogger a dull boy.

Dismantling the Leviathan and Restoring the American Dream

March 16, 2020 Steve MacDonald

There is a struggle going on because Trump is dismantling the Leviathan and restoring the American dream. It often doesn’t seem that way listening to the media. Our media, academia and many in politics serially violate traditional, classic liberal standards. They have an obsession over Trump’s blunt personality, lack of verbal sophistication and “nuance.” … Read more

Crisis Not Gone to Waste: Democrat Makes Case for Nationalization of Factories and Industries

March 15, 2020 Percy Blakeney

Today Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, former Democrat presidential candidate said he believes the Wuhan coronavirus is a prime example of why it’s important for the federal government to nationalize “crucial factories and industries.”