The BIG LIE
We are constantly bombarded with the assertion that we live in the "land of the free." Is it really true, or is it the BIG LIE which is believed only because it is repeated so often?
Over fifty years ago in 1956, Cecil B. DeMille introduced his new film, The Ten Commandments to the world.
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Posted on 09/13/2010 6:00 AM by David O Jones
What Is Liberty?
In June 1850 a pamphlet appeared in France written by Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) entitled The Law. It was a logical presentation of the fallacies of socialism. France was struggling with the effects of the socialist Revolution of February 1848.
Tennesseans are now struggling with the
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Posted on 08/23/2010 6:00 AM by David O Jones
Christmas Attacks
In reckless disregard for the Constitution, Emperor Obama and his sixty empirical stooges in the u.s. senate voted for a nationalization of health care on Christmas eve. The attacks on the Constitution are numerous and flagrant. They shall be numbered in the coming days, but I will point out that the
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Posted on 12/28/2009 3:00 AM by David O Jones
The Principle of Interposition
At Thanksgiving, I re-read the “Proclamation for a National Thanksgiving” made by President George Washington in 1789, and noticed that Washington used a word which has fallen into disuse. Then I noticed that the “Proclamation for a Day of Repentance and Prayer for the Southern Nation”
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Posted on 12/14/2009 3:00 AM by David O Jones
Security or Liberty
One of the interesting results of public education has been the gradual loss of reasoning. People cannot reason anymore. They cannot start at point A, move to point B and be able to see that point C is ahead.
We have been taught to live in the now. Enjoy the experience of now. As long as my television
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Posted on 11/16/2009 3:00 AM by David O Jones