Europe’s “Migrant” Problem

The “migrant” situation in Europe is both dismaying and interesting to watch. Germany in particular because of its largely industrialized base, its carefully ordered society (the Germans love precision), its societal non-aggression pact with other cultures due to the shame of the Holocaust and its almost pathological need to avoid external conflicts as a result…

The Wisdom of Mike Rowe

Mike Rowe is famous for his TV show, “Dirty Jobs” and this brilliant Wal-Mart commercial that drew ire from the progressives in America who hate Wal-Mart…and apparently honest, hard work: In my opinion, Rowe is a modern version of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison all rolled into one. He has taken on the progressive ethos…

Predictable and Preventable

The sadness and anger I feel about our current situation in America is that what we are going through as a nation was avoidable. It was completely foreseeable – and was actually predicted 226 years ago as the debate raged over the ratification of our Constitution. In February of 1788, James Madison (Publius) penned Federalist…

The Wisdom of Polonius

I posted this quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet on my FaceBook wall – Polonius said: “Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.” In this quote, Polonius is saying that loaning money to other people is dangerous because sometimes people don’t pay…