Innovation and ingenuity are skills that come with practice. We used to expect that of ourselves, and there was no shame in seeking out a way to renovate. We use to repair things, we used to fix old our homes. Today we just want to tear out and discard. Our Republic was something we nurtured, repaired and honored. There is a call that the Old Republic isn’t working, something new is required. What they offer is not what we started with, nor we need.
We called upon to remember a limited form a patriotism, and that is for collective works. Unlike other societies, we cultivated principles that we considered healthy to out liberty, and did not call out for enemies of the Republic to be executed, as France did during Robespierre’s Reign of Terror. It distinguished us in ways that we do not acknowledge today.
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Asserting Versus Demanding
As I write this I have the luxury of having the fan on and the windows open and the house to myself. What a contrast in comfort modern convenience is compared to the same day on July 2nd 1776, where a room full of men, hot and sweating from the heat of Philadelphia and the weight of their wigs and heavy clothing, debated ideas of liberty. if those idea…
The New Pythagoreans of Los Alamos
I am trying to get a read on Palantir’s CEO Alex Karp. Both Palantir and Karp, have been making headlines due to unfavorable articles by New Republic and The New York Times. While Karp is a tech lord, he doesn’t qualify as a Bro-ligarch like Sean Parker, Elawn Musk or Zuckerbucksberg. Karp clearly possesses a different type …
Founders History: Patrick Henry, The Man For The Revolution Opposed The US Constitution
[This government] ]will swallow the liberties of the people, without giving them previous notice
Founders History: Forget 1776, Reverend Jonathan Mayhew Started and Won the American Revolution in 1750
October 8th, 1720 is the birthday of the Founding Grandfather of our country. This may sound a bit dramatic, but Reverend Jonathan Mayhew is acknowledged by John Adams, Samuel Adams, James Madison and other Founding Fathers as being one of the most influential figures in the American Revolution. His sermon
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