Thoughts on Societies, and on America. Poor peasants.

I am reading Thomas Sowell's book "Wealth, Poverty, and Politics", and his discussion of the many factors that affect what kind of society results from a variety of geographic, demographic, social, and genetic factors interacting. For a long time, I have thought about societies like those in Russia and most European and Asian countries in …

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Sama Says: Time for a History Lesson. Nutrition and Plague in Medieval England.

This story is fascinating. I love Medieval history, as it was a period that led to earth-shaking changes, not only cultural but environmental and physical, all over the world. Here's what happened in England. The Black Death did not arrive in England to find a well fed population. It arrived to find a generation that …

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On the Lindsay Clancy Case

Please first notice the header image of Lindsay Clancy. Can you just see the thought bubble? That woman is scary. This horrific case of a young mother strangling her three children to death is a terrible demonstration of the harmful effects of Radical Feminism. Not only does it show that feminist women become inured to …

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Lesser-known Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Richard Stockton of New Jersey-Two Views

Here are two different takes on the life of Richard Stockton of New Jersey, someone who suffered for his new country before it became a country. Richard Stockton was born on October 1, 1730, in Princeton, New Jersey. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, completed a …

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Are you worried about how Facebook, Google, and other big sites use data they collect about you? Pay Attention to the Big Three

That will seem like elementary school, compared to the new tie-up between two financial-data providers.  Be afraid, be VERY afraid.  You voluntarily sign up for a Facebook account, and you make a conscious decision to use Google products, like internet search, Gmail, and YouTube.  You can decline to use Facebook, and there are alternate search …

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Wow! It’s Barbara Eden’s Birthday Today! How old?

This gracious retired actress is 95 years old today!! Can you believe that? I have a hard time, but I know it's true. This is how she looked when she was the star of the TV series "I Dream of Jeannie." That was one of the best series ever on TV, endlessly funny and endearing. …

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*A Very Bad Supreme Court Decision

Back in 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt was President, and World War II was going on. The Democrat President's socialist New Deal has been in force since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and war production was gradually lifting the economy out of the Depression. War restrictions on the economy were taking effect, and the New …

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Lesser-Known Signers of the Declaration of Independence: George Taylor of Pennsylvania

Through doing this series, I have learned so much! I had no idea that one of the signers actually made cannon balls! Here are two different descriptions of Taylor's life and accomplishments. George Taylor was born in 1716 in Ireland. He immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1736, where he worked as an iron worker for Samuel …

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Guest Author: Cynical Publius on the courses he would teach at Johns Hopkins if they hire him for “ideological diversity”

It appears that Johns Hopkins University is making an effort to leaven the 100% Leftist slant of its faculty with some "conservative" additions (scare quotes mine, since this has been tried elsewhere and not succeeded). His list of courses is hilarious, and right on target. And, of course, there's a ZERO chance the university would …

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*These are the Refugees We Want: Immigrants from South Africa

White farmers and business people from South Africa continue to apply to immigrate to America in fairly large numbers. Most of them are solidly middle-class, and they are leaving farms large and small, businesses, and homes they have lived in for generations. To come to a new country, where they will literally have to start …

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