Ceremonial events have meaning. That is why they are largely ceremonial. They connect us with our past and provide, at least to an extent, the promise of a future. (If there were not a predictive value for future experience, then participation in a ceremonial act would be largely insignificant, an exercise in nostalgia at...
Okay, my fellow Americans… let’s cut the crap. I have used this blog before to pontificate on political philosophy, point out inane aspects of gun control, occasionally wrap myself in our flag, and sometimes parody the idiocy that seems to manifest around us all too frequently. This time I am going to be far more direct. The...
July the Fourth, Two Thousand Twenty One Each year that I write this blog I get excited about the Fourth of July. Knowing the blog is published on a Wednesday, I typically check the calendar around the beginning of June to see what day the Fourth falls on that year. Six times a decade I...
Hello, my name is Sandy Lieberman and this week I decided to hijack my husband’s blog. Many of you have met me before; some of you have not. For those of you whom I have not had the pleasure of seeing face to face, let me briefly introduce myself… I am an American. I am also...
West Point is a fort. Literally. It served as a military base along a strategic point near the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War. During that time General Benedict Arnold was in command of the garrison, which would lead to the ultimate betrayal of his comrades. Fortunately, his actions did not result in the...
Dear Reader… Apparently I am an “extremist”. I did not seek out this moniker; it has been foisted upon me by our regime and its harpies. What is my egregious threat to the Republic? I believe in individual liberty and an originalist Constitutional construct. Sac re bleu! Here are some other examples of famous “Right-Wing Extremism”: “Of...
It is Friday, January 8th, around 11 o’clock in the morning, and I now have to write a blog that I sincerely wish I never had to write. Some of this may be rambling, and for that I apologize. There are many important thoughts going through my head right now, some anecdotal, others somewhat profane...
The Most American of Things… On Friday of last week we paused to have the somber reminder that 19 years had passed since the horrific events of September 11th. There were, of course, the usual memes on social media, the speeches, and the quiet moments of reflection. As was the case with all emotional tragedies,...
Query: At what point does our Republic cease to exist? Answer: When the rationale of the Republic becomes irrelevant. Since the outbreak of Covid 19, the United States has been… well… not exactly feeling like the “United States”. A more apt description of our society would be the “United Factions”, disparate groups usually aligned through real,...
Cul-de-sac Commandos and Chipotle Warriors Oh what a week… In St. Louis a personal injury attorney and his wife became internet sensations by guarding their extremely nice home from protesters using an AR-15 and a .380 (interesting choice of weapons). Then, to raise the ante, we had an armed confrontation take place in a suburb of Detroit...
