I’m forever going back to the Founders for examples of exemplary political behavior.  They did, after all, pull off a rare feat, a successful revolution that didn’t turn into an awful bloodbath (not that it wasn’t bloody enough) and didn’t leave the nation’s people in fear of their new government. A recent article by the fine libertarian/conservative writer Kevin D. Williamson pointed out that the War for Independence was in fact an act of sedition, the difference being that ours was successful.  True; Benjamin Franklin joked to his fellow delegates to the Continental Congress, with characteristic dark humor, that they … Continue reading Hitting the Wall

Another teenager is dead in Knoxville, this one killed by police inside Austin East High School after he shot and seriously wounded an officer.  Four other kids who attended that school have been shot and killed this year.  According to brief news reports, there doesn’t seem to be a direct connection to the school itself until this most-recent episode.  Since all of the people involved are juveniles, the information available is limited, so trying to characterize these tragic killings is nothing more than speculation.  Children killing other children. Austin East is in East Knoxville, which, when I went to UT … Continue reading Random Thoughts, Soul-Searching Edition

Last weekend, I had the honor of being a guest on the podcast “Bob & Eric Save America.” Bob and Eric are great guys and the show was lots of fun. I invite you to check it out via the Twitter link below (for a video) or on your favorite podcast platform (for the regular podcast, audio only). Also, at this link, you can find a book review of one of my favorite books I’ve read in the last year. I’ve read 85 of them since last March, so making it to the “favorites” list is not easy! Continue reading Podcasts and Books, Oh My!

One of my many problems with Donald Trump was his indifference to deficit spending. Not surprising, since, in his private business career, he never seemed to mind borrowing other peoples’ money and spending it on extravagant, over-the-top projects, their economic viability being an afterthought easily resolved by bankruptcy if things didn’t work out, which was, of course, never his fault.  You can get away with running a business like that, but not a country, at least not the one with the world’s largest economy and in charge of the world’s reserve currency; at least not for long. His indifference put … Continue reading Econ 101 Revisited

Friends, if you’re interested in my podcast, the newest episode is now available. Click here or listen on your favorite podcast app. Continue reading New Podcast Episode Now Available!

A new episode of “Patriot Housewives” premieres today! My co-host, Rose, and I discuss lots of great topics, from the most recent additions to Joe Biden’s Never Ending List of Lies to our own brilliant money making scheme. Please subscribe and listen wherever you get your podcasts. (Also available on You Tube if you prefer.) More details here: Continue reading New Podcast Episode!

Well, President Biden got his $1.9 trillion – that’s $1,900,000,000,000.00 – “American Rescue” “stimulus” package.  That’s roughly $5,757.00 for every person in America, if we count the 10 million or so here illegally.  Much, if not most, has little or nothing to do with the pandemic.  Every penny of it is borrowed.  There is an interesting website called the U.S. Debt Clock.  As I wrote this early on the morning of March 8, 2021, the national debt was well over $28,026,290,000,000 and climbing rapidly.  The debt per taxpayer is approaching $224,000.  The debt for the typical family of 4 is … Continue reading Random Thoughts, Blowout Edition

‘Today is the age of wisdom, also the age of foolishness’ (paraphrased from Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities”). “It’s gonna be cold, it’s gonna be grey, and it’s gonna last you for the rest of your life” (Bill Murray, Groundhog Day, 1993).  Today, we have achieved the highest level of human knowledge in history, but that high level has also created a certain intellectual ignorance due to the enormity of ‘knowing all there is to know’.   Specialization is occurring in narrowing fields of study, forcing society to rely on others for correct information.   Under this system, … Continue reading Shocking Electricity Problems