“The great challenge confronting a conservative president is the existential need for aggressive use of the vast powers of the executive branch to return power — including power currently held by the executive branch — to the American people.” — Russ Vought, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Donald Trump […]
“Although the pandemic recession was the shortest recession on record, the economic chaos it created was incredible.” — Andrew F. Puzder, businessman and author This week I present an excerpt from a recent talk given by Andrew F. Puzder at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar. If, like me, you are not familiar with Puzder, […]
“I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” — George Mason, co-author of the Second Amendment, during Virginia’s Convention to Ratify the Constitution, 1788 After nearly 250 years as a nation, Americans are still debating the actual […]
I found another section from Vivek Ramaswamy’s book, Woke, Inc., that I wanted to share. This is from Chapter 10, “Wokeness Is Like a Religion”, so it should be pretty obvious where this is going. The author discusses noted cases in the news, from James Damore to J.K. Rowling, in which individuals dared to question […]
“That’s insane!” — Jared Dirac, Special Forces soldier The following conversation — technically just half of a conversation — is an excerpt from the science-fiction novel The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi. Normally, I would be more likely to share something like this on my “Heroes and Aliens” blog. But, this section (and the book […]
“Limited shareholder liability was never meant to protect well-heeled woke investors from the consequences of their actions during PR stunts at woke parades.” — Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc. This week, I have another excerpt from Vivek Ramaswamy’s Woke, Inc. that I found quite interesting. And this one comes with a history lesson to boot. After […]
Sometimes I want to comment on a thing, but I’m not sure I want to do a full article on it. So, this week I’m taking three of those things and giving each a paragraph or two apiece. They aren’t connected. Just think of it as “highlighted news items of the week” or something like […]
“The state of medicine is an index of the civilization of an age and country — one of the best, perhaps, by which it can be judged.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes (1869) In the following excerpt from an Imprimis article by Dr. John Abramson, the author provides insights from both personal experience (as a medical […]
“Stakeholder capitalism poisons democracy, partisan politics poisons capitalism, and in the end we are left with neither capitalism nor democracy.” — Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc. As predicted, I have another lengthy quote for you from GOP primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, specifically citing his book Woke, Inc.. In this section from early in the book, Ramaswamy […]
“I wish my governor was 1/100th as ‘average’ as Ron!” — Twitter commenter I’ve never been blind to Trump’s shortcomings, but his recent attacks on Gov. Ron DeSantis are just sad and disappointing. Apparently, DeSantis was interviewed the other day by Piers Morgan, and Trump couldn’t help putting out a public statement in response, in […]
