12/18/2011 12:44 PM Executive Orders The problem with social engineering is that the engineers don’t know how to drive the train.  More like a complicated machine than a single celled organism society is a collection of individuals.  Human nature decrees that freedom of choice is an inherent part of our social DNA therefore a healthy society is one built upon the choices and decisions freely arrived upon by the individuals who make up the whole.  It is the self-interest and self-direction of these choices which build into the productive life of a free society. 12/18/2011 12:41 PM Christianity’s Triumph “By far the most important event in the entire rise of Christianity was the meeting in Jerusalem in around the year 50, when Paul was granted the authority to convert Gentiles without them also becoming observant Jews.” 12/18/2011 12:29 PM ‘A Christmas Miracle?’ A few years ago, I sadly discovered that it was next to impossible to find our nation’s great historic documents together in one volume, so we decided to fix that problem. It took us a full year to research and compile over 50 of our country’s javascript:promptTag(“link”);greatest historical documents, but we did it! 12/18/2011 12:09 PM Leftist Factions Co-opt Rather Than Abolish Holidays For about the past two decades, those to the left side of the sociopolitical spectrum have made such a fuss over their hostility towards traditional American holidays and celebrations that the arising disputations have themselves become an anticipated aspect of the close of each year.  It was claimed such festivities promote values so vile that these sentiments must be expunged from the civic calendar and the very names seldom mentioned for fear of irrevocably harming those not participating for whatever the reason. 12/11/2011 01:45 PM Putting the Paste Back in the Tube We all know that trying the same thing over and over expecting different results is a popular definition of insanity.  And we also know that putting the paste back in the tube is a popular illustration of an impossible task. 12/04/2011 03:23 PM The Most Boring Celebrities of 2011 “Charlie Sheen is the poster boy for doing everything possible to ruin one’s life,” says Alan Caruba, founder of The Boring Institute, naming him the biggest celebrity bore of the year, number one on its annual list. 12/04/2011 03:03 PM THESE ARE ROMNEY’S FINAL SIX WEEKS Six weeks from Tuesday – January 10, 2012 – is the New Hampshire Primary. That day – and night – will be the end of Mitt Romney’s six-year quest to become President of the United States. 12/04/2011 02:07 PM Jupiter Gives a Prelude to Global Warming Exoplanet (for astronomers) is simply any planet not in this solar system.  Are any in that “goldilocks zone”, which give the capability of harboring life as we know it? Can we even see it, given its immense distance? 11/27/2011 12:22 PM The Threat of a Global Financial Collapse At present, the amount of the annual Gross Domestic Product, $14 trillion—the value of all the goods and services that generate income—is exceeded by the nation’s debts. 11/27/2011 12:14 PM J.Edgar—A Fascinating But Deceptive Work As compelling as FBI founder and Chief J.Edgar Hoover was portrayed, especially his relationship with his mother, his loyal secretary Helen Gandy played by Naomi Watts, and his partner, Clyde Tolson played effectively by Armie Hammer, the film misrepresented the “G-Man” as a man of honor and a patriot, which might have resulted by the FBI peeking over Eastwood’s shoulder as the film was being prepared and filmed.