A Declaration of Liberty for the 21st Century

A Declaration of Liberty for the 21st Century

(NOTE to Readers: This article was first published August 17, 2024, before the 2024 election. Although President Trump’s victory was a step in the right direction, many obstacles to liberty still exist in the United States; there is enormous fraud, widespread misinterpretation of the US Constitution, and many in Washington DC playing power politics behind…

The New Culture War

The New Culture War

The historian Yuval Noah Harari has written a thought-provoking book called “Sapiens” which makes certain assumptions about the early history of humanity as a biological species. The central defining feature of our species Sapiens, says Harari, is that we are not only capable of inventing and believing fiction, but that the entire life and history…

KET Provides Soviet-Style “Propaganda Night” for Incumbent Secretary of State Michael Adams

KET Provides Soviet-Style “Propaganda Night” for Incumbent Secretary of State Michael Adams

On Monday, May 8, 2023, just 8 days from the primary election, Kentucky’s public television network KET put on a Soviet-style primetime softball interview of the incumbent Secretary of State Michael Adams. Most likely at Adams’ request, no debate invitation was offered to the other candidates running against Adams in the Republican primary. KET thus…

Re-establishing Liberty and Integrity in Kentucky

Re-establishing Liberty and Integrity in Kentucky

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” – Benjamin Franklin As we start a new month here in Kentucky, with an eye toward the 2023 statewide primary elections May 16, we are reminded that the major party bosses do not prioritize…

Pfizer Gives Republican Party of Kentucky $1,000,000

Pfizer Gives Republican Party of Kentucky $1,000,000

As reported by the Kentucky Lantern, in December 2022 the controversial drugmaker Pfizer gave the Republican Party of Kentucky (RPK) $1,000,000. While corporate donations direct to a party’s executive committee are against the law in Kentucky, a loophole allows for unlimited donations to a party’s “building fund.” An additional $650,000 from other big corporate donors…

The Kentucky Republican Party Takes Aim at Itself

The Kentucky Republican Party Takes Aim at Itself

To kick off the new 2023 legislative session, we might expect the Republican “super-majority” to focus on core bread-and-butter Kentucky Republican issues. We’d all likely unify around lowering taxes, relieving some regulatory burdens on small businesses, or disentangling our schools from onerous ideologies. Many voters are concerned about election integrity, which is an obvious problem…

If the American Republic is to Survive and Flourish, Part 2

If the American Republic is to Survive and Flourish, Part 2

“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.”– Abraham Lincoln In part 1 of this series of articles, I focused on how core, traditional values of the USA are currently…