“If there is hope, it lies in the proles.” – Winston Smith, 1984 by George Orwell To me, this has always been one of the most depressing lines in all of English literature. If you’ve read the book, you know that this line is not hopeful, despite its literal content. I’ve always heard it in … Read more
Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights; that government is only a convenience created and managed by the people, with no powers of its own except those voluntarily granted to it by the … Read more
With his signature 1-2 of arrogance and oblivion, President Obama slogged through his first press conference in several months on Wednesday. For quite some time into his presidency, his demeanor suggested impatience with the slow-wittedness of the electorate. We needed to understand and appreciate his genius more rapidly than we were doing so. Now, I … Read more