It’s not a crazy proposition of what’s likely to happen: The time will come when you won’t be able to buy a cup of coffee without being traced, warns investment guru Jim Rogers. To control people, governments will increasingly seek
Playing Ice Hockey Again
Update I actually went out and purchased 2016 CCM Tacks… a photo below that compares the 1981 version against the 2016 version. It appears that all skates adopted the Lange style boot — i.e., hard shell that is baked at
Useful Expressions from the Southern States
“Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit.” “This’ll jar your preserves.” “If things get any better, I may have to hire someone to help me enjoy it.” “It’s so dry, the trees are bribing the dogs.” “He fell
Who Believes in Individual Liberty?
For the classical liberal: There is far, far more true liberalism on the American Right, in this 21st century, than inhabits the American Left. I’ll say it again: there is far more real, actual, tangible liberalism, on the American Right,
What’s Happening in America
From my buddy, Joe K, comes some Irish insights about America. It’s hard to argue with these basic observations: “We have been going through a cultural paroxysm for the last 10 years — the rise of identity politics has created
Participation Trophies
Here you go…
Immigration Reality
The Leftists are apoplectic over Trump’s executive order halting immigration from terrorist-spawning countries. Here is an interesting viewpoint on what’s really happening: Advocates of sane, secure immigration policy have long noted that it’s almost impossible to have a reasonable discussion of
Trump vs Obama on Immigration
This is a good summary: There’s one fundamental difference between the new White House and the old when it comes to immigration: Barack Obama ordered his administration not to enforce a number of immigration laws. Donald Trump has ordered his
Fred Sokol, Of Blessed Memory
In memory of my father, Fred E. Sokol (zikhronah livrakha, זיכרונה לברכה), known in his younger days as Ephraim Shklovsky. He was born in Petah Tikva, Israel in 1929 and passed away in Dayton, Ohio in 2017… a few photos
A Major Change in USA Direction
Ideally, changes for the better are coming… Inauguration Day 2016 will mark perhaps the greatest political and cultural shift in American history as the Utopians of the Progressive Left kick and scream, wail and whine as they shuffle off into