By Oliver DeMille The Power of Foresight What do we want America to be in twenty years? What do we want it to look like when our children and grandchildren leave college and enter the workforce? What kind of future are we seeking and creating right now? Unfortunately, many independents aren’t sure how to answer this question. In a world … [Read more...]
Counter-Productive Compassion
March 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Brady According to Ronald Reagan, some of the most dangerous words were, "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." Reagan in that one little quip summed up what plagues much of the United State's current condition. Author W. Cleon Skousen coined the term "Counter-Productive Compassion" to describe what I see displayed across … [Read more...]
Finishing Well
March 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Brady There is an abundance of sayings that address the concept of beginning something. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step," and "starting is more than half of finishing," are just two that come immediately to mind. But finishing is more important than starting. In my lifetime, I've seen a lot of people … [Read more...]
How to Achieve Dysfunction Through Logical Fallacies
March 22, 2011 by 1 Comment
By David Grant Welcome one and all. We are here today to teach you how to screw up your life. We hope you will apply the lessons you learn here to destroy your health, your marriage, every positive relationship, and make you poor, needy and dependent. Don’t worry, you can live on the government dole and someone else will do the work that … [Read more...]
The Globocracy
March 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Oliver DeMille One of the most significant changes brought by the American revolution and founding was the replacement of an aristocratic class system with the ideal of a democratic society—supported by a federal-democratic-republic form of government and free enterprise economic system. Today we are witnessing a similar shift, but in a … [Read more...]
Culture Versus Institutions
March 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Oliver DeMille Free citizens are innovative, independent and giving. When these characteristics wane in a society, freedom decreases. When these values are bolstered, freedom grows. Because they are so important in free nations, institutions attempt to produce and market them. But the nature of innovation, independence and giving … [Read more...]
Faith Gap
March 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By David Grant People need to believe. They need to believe that something magical, transcendent, other-worldly, or divine will allow for positive outcomes. They need to believe that statistical probability, reason, and science cannot adequately calculate the likelihood that future events will occur as predicted. Some of the more … [Read more...]
Weak Versus Strong-Force Attractors
March 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Steve D’Annunzio Everything in the universe is energy in a constant state of vibration. Even a chair, a lamp, a car, everything—at a subatomic level—is particles and waves in an energetic state of constant movement. The universe is a frequency spectrum of infinite vibration. Physical matter possesses a great variety of vibrational … [Read more...]
Jesuits, Teens, Romance, Statistics and Frontal Lobe Development
February 3, 2011 by 1 Comment
By David Grant In 1552, St. Francis Xavier, one of the founders of the Jesuits, sailed to China in an effort to convert souls to Christianity. He never made it to the mainland, but others would soon follow who would have vast impact in China and on world technology exchange. The same efforts were undertaken at about the same time in South … [Read more...]
Let Us Dare: Writings From John Adams
February 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Shanon Brooks In late 1765, John Adams began writing an essay entitled, "A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law." He was 30 years old and just beginning to stretch his legal and political wings. His purpose for writing this essay was to contrast the tyranny of feudal and canon law with the glorious struggle for freedom in the … [Read more...]
