Live Free or Die

Much discussion has been taking place over the last two or three years as to what model our economy should follow. With the financial crisis of 2008 and the subsequent recession, many political pundits are telling us that capitalism has failed and we should change our economic philosophy to mirror the socialist countries of Europe and elsewhere. It is my belief that capitalism hasn’t been given a chance and that those loudest of detractors are also the biggest beneficiaries of the wealth generated in a free market system. As we see daily in the news, the European economic model of centralized control and massive government spending and regulations, has led to the crumbling of the European Union’s economy and high unemployment and low production. Continue reading »

He was getting  old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast, And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past, Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done, In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one. And tho’ sometimes, to his neighbors, … Continue reading »

On March 23, 1775, in Virginia, the largest colony in America, a meeting of the colony’s delegates was held in St. John’s church in Richmond. Resolutions were presented by Patrick Henry placing the colony of Virginia “into a posture of defense…embodying, arming, and disciplining such a number of men as may be sufficient for that … Continue reading »