history
In June of 1630, the Arbella came to anchor in Salem Harbor, and the Massachusetts Bay Colony was born. Arriving ten years after the settlers of Plymouth Plantation, this first venture of the Massachusetts Bay Company was led by a 41-year-old lawyer named John Winthrop. Just before making landfall, Winthrop
politics
January 25, 1974 First Conservative Political Action Conference There are three men here tonight I am very proud to introduce. It was a year ago this coming February when this country had its spirits lifted as they have never been lifted in many years. This happened when planes began landing
history
Hard times breed strong men. Strong men build good times. Good times spawn weak men. Weak men beget hard times. All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again. Being on "the right side of history" isn't about picking the winning side. It
law
I have followed the progress of the Convention of States movement with great interest since it first launched in 2013. For those not familiar with the legal context for an Article V Convention or States, or for those who have learned most of what they think they know from the
quote
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except the
history
First they came for the Trump supporters, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Trump supporter. Then they came for the gun owners, and I did not speak out— because I was not a gun owner. Then they came for the Republicans, and I did not
religion and philosophy
"God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what it will be like when He does. When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks on to the stage the play
history
You are dismayed to find that millions of your countrymen prefer slavery to freedom. Then someone reminds you that freedom is an historical anomaly, while subjugation has been the rule for most of human history. This sense of perspective us supposed to make you feel better. It doesn't.