by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
This is a link written by Walter Williams, (I think) a retired economics professor. He artfully explains the difference between a Democracy and a Republic, as our founders used the terms, using founders quotes much as this site attempts to do. A must read! Mike Van...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 20, 2013 | economy, government, Topics, Uncategorized
The mantra on the Right these days is that if we keep on the path we are on, we will end up in the same financial situation that Europe is in. Today, I saw this Debt to GDP Ratio information from the IMF (International Monetary Fund): United States, 89% Denmark, 10.3%...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Blackstone, Constitution, Government, Natural Law, Philosophers, Quotes
“And these[great Natural Rights] may be reduced to three principal or primary articles: the right of personal security; the right of personal liberty; and the right of private property; because as there is no other known method of compulsion, or of abridging...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
“The Creator is is not only omnipotent, but He is also a Being of infinite wisdom. He has laid down only such laws as were founded in those relations of justice, that existed in the nature of things…. These are the eternal, immutable laws of good and evil,...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Links, Noah Webster
Here is a link to Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary. The reason to use it is to get the meaning of words at the time of the founding.