Archive - Essential American Wisdom

Betraying A Nation: Pt . 3- Paine On America

"...a long train of abuses and usurpations"

Jan 14 •

Betraying A Nation: Pt . 2- Paine On Hereditary Succession

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

Jan 1 •

December 2023

Betraying A Nation: Pt . 1- Paine On Government

"An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws."

Dec 27, 2023 •

Betraying A Nation: Introduction

"governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind."

Dec 22, 2023 •

July 2023

What Lies Ahead

For now, at least, this entry will remain pinned at the top of this page; my last entry here was roughly three months ago, but, like Mark Twain once…

Jul 30, 2023 •

April 2023

Some Spring Cleaning

Greetings! As I write this, Easter, 2023, has just gone by, and now that Spring is finally here, it feels like a good time to share a few updates with…

Apr 12, 2023 •

Blessed Are The Humble

No matter which side of the ideological fence you identify yourself as being aligned with (unless you have just crawled out from underneath a rock), the…

Apr 9, 2023 •

November 2022

When The Feigned Outrage(s) Met Their Maker

Old enough to remember a world that was only connected by pen, paper & stamp, or rotary dial phones, I can assure the younger generations that "Social…

Nov 20, 2022 •

A Mostly Peaceful Midterm Coup

At the end of part II of our first book, "Unwashed Philosophy: A User's Guide For Our Imperfect Union," my writing partner Vassar and I offered up an…

Nov 15, 2022 •

October 2022

A Teachable Moment On Electoral Freedom And Independence, Courtesy Tulsi Gabbard

Let me begin by assuring readers that this is not a puff piece on Tulsi Gabbard; she is a liberal, and I am a conservative, and in matters of politics…

Oct 17, 2022 •

Midterms '22: For All America Has Given Us

Somewhere in the middle of my raging levels of hot mess hormones, at roughly 15 or 16, I remember like it was yesterday that my grandmother got after me…

Oct 15, 2022 •

The 2022 midterm elections are roughly a month away. We have been busily scrambling to get this book released in time for readers to have the…

Oct 10, 2022 •

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