Thought

Marcus Aurelius

A man should be upright, not kept upright.
Emperor and Pontifex Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations (c. AD 121 – 180), Book III, §5.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

A Friend in Pennsylvania
Sharing“Slow, corrupt and expensive is no way to run a state …
Petition Rights and Wrongs
SharingQuite a theory: No law is unfair if only that law …
Discrimination, California-Style
How far will a California lawmaker go to try reverse a validly …
What Does Bloomberg Stand … Fore!
SharingHey! I’ve got something good to say about the anti-democratic …
Suppressed Measure Woulda Won
SharingArkansas politicians and their cronies were terrified by Issue 3. …

Denial Is a River in Argentina?
November 22, 2024
Paul Jacob on one country’s retreat from self-imposed poverty.Read More »
Watch Out!
November 21, 2024
Paul Jacob on strange edits in the Lone Star State.Read More »
The Hill as Hallucinogen
November 19, 2024
Paul Jacob on a false news story, gone but not …Read More »
Elon & Vivek to Cut Government?
November 18, 2024
Paul Jacob on who could help whom do what is …Read More »
Lost Justice, Long Island
November 15, 2024
Paul Jacob finds a sliver of a silver lining in …Read More »

House-Cleaning & Law-Following
SharingLarry Hogan, Maryland’s popular Republican governor, has vowed to “clean …
No a la Reelección
SharingHer name is Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and she’s Argentina’s …
Catnip for Arrogant Politicians
SharingArkansas Sen. Alan Clark pretends that his bill, Senate Joint …
The Pre-Coup Coup Attempt
SharingIt all seems so cut-and-dried. The United Nations, the Organization …
The Election Addiction Fiction
SharingPoor Willie Brown. Ever since California slapped term limits on …

The Anti-Orange Man Cult
SharingHow do you know you are in an end-time cult? When …
A Fraction of a Reaction
Sharing“A little dab’ll do ya.” That was from Brylcream, not 23andme. …
The Hilarity of a Serious Threat
SharingIs today’s politics tragic or comic? Take the current Democratic Party …
Are Democrats Socialists?
SharingDoes it matter that the chair of the Democratic National …
Gloating Time?
Sharing“The freak-out was something to behold,” I wrote two years ago. Newly …

On November 23, 1644, British poet John Milton published Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.

Revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse.
John Milton, Areopagitica; A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England (1644).

The name “Areopagitica” references a speech by Isocrates, the “Areopagitikós” that itself referenced a hill in Athens, Greece, the Areopagus, which had been the site of an important tribunal that the Greek orator had hoped to restore. It may also refer to the defense that St. Paul made before the Areopagus against charges of promulgating alien gods and outré teachings (see Acts 17:18 – 34).

An Argument in Favor of Term Limits
“As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot …
BernieBot Logic: Bernie Likes Free Markets!
Bernie is not against free markets. He only wants to loot …
Memorial Day, 2024
All images created with ChatGPT 4o
Over-Feed At Your Own Risk!
Caution: Do Not Over-Feed Government! Get a high-resolution screensaver of this image. …
Arkansas Pay Raise
Arkansans to get a 150% salary increase. Oh wait… that’s for Arkansas …