Thought

Abigail Adams

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
Abigail Adams, Letter to John Quincy Adams (May 8, 1780).

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Winning Too Much?
Sharing“We’re Number 17!!!” This lacks a certain triumphant note. It is nothing like …
Ionosphere Laughter
SharingGovernment is a business — a big business, employing more people than any other. …
Golden State Voters
SharingCalifornia voters are said to be in big trouble. You …
Woke Board Broke
SharingThe pro-education, anti-indoctrination counterrevolution is chalking up a major win in . . . …
Ballot Box News
SharingWith all that’s going on in Washington, don’t forget: There’s …

Measures for Measures
November 23, 2024
This year was an interesting one for initiatives.Read More »
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 »

Unlimited Gall
SharingSome claims don’t persuade. For example, the claim that starting …
Mrs. Term Limits?
SharingDo politicians oppose term limits on principle? For the answer to …
Terms for Taxes
SharingYears ago, I dubbed Tim Eyman “America’s #1 freedom fighter,” and …
The Smoking Russian Donut
Sharing“Politicians in prison garb,” headlined a recent Sun Sentinel editorial, “shake …
Democratic-Republican Day
Sharing“We live in a republic,” I often hear, “not a democracy!” Sometimes it …

Birth of a Twitterstorm
Sharing“Kamala Harris is *not* an American Black. She is half …
For Freedom in Venezuela
SharingLast week’s coup in Venezuela flopped, it’s reported. But “coup” …
Hat Hate
SharingI will concede — at least “arguendo” — that President Trump is awful. But …
Strange Days
SharingWe live in a strange time when a possible official UFO disclosure …
Beacon of Liberty
SharingWhat part should we play in terror, torture, oppression? Asking for …

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).

A Childlike Faith…
SOCIALISM… The childlike faith that a powerful, ever-growingGovernment couldn’t possibly pose …
Socialism’s Idealistic Youth
When the protection of individual rights is replaced with vague and …
Tom Paine and “The Crisis”
To download to your desktop for use as a screensaver or …
The Anti-Orange Man Cult
How do you know you are in an end-time cult? When …
Wisdom for Labor Day
“…a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from …