[April 29, 2025] A recent article by Lt. Col Ken Segelhorst, USA retired, tells the tale of our nation’s elite military academies and the surge in academic cheating. He is alarmed by this growing pattern of cheating that, at one time, meant immediate expulsion from the academies. No longer. “Once rare and met with mass expulsions, large-scale cheating… Read More »
[April 22, 2025] Most folks familiar with Pope Francis know that he was far more politically active and liberal than his predecessors. And perhaps that’s a positive thing, for it tells us where he stood and the moral good of liberal politics. Yet his passing on Monday morning, shortly after Easter, was unfortunate. I will be praying for… Read More »
[April 21, 2025] I was asked about the “55 rules” in my book on which one I personally find the hardest to follow. Now that is a good question because the answer can give insight into the person answering. The hardest one for me is to tell the truth. I’m not alone with this answer. Dr. Jordan Peterson,… Read More »
[April 19, 1775] Today we commemorate the day the war that started at Concord became the American Revolution. Much has been written of the events leading up to the Revolutionary War and the fighting on the first day, April 19, 1775. The movement of troops that would lead to the beginning of the War, started the night before… Read More »
[April 17, 2025] Darleen Lev, an ex-feminist, is being interviewed about her thoughts about how feminism has betrayed women in the West. In a recent video, she gives us a brutal takedown of feminism (see video here in its entirety, 1:10:17). “I was so taken by our childless women ruining the world that I plan to incorporate the… Read More »
[April 16, 2025] Growing up and limited to one well-used black and white television, we kids had limited screen time that moms today would envy. One show we did get to see was Hopalong Cassidy. The show aired from 1939 to 1952, so we were watching reruns. We learned some useful cowboy values. The character Cassidy was portrayed… Read More »
[April 9, 2025] There is a common belief that the most intelligent among us are also those who will make the best moral decisions. It should come as no real surprise that this is not always the case. Many decades ago, I had an encounter with a man who desperately wanted to be a Machinegunner in the U.S.… Read More »
[April 5, 2025] I’ve been curious – all my life – about my desire for a quest for adventure, a quest purposefully sought. But I never understood why, especially why a scared little kid would want to seek such a quest. I would later learn, through the works of Joseph Campbell and Jordan Peterson, that my childish and… Read More »
[March 4, 2025] Loving your enemies is not appreciated in politics. Mark Siljander, a staunch and controversial Conservative, said this in a recent interview with Dr. Jordan Peterson and, at first, took me by surprise until he explained what he meant. Siljander added that this is why Donald Trump is disdained by neoconservatives. During his first term, Trump… Read More »
[April 2, 2025] At Self Reliance Central, a February 15, 2025 article was published that asked a question most of us would like to know the answer to; “why are Islamists angry at the rest of us?” The short answer is Islamists carry a guilt deep inside them that can never be resolved. That is the conclusion of… Read More »