by John Farnam | 31 Dec 2014 | 2014
31 Dec 14 Last Quip of 2014: “It is true that liberty is precious … so precious it must be rationed.” Nikolai Lenin ( Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov ) Many naive liberals believe classical Communism really does “work.” They argue that the only problem with Communism, as...
by John Farnam | 28 Dec 2014 | 2014
28 Dec 14 “Arma Virumque Cano” Translates to: “I sing of arms and of a man.” Book 1, Line 1 from Virgil’s “Aeneid” Two decades BC, Roman Poet, Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil), used the above line to reintroduce the Roman world, in poetic form, to...
by John Farnam | 26 Dec 2014 | 2014
26 Dec 14 “Only the mediocre are ‘always at their best.’” Jean Giraudoux Professional golfers, NFL head coaches, criminal defense attorneys, and seasoned Operators all unite in this advice: “It’s never the ‘great shots’ that save you. It’s always the ‘little mistakes’...
by John Farnam | 24 Dec 2014 | 2014
24 Dec 14 “Only a fool neglects the keenness of his blade, in the self-deceptive hope that his enemy’s blade has also dulled.” Wiggington Martyrdom Anyone? “Boko Haram,” a notorious assemblage of Islamic gangsters in central Africa, just proudly released a video...
by John Farnam | 20 Dec 2014 | 2014
20 Dec 14 “‘One, with God, is always a majority,’ or, so goes the platitude, but many have been burned at the stake- while votes were still being counted!” TB Reed Religion and Personal Preparedness: (Be patient. It will take me a moment to get to the point!) At my...
by John Farnam | 19 Dec 2014 | 2014
19 Dec 14 “I believe and profess that a people must never value anything higher than dignity and freedom; that it must defend these with the last drop of its blood; that it has no duty more sacred and can obey no higher law, that the shame of a cowardly submission can...
