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We Smiths are a large clan. We are # 1 in the English-speaking world. We declared jihad on the Joneses and the Johnsons a long time ago. They are chumps. We didn’t get to be the most prolific clan…
I remember when I was a boy, my parents told me to get dressed up as we were going to hear the Polish ambassador speak, and there was a reception to follow at Mr. and Mrs. Farmar’s house. I was only…
The Screaming Weasels, my U-13 girls soccer team, were undefeated. All the girls had nicknames; such as Big Foot Blankenship, Caterpillar Cowles, Mary Poppins, Alligator Allie and Bulldog Miller.…
This article is about the preservation of YOUR wealth and liberties. All economic activities are the result of human behavior. To avoid the perils of the past, one must understand that human beings…
Vladimir Lenin stated, if the government tells a lie often enough, it becomes the truth. Nowhere is this maxim more true or relevant than on the subject of “climate change.” Right now, Brandon is in…
The most important job of a father is to teach his son how to be a man and to teach his daughter how a man is supposed to be. Nothing is more sacred to a father than protecting his little girl. The…
I am a people person, and always enjoy meeting new people, especially if we share the same passions. Sometimes fortuitous circumstances bring people with similar interests together, as what happened…
Dennis came to work for one of my companies in 1994. I owned a chain of fried chicken and biscuit restaurants and needed someone to run them. I sure as hell didn’t know how to. Dennis had worked for…
If I was a seal and some British officer was trying to club me to death, I’d bite the Limey son of a bitch. I’d go straight for his gonads, and I’d get my seal buddies to do the same. If you’ve heard…
What causes great societies to rise and then fall? What causes them to rise is legal recognition of the sanctity of private property and free and open trade. Doubt me? Let’s look at Rome. Roman law…
My first job out of law school was for Joe Stettinius. If you recognize that name, his father was Secretary of State under FDR. Joe gave me authority over a line of credit and a check book and told…
I remember it was a beautiful morning in Charleston, and I had walked over to the Farmer’s Market at Marion Square. A nice, hippyish gal was selling her locally raised fruit and truck vegetables. She…
I always think it is bad form to ask someone “what do you do” upon first meeting them. I usually make something up and tell them I am a toll booth operator or a Walmart greeter. However, when the…
This is my favorite time of year. Fall. College football. Dove hunts. Pig roasts with blue grass bands in the country. My favorite experience of the year, better than Christmas, is my first trip to…
It was a night time firefight. In the jungle. Vietnam. The morning sunlight exposed the carnage from the night’s horror. The dead and blown up body parts lay scattered around the encampment. Ken…
“I don’t understand what went wrong.” This is the refrain I have heard the past two days from journalists and other establishment elites concerning the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. I am here…
I kind of feel sorry for Andrew Cuomo. Don’t get me wrong, I like nothing about him. If there was ever a Governor who deserves to be chucked out of office, it is Cuomo. Have you ever heard the…
I once dated a gal from Wisconsin, a saucy one of German extract. I could tell she thought I was some sort of anachronism from the 1850s. My great great grandfather’s Confederate sword hung over the…
Few things are more out of whack in this country than our education system. I like to use the word “learned” as opposed to “educated” when weighing whether or not someone is a dumb ass. This country…
I don’t agree that economics is really a “hard” science. Economics is a function of human behavior, period. Now, if you go to a fancy Ivy League university, major in economics and then go on to get a…
A friend of mine, a big muckety muck CEO of a national company with $14 billion in sales suggested that I write a positive article about “good things” going on in the US and quit bashing the Left. I…
My buddy Leigh Spruill, an Episcopal minister, once told me that the word epiphany comes from the Greek, and in its original Greek roots, it means more than just “to reveal” or “revealing.” It…
I figure I know pretty much everything there is to know. The last time I was wrong about anything was June 1997. I predicted Mike Tyson would bite off Evander Holyfield’s ear in the 4 th round of…
Few things befuddle me more that those silly, self-help, saccharine posts on Facebook. The author, Miss Suzie Sunshine “inspires” the world on how to be happy and a perfect human being, presumably…
