Monthly Archives: April 2023

First Principles: As Riches Increase and…Luxury Prevails In Society, Virtue Will Be…Considered As Only A Graceful Appendage

“As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful appendage of wealth, and the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican … Continue reading

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Wholly Holistic

Wholly Holisticby Michael DoyleLifting up the name of Jesus aboveLiving as we do, all His ways of loveIt’s apparent that we are blessedLiving as we do among the very bestFound in the notes and narrative of songAre the words that … Continue reading

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First Principles: The First and Governing Maxim In the Interpretation of A Statute Is To Discovery the Meaning of Those Who Made It

“The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it.” – James Wilson, Of the Study of Law in the United States, 1790

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Thought For the Day: Art Is the Elimination of the Unnecessary

“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” -Pablo Picasso, painter, and sculptor (1881-1973)

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Stormfront Awakening

Stormfront Awakeningby Michael DoyleLooking around with any sense of credibilityIt would be the rare bird that had the abilityTo credibly claim with any sense of the plausibleThat politically awakening was something avoidableAll around the stormfront threatens from all sidesThe turning … Continue reading

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First Principles: It Is Necessary For Every American, With Becoming Energy To Endeavor To Stop the Dissemination of Principles Evidently Destructive of the Cause For Which They Have Bled

“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Any Parent or Doctor Who Sterilizes A Child Before They Are A Consenting Adult Should Go To Prison For Life

“Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life.” – Elon Musk

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Screaming the Dream

Screaming the Dreamby Michael DoyleWho would have believed Were my eyes deceivedCould this really beWithin any possibilityScreaming the dreamWho would have believedThe nutritional value of ice creamFactually known, not deceivedNow isn’t this something niceA glycemic index less than brown riceMaybe … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Civilizations In Decline Are Consistently Characterized By A Tendency Towards Standardization and Uniformity

“Civilizations in decline are consistently characterized by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity.”-Arnold Toynbee, historian (14 Apr 1889-1975)

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First Principles: The Circumstances That Endanger the Safety of Nations Are Infinite

“The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)

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