Monthly Archives: July 2026

Thought For the Day: Knowing Your Own Darkness Is the Best Method For Dealing With the Darknesses of Other People

“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Texas Can Make It Without the United States, But the United States Cannot Make It Without Texas

“Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States cannot make it without Texas”– Sam Houston

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Thought For the Day: The Framers of the Bill of Rights Did Not Purport To ‘Create’ Rights. Rather, They Designed the Bill of Rights To Prohibit Our Government From Infringing Rights and Liberties Presumed To Be Preexisting

“The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to ‘create’ rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.” – Justice William J. Brennan

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First Principles: The Happiness of A People, and the Good Order and Preservation of Civil Government, Essentially Depend On Piety, Religion, and Morality

“The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.” – Fisher Ames

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Open Questions of Opportunity

Open Questions of Opportunityby Michael DoyleA landscape of soy and cornIs grown and has become replete.In it, a different paradigm is born,One rejecting the smaller portions of beef.There is an unhealthiness in the equation.Leaner foods could redeem the soil and … Continue reading →

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Agroforestry Dues

Agroforestry Duesby Michael DoyleBrazilian toil,Brazilian biodiversity.The modern ages have been disloyal,But the people fight against adversity.The heart of thisIs the Amazon Rainforest.The samba beat cannot missAs this green ocean fights to resist.Atmospheric rivers float the skies,The mists of irrigation before … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Most of the Important Things In the World Have Been Accomplished By People Who Have Kept On Trying When There Seemed To Be No Hope At All

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie

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First Principles: Militias, When Properly Formed, Are In Fact the People Themselves and Include All Men Capable of Bearing Arms

“Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. […] To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: To Make the World A Friendly Place, One Must Show It A Friendly Face

“To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.” – James Whitcomb Riley

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First Principles: History Does Not Long Entrust the Care of Freedom To the Weak Or the Timid

“History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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