Monthly Archives: September 2026

Far Enough

Far Enoughby Michael DoyleDid you go far enough to seeThe ends of your possibility?Did you bring your best to beFar enough to test reality?Because until you have this done,The world at its best has really won.And you don’t know your … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Only Those Who Will Risk Going Too Far Can Possibly Find Out How Far One Can Go

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S, Eliot

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First Principles: It Must Be Felt That There Is No National Security But In the Nation’s Humble, Acknowledged Dependence Upon God

“It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation’s humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.” – Franklin Pierce

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Thought For the Day: You Cannot Swim For New Horizons Until You Have the Courage To Lose Sight of the Shore

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” – William Faulkner

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First Principles: The Ability To Produce Every Necessity of Life Renders Us Independent In War As Well As In Peace

“The ability to produce every necessity of life renders us independent in war as well as in peace.” – Millard Fillmore We must have all of our necessary industries on American shores. Off shoring has been a failed experiment and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: All That Man Needs For Health and Healing Has Been Provided By God In Nature; the Challenge of Science Is To Find It

“All that man needs for health and healing has been provided by God in nature, the Challenge of science is to find it.” – Paracelsus

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First Principles: The Power To Tax Is the Power To Destroy

“The power to tax is the power to destroy.” – John Marshall

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Thought For the Day: There Is A Longing Among All People and Creatures To Have A Sense of Purpose and Worth. To Satisfy That Common Longing In All of Us, We Must Respect Each Other

“There is a longing among all people and creatures to have a sense of purpose and worth. To satisfy that common longing in all of us we must respect each other.” – Chief Dan George

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First Principles: I Congratulate You, My Fellow-Citizens, Upon the High State of Prosperity To Which the Goodness of Divine Providence Has Conducted Our Common Country. Let Us Invoke A Continuance of the Same

“I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country. Let us invoke a continuance of the same protecting care which has led us from small beginnings … Continue reading →

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Silenced Gentrification

Silenced Gentrificationby Michael DoyleThe sanctimonious and the truly racistBleat on as they savagely persist.Demanding urban stratification In lieu of what is deemed gentrification.They claim that loving a bit of silenceIs tantamount to committing true violenceAgainst those too poor to find … Continue reading →

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