California was an open carry state until Ronald Reagan was governor. Gun nuts and Republicans lionize Reagan as a staunch defender of the Second Amendment and the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms. Most, however, either do not remember Reagan or are very hazy on their history. Ronald Reagan banned open carry…
Most people who advocate for revolution contemplate it in the abstract. That is to be expected, as few believe revolution is imminent. Details and logistics need not be a pressing concern. But revolution in the 21st Century against the most powerful nation on Earth, with technology and weaponry unavailable to the public, will require some…
I met Howard Jarvis for the first time in 1976. He had tried to qualify a real estate tax limitation initiative constitutional amendment to the California ballot. He had failed to gain enough signatures to qualify. Jarvis was generally perceived as a political gadfly. He was a frequent attendee of Los Angeles City Council meetings…
The media reports that one in four Sanders supporters will not vote for Hillary in November if she is the Democratic nominee. I have no idea whom they are polling, as I do not know a single Bernie supporter who will back Hillary. I’m sure there are plenty, and those I know may well be…
An outrageous statement? Of course. But that is the exact rationale for Hillary staying in the race against Barack Obama in 2008. Hillary only endorsed Obama after extracting a number of concessions from him: that he would not nominate a woman as vice president, that he would name Hillary as Secretary of State, that he…
Instead of posting status updates on Facebook, I am now posting each apothegm, thought, observation, and witticism, here, as a Thought Of The Day. Status updates on Facebook disappear into the ether and cannot be relocated by readers. Before you leave, please take a moment to follow this blog by clicking on Follow in the…
Instead of posting status updates on Facebook, I am now posting each apothegm, thought, observation, and witticism, here, as a Thought Of The Day. Status updates on Facebook disappear into the ether and cannot be relocated by readers. Before you leave, please take a moment to follow this blog by clicking on Follow in the…
Not a good thing to be in a year in which the establishment is the target of voters’ wrath. If there were ever a year in which the people were more anti-establishment than they are in 2016, it would have to have been at the founding of the Republic. Not since 1776 has there been…
The Sanders phenomenon is not politics as usual. It is bigger than Sanders himself. And it exposes the fundamental differences between the progressive left and the Wall Street Democrats who have controlled the party for decades. Progressives oppose the centrists in the party on trade, on foreign policy, on military belligerence, on corporate welfare, on…
On substantive issues of military belligerence and interventionism in the affairs of foreign countries, there is little difference between Hillary and the Republicans. Same goes for such issues as political campaign financing, lobbyists, Wall Street, breaking up the too big to fail banks, and the appointment of industry hacks to departments, regulatory agencies, and even…
Armory of the Revolution 