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Barack Obama has said that if he is elected President, he will pay a visit to Cuba to talk with its current ruler, Raul Castro. Castro, of c...

The Founding Fathers bequeathed to us a glorious Republic based on the inalienable rights of Man. We squandered that bequest long ago. How d...

Everyone needs philosophy, was Ayn Rand's answer to that question, which she gave in an address to the graduating class at West Point in...

An example of the benevolent spirit of ragtime music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGyQmKmIMp4 I generally prefer solo piano ragtime, but ...

To Helen Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way...

Howard Roark, intransigent architect hero of Ayn Rand's novel, The Fountainhead , is one of the most inspiring creations in the history ...

With a population of some three million, colonial America produced more Statesmen than modern America can produce with her 300 million. How ...

The title of my blog refers to the song from The Sound of Music . I admire the song for its dedication to freedom in the face of advancing t...