End the Fed – bring back gold

by Ellis Washington -- President Andrew Jackson (1829-37) fought valiantly to dismantle the tyrannous Second Bank of the United States, yet later the Federal Reserve put Jackson’s image on the $20 bank more…

America and the gold standard

by Ellis Washington -- William McKinley (1897-1901) ran for president on the basis of the gold standard. By a continuous process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part more…

Liberalism = Ponzi schemes

by Ellis Washington -- The full retirement age is 67 and the lifespan is 80, so when they first conceived Social Security, they didn't think they were going to be paying benefits more…

Liberal fascism through the ages

by Ellis Washington -- No matter how mad the plan is – Fraternité, the "New Soviet Man," the Master Race, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, Building a New Society, ObamaCare more…

Can Africa be saved?

by Ellis Washington -- Southern Sudanese gather to celebrate their first independence day in the capital city of Juba on Saturday, July 9, 2011. Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush [Sudan] shall more…

Letter to Generation Y

by Ellis Washington -- My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments. ~ King Solomon (Proverbs 3:1) Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is more…

Ann Coulter on (liberal) mob psychology

by Ellis Washington -- Mob liberating prisoners after capturing the Bastille (July 14, 1789) Laws of logic have no action on crowds. ~ Gustave Le Bon (1896) But liberals, being a mob, more…

Letter to Generation X

by Ellis Washington -- Property, brains and character will settle the question of civil rights. ~ Booker T. Washington Prologue In a recent correspondence to a young protégée, Marcus Williams, who is more…

An American Weimar Republic

by Ellis Washington -- German man (circa 1922/23) with wheelbarrow full of money for a loaf of bread There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the more…

I remember Allan Bloom, Part 2

by Ellis Washington -- The world is a dangerous place to live not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. ~ more…