Founders | Harry Winnows

Common Cents

I tend to trust those who speak plainly and suspect those who are vague and intellectualize their message. Once again we see the straight-forward common sense our founders used when…

Post published:April 12, 2011
Post author:Harry

What Book Most Inspired The Founders

1/3 of all quotations from the Founders' collected writings were from the Bible.

Post published:October 29, 2010
Post author:Harry

Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior

Image via Wikipedia When Washington was just 16 years old, he copied by hand a list of 110 rules on civility that were compiled by 16th Century Jesuit priests. I’m…

Post published:May 8, 2010
Post author:Harry

To Understand Today; Understand Postmodernism
December 30, 2018 | 9:56 pm
In order to understand why so much today doesn’t make sense to you, you need to understand Postmodernism. I highly recommend Stephen Hicks book, “Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault”. Once you understand the philosophy that claims there is no objective truth, the philosophy that is accepted and taught directly and indirectly […]
The War on Cops
July 11, 2016 | 11:33 pm
The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe — Heather Mac Donald Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest 50 cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason […]
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