BRUSHFIRES OF FREEDOMtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-3633632007-11-15T06:48:34-08:00Formerly called Sixth Column.
America’s future requires a second revolution—but not before Americans are ready to do it right and do it completely. Our forebearers told us the “what”:
“The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule”; and “Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can." (Sam Adams)
"I have sworn upon the alter of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” (Jefferson)
A new light illuminating the future has given us the “why”: "Anyone who fights for the future lives in it today…man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." (Ayn Rand)
As for the “how,” “It does not take a majority to prevail…but rather an irate, tireless minority, who keep on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” (Samuel Adams)
Email us: BRUSHFIRES OF FREEDOM (Same url as before)TypePadNOTICEtag:typepad.com,2003:post-415948782007-11-15T06:48:34-08:002007-11-15T06:48:34-08:00Health issues continue to interfere with our activity and will do so for a while longer. These blogs will remain active, but active-in-slow-motion, until we can get back in the saddle again.George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/11/notice.htmlWe Don’t Want No Educationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-415943782007-11-15T06:43:54-08:002007-11-15T06:43:54-08:00{My plan had been to present next what Dr. Theodore Dalrymple says about those who caused the disaster of the British underclass, which has spread ante-grade and retrograde into the middle and upper classes. However, British education just screams for...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/11/we-dont-want-no.htmlThe British Underclass: The Effect and America Follows UKtag:typepad.com,2003:post-408459202007-10-29T17:24:19-07:002007-10-29T17:24:19-07:00We recently published an article, Lessons from Life at the Bottom, providing an overview of one of the best books we have read this year. It is Dr. Theodore Dalrymple's Life at the Bottom. This article expands the discussion by...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/10/the-british-und.htmlLESSONS FROM LIFE AT THE BOTTOMtag:typepad.com,2003:post-398994922007-10-07T17:48:52-07:002007-10-07T17:48:52-07:00"In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence, and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years. It has been replaced by a constant whine of...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/10/lessons-from-li.htmlThe Christian Right's Suicide Missiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-399003342007-10-07T16:17:37-07:002007-10-07T16:17:37-07:00The antidote to Islam and to the cultural disintegration spawned by the ideas of modern liberalism is NOT Christianity. If the Republicans and those who make up the dogmatic section of the Right want political power again, they had better...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/10/xxx.htmlHIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUPtag:typepad.com,2003:post-398993062007-10-07T15:29:15-07:002007-10-07T15:29:15-07:00I am not a member of or supporter of the food police. If people want to smoke, imbibe in alcohol, smoke dope, eat fast foods, etc., well, that is their concern, as long as it does not spill over adversely...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/10/high-fructose-c.htmlNEW EDITION OF 6TH COLUMN AGAINST JIHAD PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 2007tag:typepad.com,2003:post-390220352007-09-23T11:00:00-07:002007-09-23T11:00:00-07:00We are particularly pleased with this issue of 6th Column Against Jihad, our website. First, it is good to be able to get back to selecting, writing, and publishing after an unexpectedly disruptive summer. Second, the contributions to this issue...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/09/new-edition-o-2.html11 September + Six Yearstag:typepad.com,2003:post-386777132007-09-09T20:18:37-07:002007-09-09T20:18:37-07:00The anniversary of the events of that terrible Tuesday morning is about to come and go. What to say about it, I ask myself? I answer that there is little if anything I can say or write now that in...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/09/11-september-si.htmlA Small Misunderstandingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-386142332007-09-07T12:56:23-07:002007-09-07T12:56:23-07:00Cubed here. The summer has not gone as planned for me because of some health problems, but now that I'm not as sloshed with pain medication as I have been for the last several weeks, I am able to begin...Cubedhttp://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/09/a-small-misunde.htmlViet-Raqtag:typepad.com,2003:post-381129892007-08-26T11:16:43-07:002007-08-26T11:16:43-07:00A new "flap du jour" pits Democrats in Congress against President Bush because Bush has been comparing Vietnam to Iraq. Bush has been partially correct, while Congress has been fully incorrect. For example, Senate Buffoon Kerry denied any bloodshed after...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/08/viet-raq.htmlNot "Saving Grace"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-381111312007-08-26T09:35:44-07:002007-08-26T09:35:44-07:00This summer, the crime drama Saving Grace has been hyped ceaselessly. The ads suggest that this new program is greater than superb, is beyond excellence, and just might displace all previous great film and television dramas. Part of the hype...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/08/not-saving-grac.htmlMichael Vick and Abu Ghraibtag:typepad.com,2003:post-381105272007-08-26T09:13:50-07:002007-08-26T09:13:50-07:00Michael Vick, big time quarterback in the National Football League, has plea-bargained himself into minor punishment by confessing to interstate trafficking in dog fighting. The evidence suggests much, much more that Vick did, but the prosecutors settled for this plea....George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/08/michael-vick-bi.htmlThank Youtag:typepad.com,2003:post-378005132007-08-17T12:08:33-07:002007-08-17T12:08:33-07:00Thank you to those who have called, written, and commented while we have been "off line" tending to illnesses. Every comment will be responded to soon as will every email. We have thrown the switch to start the generators, but...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/08/thank-you.htmlWe Just Might Be on the Way Backtag:typepad.com,2003:post-378003212007-08-17T12:03:09-07:002007-08-17T12:03:09-07:00Cubed and I have not been blogging or updating the website since early in July 2007, except to provide terse health status reports. During all of this time, we have been tangling with the Great Unforeseen, a seldom talked about...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/08/we-just-might-b.htmlStill on Stand-Bytag:typepad.com,2003:post-373585802007-08-06T08:58:02-07:002007-08-06T08:58:02-07:00Family illness continues to occupy our full concerns. We have thought a lot of articles, but, alas, not a single thought has gotten itself published by itself. Hopefully, normal convalescence will resume for our loved one shortly. Until then, she...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/08/still-on-stand-.htmlETHICAL MOTIVATION AND JIHADIStag:typepad.com,2003:post-366341982007-07-18T16:20:56-07:002007-07-18T16:20:56-07:00Too often we fail to keep in the forefront of our minds just why jihadis do what they do. We declare their behavior as "evil," and often let it go, without further thought. We run the risk of failing to...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/07/ethical-motivat.htmlWHERE HAVE THEY GONE?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-364798942007-07-18T11:09:23-07:002007-07-18T11:09:23-07:00One of my great pleasures in life has been enjoying the sight of attractive women. It never mattered what were their ages, their [Continued on Nous American] One of my great pleasures in life has been enjoying the sight of...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/07/where-have-all-.htmlSummer Irregularitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-366210022007-07-18T10:19:52-07:002007-07-18T10:19:52-07:00We did not intend to be slow and irregular in writing and publishing this summer, but the Unexpected has been popping up, including some health matters. We will remain sporadic most likely across the summer.George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/07/summer-irregula.htmlMICHAEL MEDVED DECLARES WAR ON--CHRISTOPHER HITCHENStag:typepad.com,2003:post-364789382007-07-18T10:17:16-07:002007-07-18T10:17:16-07:00It seems like a likely date for the beginning of the war was the day that Christopher Hitchens’ book, god is not great: How religion spoils everything (see our review) was published. The actual battling began 11 July 2007, when...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/07/it-seems-like-a.html4 JULY 2007tag:typepad.com,2003:post-359686042007-07-02T20:58:38-07:002007-07-02T20:58:38-07:00As we barrel down on 4 July, we need to give ourselves a reprieve from all the sordid news of the day, all the sordid newsmakers, and all the sordid news presenters. We need some good stuff, like the following....George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/07/4-july-2007.html"We refuse to 'get it,' and you can't make us!"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-359682942007-06-30T12:46:39-07:002007-06-30T12:46:39-07:00Three events this last week of June of 2007 point out utter pitifulness in the UK and America. First, in the UK, two London car bombs were detected and neutralized before people could be harmed on Friday, 29 June. Second,...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/06/we-refuse-to-ge.htmlA Sure-Fire Instant Get Rich Offertag:typepad.com,2003:post-356143762007-06-21T07:50:14-07:002007-06-21T07:50:14-07:00Few things take the pleasure out of day quite like the daily news, national and international. Much of the daily email falls into the same category. However, I was honored to receive what surely is the greatest, get-rich-instantly plan on...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/06/a-sure-fire-ins.htmlBoy, Did These Chickens Come Home to Roost!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-354895042007-06-19T07:00:30-07:002007-06-19T07:00:30-07:00The op-ed page of the New York Times for Sunday, 17 June 2007, carried an article that was one of the best illustrations of the effects of philosophy that I have read in quite some time. By "philosophical," I mean...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/06/boy_did_these_c.htmlREVIEW: god is not Greattag:typepad.com,2003:post-353429522007-06-14T16:15:02-07:002007-06-14T16:15:02-07:00[Hitchens, Christopher: god is not Great, How religion poisons everything; Twelve, Hachete Book Group USA, NY; 2007; ISBN-13 = 978-0-446-57980 and ISBN-10 = 0-446-57980-7] The publisher's summary states that this book is "A case against religion and a description of...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/06/review_god_is_n.htmlTHE KEYSTONE TO THE BUSH LEGACY: IRANtag:typepad.com,2003:post-353278262007-06-14T09:52:24-07:002007-06-14T09:52:24-07:00The Executive Branch of the United States of America government has an unenviable track record regarding Iran. It spans the administrations of Jimmy Carter and EVERY president through to George W. Bush. It is "uneviable" because it is a moral...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/06/the_keystone_to.htmlWhy Are We Letting Islam Exist?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-352912562007-06-13T18:14:20-07:002007-06-13T18:14:20-07:00Yes, that title question is meant to be provocative. Yes, there is doubtless no way that we can stop Islam from existing. However, and yes, there are rational ways to isolate Islam, essentially neutralizing it, somewhat similar to the "wisdom"...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/06/why_are_we_lett.htmlGreat Westerns for Television: Gunsmoketag:typepad.com,2003:post-352502322007-06-12T20:45:39-07:002007-06-12T20:45:39-07:00My pace of life picked up very significantly about the time the B western movies died away in the mid-1950s. What I had time left for were radio dramas, which still existed and were very entertaining in the mid-1950s. My...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/06/great_westerns_.htmlSome Thoughts About the Immigration Problemtag:typepad.com,2003:post-350279622007-06-09T16:23:03-07:002007-06-09T16:23:03-07:00From: The Neglected Truths of the Immigration Debate: 1. Any plan that can't be enforced is no improvement. 2. Poor and unskilled immigrants are expensive for the rest of society. 3. A large supply of unskilled immigrant labor benefits some...Eleanorhttp://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/06/some_thoughts_a.htmlBeing Upliftedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-351263542007-06-09T16:18:26-07:002007-06-09T16:18:26-07:00The centennary of John Wayne came so close in time with the anniversary of D Day that they seem spiritually connected as one flowed into the other. Turner Classic Movies, American Movie Classics, and Encore Westerns reran a number of...George Mason http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/06/being_uplifted.htmlThere Is No Birthright To Citizenship For Children Born to Illegal Aliens In The U.S.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-351051142007-06-08T20:12:51-07:002007-06-08T20:12:51-07:00Whew! It appears that our national sovereignty has received a slight respite! While we are catching our breath, crossing our fingers, and trying to drum some sense into our legislators (Bush is hopeless), let's consider what the Fourteenth Amendment REALLY...Cubedhttp://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/sixth_column/2007/06/there_is_no_bir.html