Thomas J. probably never knew what his invention of the Democratic Republic would work so well, but maybe it really hasn't.

January 10, 2005

Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” This may be the way things have trended in the past and is certainly the case of current government, but is it truly the natural progress of things? Based on stipulations that nature and liberty are good, and government is bad, for the most part, Jefferson must have been wrong. Liberty is natural and government is contrived, thus, there must be another component in this paradigm. more

-JSB Morse

Language Euuughhhs

Although language and grammar are not constant institutions as they change and morph to introduce new words and meanings, I am still perturbed by a number of egregious errors that most people make unwittingly. I am all for progress and if a certain section of the population wants to consciously change the language they speak to make it more efficient or beautiful, or any other reason, I support it. However, most people are inadvertently destroying the language they speak with grammatical errors which do not make it easier to listen to, or more efficient. continue...