Browsing the blog archives for April, 2010

H. L. Mencken (1880 – 1956)

Timeless insights from the Sage of Baltimore that continue to challenge our thinking today. [...]

Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)

One of America’s greatest intellects who thoroughly understood our country’s past and the steps which would be required to secure its future. [...]

An article worth re-reading…

Ronald Reagan once remarked that he wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress…it’s kind of a scary thought. [...]

How much is $1 trillion?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn …If you were a contemporary of Jesus Christ and began spending $1 million every day from the time of His death until now…you would still not have spent $1 trillion. …If you laid one trillion dollar bills end to end, it would form a chain that stretched from the [...]

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Government spending in perspective…

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn “I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.”[1] The price of history…[2] [3] [4] The Revolutionary War (1775-1783) cost $101,000,000 or $1,258,000,000 (2009 USD). The Louisiana Purchase (1803) cost $23,000,000 or $324,600,000 (2009 [...]

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