FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2018, President, NARLO (Aug. 26, 2018) — “The ‘morality of compromise’ sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don’t compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.” — Andrew Carnegie For well over 100 years […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2018, President, NARLO (Jan. 7, 2018) — “In a 2017 poll conducted by NBC News/Wall Street Journal, a record 57% of Americans responded that they want MORE government in their lives, and that the government should be doing more to solve people’s problems. That’s the highest percentage since […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2017, President, NARLO (Aug. 27, 2017) — “You struggle, kick and scream, but alas, it is no use, you are trapped in the web of an evil monster. In the distance across the web, a black shape with multiple legs is headed straight for you but […]
“EXPULSION FROM PARADISE IS LESS THAN ONE GENERATION AWAY” by RoseAnn Salanitri, TPATH Contributor, ©2017 (Feb. 27, 2017) — The two competing factions in these United States have ideological differences that motivate them that are as different as the serpent’s and God’s in the Garden of Eden. While God made the right way of living […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2017, President, NARLO (Feb. 19, 2017) — “Life is a fight, a fight to stay alive and a fight to keep others and government from taking your life or your liberty from you. Acknowledge that fact and you might just survive as a free man. Those […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2016 (Nov. 27, 2016) — Dawn was breaking over the Circle P in Western Wyoming. The sun had just barely broken above the east horizon and the growing light cast an eerie pinkish glow on the Grand Tetons. A few puffy clouds lingered at the top of […]
“THE AGE OF ‘NON-REASON’” by OPOVV, ©2016 (Oct. 2, 2016) — The argument goes as follows: the Constitution was written when America was an agrarian society, and since we’ve become a (basic) giant (worldwide) metropolis, the rules of life have (somehow) changed. “Thou shalt not steal” has come to mean “Whatever you can get away with.” […]
“UNLOCKING THE GATE” by Dwight Kehoe, Editor, TPATH, ©2016 (Aug. 29, 2016) — Much is being spoken of and written about Donald Trump’s outreach to the black community in which he has focused on education or a lack thereof. In large part and in this context, the word “education” arises in association with the horrendous, […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2016, President, NARLO (Aug. 7, 2016) — Every four years we go through this aggravating and irritating charade called a presidential election. From the Primary to the General it becomes a year-and-a-half long, 24/7 barrage of “He said – She said,” preempting all other news. Wild […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2016, President, NARLO (May 15, 2016) — “No oppression is so heavy or long lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.” Joseph Addison, (1672–1719) English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician * * * * * * * * * * * […]
“YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE STANDS” by TPATH Senior Contributor RoseAnn Salanitri, ©2016 (Feb. 7, 2016) — To be sure, this has been a very interesting election cycle. It seems that every type of character, from the most self-proclaimed conservative to the most self-proclaimed socialist, have thrown their proverbial hats into the ring. At times […]
“FED UP WITH WASHINGTON” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Dec. 24, 2015) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. As you can see, I’m in my tux as a guest at this year’s national Psychoanalysts’ Annual Symposium on the Unnecessary Excuse Syndrome of the ‘One Can Short of a Six-Pack’ among us. Wow, now, if that isn’t a […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2015, President, NARLO (Sep. 13, 2015) — Put five people in a room to discuss a problem and you will most likely get five different opinions, five different solutions and a whole bunch of squabbling about who is right. And that is if those five people […]
IS SELF-SUFFICIENCY DEAD, OR JUST AHEAD? by OPOVV, ©2015 (Aug. 12, 2015) — Freedom: the absence of dependency. There it is, the secret to survival. Unfortunately, there’s a missing element: time. We’re here on this planet for just a blink of an eye, sunspot-wise; geological-wise; earthquake-fault wise; and 17-year cicada cycle-wise. The past, our collective past, […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2015 (Mar. 15, 2015) — Time always runs forward. It has no backward component for all practical purposes. What has taken place IS and no matter how we may wish it otherwise, history will record it for all to see. If we have made […]
“SHACKLES DISGUISED AS PUBLIC BENEFITS” by Bob MacGuffie, ©2015, RightPrinciples.com (Feb. 3, 2015) — Most of us by now have heard about President Obama’s proposal to make community colleges free of tuition. His proposal projects a cost of $60 billion over ten years, with the federal government covering 75 percent of the funding. The states […]
CAN “COMMON SENSE” MAKE A RESURGENCE IN AMERICAN POLITICS? by OPOVV, ©2015 (Jan. 4, 2015) — The players: Max Nelson………..Chairman Molly Bernard…… Secretary Patricia Flint……Head Speech Writer Dea Taft…………… Interviewer Captain Sparkle… Candidate ACT I Curtain rises on the campaign headquarters of the “It’s Just Common Sense Party.” There are banners on the walls and posters […]
A MUCH-NEEDED NEW YEAR’S AMERICAN RESOLUTION by Tom Pastore, ©2015 (Jan. 2, 2015) — As we welcome in the New Year, we hear news of more American soldiers returning to their homes from Afghanistan. This is good news for our returning troops, but unfortunately, nothing has changed to make their efforts and sacrifice worth all […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2014, President, NARLO (Nov. 23, 2014) — “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There has never been a democracy that did not commit suicide.” John Adams, 2nd President of the United States “Dominance. Control. These things the unjust seek most […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2014 (Jun. 1, 2014) — “Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not […]