I recall well my first moments at the Virginia Military Institute. On a blistering August day in 1969, I matriculated as a “Rat”—a freshman in any other college—to begin four years of arduous study and military regime. Cadre Sergeants—those who instructed us on good order and discipline—were our constant “minders”. We didn’t do Read more…
Copy Book Warriors, Certain to cause the eyes to roll backwards into some heads is a discussion about the need for virtue to sustain freedom. “I got it,” some might say while politely disengaging. “Of course!” others will assert as they return to daily work. “And your point?” still others might intone. Here’s the Read more…
Copy Book Warriors, It was remarkable. The Roman Empire was knit together by a road network of 250,000 miles that not only ensured effective and swift communications, but unified the nation. That road system actually facilitated the spread of Christianity from 100 to 300 A.D. But the seeds of Rome’s fall were already Read more…
Copy Book Warriors, I address you as warriors, because when it comes to maintaining freedom, we are all warriors. Freedom isn’t free, as the popular saying goes, and to be worthy of it, we have to contend for it. Either we’re warriors every day or one day we will be serfs. This isn’t Read more…