The Economic Nationalist

A familiar propagandum of Cultural Marxism makes English a “living language.” It is a pleasant image. What the Cultural Marxist actually means by “living language” however is more or less the following: the language is one in which you and I must allow him to redefine clear, familiar, straightforward, serviceable words like marriage, family, welfare and he when he pleases, with the object of frustrating you and me from speaking sensibly of the things the words name. Too often, he gets away with this. English is our cradle language, after all; we would not want it “dead,” would we? By such a shabby trick are we robbed of our words.

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I liked Mona Charen’s recent column:

Republicans are still portrayed as the little Monopoly man capitalists by the media, but the truth is that Democrats are now (alas) the party of the rich. As Peter Schweizer reported in National Review Online last year, “In 2004, Democrats made up 15 of the 25 individuals who gave more than $2 million to 527 groups. Of the Senate and House candidates who received ‘bundled’ contributions that year, 9 out of the top 10 in the Senate and 8 out of 10 in the House were Democrats.

There is more where that came from. You might read the column in full; it is a good one. (more…)

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. —Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, December 15, 1791.

Whereas the First Amendment protects freedoms of speech and worship against the federal government only, the Second Amendment is more strongly worded: “… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Americans however dispute the meaning and effect of that first clause: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State….”

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