American Lands Council
A state has the right to control the land within its borders. No brainer, right? Maybe. I wrote about this topic eight months ago while I was working at the Utah Legislature. It was important then and it is just as important today. This post is targeted to any state west of Colorado. Way back […]
Monticello College 2012 Retreat A Huge Success
Sorry, I got lost in the “overtime vortex,” and suddenly realized that my last blog was June 20th. Wow, the last thing I remember was making my last road trip of the spring and shifting my mind to the Monticello College Retreat prep. So let me bring you up to speed, lots of pics this […]
Labor, Pietas, and Fatum
The great Roman Poet Virgil summarized the virtues of the Roman Republic in three words: Labor Pietas Fatum These three words played a vital role in shaping Colonial America and in essence led the American culture up until the Civil War. When Virgil wrote of the Romans in the Aeneid these three words were used […]
Why Colleges Don’t Teach the Federalist Papers
The May 7th, 2012 issue of the Wall Street Journal printed an article entitled: WHY COLLEGES DON’T TEACH THE FEDERALIST PAPERS by Peter Berkowitz At America’s top schools, graduates leave without reading our most basic writings on the purpose of constitutional self-government. Berkowitz begins his article: It would be difficult to overstate the significance of […]
The Student Loan Crisis
No time to write this week, but I did want to share with you a revealing video from FEE, The Foundation for Economic Education. Click Here for Video At Monticello College we are working to bring the price of college tuition down and quality of college education up. Here are the tuition rates and the first year curriculum at […]
Fourth Turning – Skies Darkening
This a blatant reprint and I am very grateful for this content, as frankly I am swamped and do not have time to write. So no colorful graphics, just the straight stuff. This article was given to me by one of our mentors at Monticello College – Bryan Hyde, thanks Bryan. If you like this […]
States Regaining Sovereignty Over State Land
Ken Ivory is a current Utah State Representative in the state legislature. He is one of several who are promoting the original intent of State sovereignty over the land within a state’s borders. He is one of two representatives I worked closely with at the last session of the Utah Legislature and he is a […]
To My Valued Employees
Although you may have seen this before, I am posting this letter as a reminder to us all to value the producers. This is borrowed from Chris Martenson.com. [Ed. note: This letter was originally circulated on the internet in an anonymous form, and only later began to be attributed to a Mr. M. Crowley. To […]
Change?
This is an article I published with the Center for Social Leadership back on October 15, 2010. I have re-posted it here to once again point out the need for engaged and active citizens. Recently, someone ask me if I was happy with the changes in Utah State government (6 more Republicans in the […]
A Life Changing Experience: Foundations of Liberty (FOL)
From a recent CNY912 newsletter article, a 9/12 group in Upstate New York. Tina Giblin is devoted wife, mother, grandmother and concerned citizen. She is an extension student of Monticello College and is active in local politics. She resides in Syracuse, New York. For the past year and a half, many members of our CNY912 […]