Chicago Street Photography – This is Chicago’s State Street Preacher (Samuel Chambers). Somehow, Mr. Chambers finds the time – and the need – to stand on the corner every day, all day, yelling through a microphone telling everyone why they…
Test of Faith: Were Our Founding Fathers Christians?
Could Our Founding Fathers Pass A Christian Religious Test? Is it is true that our founders were Christians who constructed our system of government based upon the Bible? Have you ever wondered why Christian Nationalists are continually publishing and circulating…
Alley Boys: Tony – May 29, 2012
Today after work I did a little photo shoot with Tony. Tony is extremely photogenic, and one of my favorite subjects to photograph (Teddy and Tattoo as well). Over the past eight months I’ve been working on a project documenting…
Tea Party Heroes: Mistakenly Conservative
Popular Mistakenly Conservative Tea Party Heroes “Conservatism is an ideology of reaction – originally against the French Revolution, more recently against the liberation movements of the sixties and seventies.” -Corey Robin, The Reactionary Mind, p.42 Contrary to popular mythology, “conservatism”…
The Political Spectrum of Historical Revisionism
One of the benefits of political and social crisis is the rise in the interest in history within the general population. During ordinary, less disturbed periods of history, far less attention is focused on the political events that occur outside…
Chicago Street Photography – One Eyed Jack
Chicago Street Photography – I took this street portrait back when I was using the Nikon F2 with Tri-X film. I also used flash and a 24mm lens.
Folk-History: “Revealed Law” and the Constitution
“The Constitution is rooted in Revealed Law and we live in a Judeo-Christian nation.” The above quotation was taken from a FaceBook thread that is reflective of a popular folk-history meme that dominates the minds of those on the Christian…
Was Thomas Paine A Socialist?
The Modern “Tea Party” and Historical Ignorance This is an extremely popular video among Tea Party groups that exposes their profound ignorance of both history, and political philosophy. This Party favorite video has been viewed 3,615,985 times and has received…