The Essence of Elections

"An election is where everyone has their say, not where we guess beforehand who has the best shot at winning." — Socrates Ruggles

Men Over Men: A Great Difficulty


"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this:  you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
The Federalist, no. 50.

Early Border Wars

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John Frost, Border Wars of the West Comprising the Frontier Wars of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee and Wisconsin, and Embracing Individual Adventures Among the Indians, and Exploits of Boone, Kenton ... and Other Border Heroes of the West (1853).

Smart Boss

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"If you don't have a smart boss, maybe you should go out and find one."

Barbara Sher

The Essence of Elections

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"Speculation is just one aspect of a market economy but it is the essence of elections."

Thomas Sowell,  Basis Economics, (2007), p. 420.