Tag Archives: Americans

The Rise of Decline

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Lee

You know you’re in an American recession when British observers start reflecting on the inevitability of American decline, and volunteering their allegedly privileged perspective gained from the fall of the British Empire (Mark Steyn, as always, excepted). So it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, History | Tagged 1960s, 1970s, 1987, American decline, American power, Americans, Barack Obama, British Empire, Declinism, foreign policy, futurism, hegemony, London Times, Matthew Parris, Obama, Paul Kennedy, recession, retirement home, Richard Nixon, Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Soviet Union, United States | Leave a comment

Eichmann Endures

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Lee

Jerry Burger at Santa Clara University, has succeeded in partially replicating Stanley Milgram’s famous social obedience experiment, whereby test subjects torture strangers with electrical shocks when told to do so. Depressingly, mankind appears to remain as obedient to evil as … Continue reading →

Posted in social science | Tagged 1961, Adolf Eichmann, Americans, evil, History, individualism, Jerry Burger, Milgram experiment, obedience, psychology, rebellion, Santa Clara University, social control, social obedience, Stanley Milgram, United States | 1 Comment

Limited Government Still Popular

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Lee

According to a new Rasmussen survey 62% of Americans believe encouraging economic growth is more important than reducing income inequality. 51% also say the federal government exerts too much control over our economy as it stands. It would be wise … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Americans, economy, government, growth, income inequality, limited government, McCain, Obama, poll, Rasmussen, survey | 1 Comment

Palin Poll

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Lee

Rasmussen’s first Palin poll suggests that while many Americans still need more information to make a judgment, she’s already made a superior impression to Biden on the day of his selection by Obama. Of enormous significance is the finding that … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008 | Tagged Americans, Biden, election, Joe Biden, Obama, Palin, poll, Rasmussen, rating, Republican, Sarah Palin, veep, vice president, vp, women | 24 Comments

Home & Land Defense

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Lee

There’s a moment in Mark Steyn’s book America Alone, where he relates the truism that we’ve all experienced conversations with a mild-mannered, educated and seemingly rational person from the Arab world, where quite unexpectedly they say something nutty in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Firearms, Lee's Page, Society | Tagged .223, .22lr, 9-11, 9mm, America Alone, Americans, Arab, Beretta, burglary, crime, Culture, culture-shock, EOTech, European, Firearms, gun rights, guns, Heckler & Koch, HK33, HWS, Kip Payne, Law, Mark Steyn, Media, Model 597, ratlesnake, Remington, rural, second ammendment, self-defense, shotgun, Tony Martin, United Kingdom, urban, Vector Arms | 7 Comments