A call to all FreeThinkers.

Frederic Bastiat - "The Law", a must read for all citizens of the United States.

Who knew that the French have made a positive contribution to our Nation since their sea-side support near the end of our Revolutionary War.

Frederic Bastiat wrote around the time of Marx. The similarities of the two authors does not end there. They both thought and wrote about economics, government, and society. The similarities of their conclusions could not be more different.

Taxation, personal accountability, education, dependence upon governments are among the topics Bastiat discussed that eerily hold the same concerns today as they did then. Unfortunately too few have even heard of Bastiat.

I must admit that when one reads "The Law", if of a conservative persuasion, there is temptation to dismiss the author's thoughts while agreeing with the universality of the truths on which his views are founded. It challenges the mind to read something with which one agrees so much while the constant temptation to dismiss it intellectual idealism and logic without the possibility to achieve harmony with its teachings.

The book is less than 200 pages, but is word for word some of the most powerful writings since Thomas Paine's "Common Sense".

If you wish to experience a perspective in line with the great conservative thinkers of history without investing a lot of time, put down the remote control, turn off the drivel that is current 'culture' and spend some time with a Frenchman on whom I posthumously award the title "American Hero".