mental illness – The Haps With Herb

Even Steven

August 27, 2020 Herb 17

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22119-690: I had written this originally in January of ’09 but I don’t think I ever posted it until December of 2019, before the advent of Covid-19. The character of Steven is loosely based on my personality, but I Continue Reading[...]

Dave Gets What He Deserves – Rewrite-Repost

August 25, 2020 Herb 11

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22117-688:I had originally posted this last year on September 19, 2019, which would have been Herbdate 21778. I don’t know the original number. That had been a total rewrite of a piece that never saw the light of day Continue Reading[...]

"...but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist.'' Hamilton Fed Paper #29