>The archetypes of our past loom over this present darkness, but stand ready to accommodate a bright future in which they are reinvigorated by the agency of living men. By affirming who we are and by reaffirming the American legacy of Liberty, we gain line-of-sight on its torch and strengthen all who consent to its orientation. But grave risks are invited by those who ignore this rebuke. In conflicts where disorientation and confusion become the aggressor’s primary means of engagement, the best counter, indeed its very neutralization is accomplished by virtue of an intelligible interpretation of reality and the means to disseminate the same. It may seem quaint, once more, but when a single candle can illuminate an entire room, speaking order out of chaos is the ne plus ultra projection of power.