There may be a time in the near future when global elitists get the shock of their lives, namely, that those who have been "going along" with their crackpot schemes just stop going along. The force of global society will prove to be too much to overcome and the whole globalist citadel will come tumbling down. The problem is, how much hubris will be created in the meantime. ? TN Editor

"These are the times that try men's souls."

So, Thomas Paine wrote in 1775 in his publication of "The American Crisis." Not so well-remembered today are the words that followed that famous quote:

"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."

At that time, Colonial America was passing through the early stages of a "Fourth Turning," an historical time of crisis that occurs roughly every eighty years.

As a point of reference, a First Turning is a period of renewal; one in which a historical crisis has ended. The populace has risen to the occasion, thrown off tyranny and conquered social, political and economic tribulation. Having done so, they now create a renewal, based on hard work, personal responsibility and moral integrity.