I vividly recall the 2020 presidential campaign. Anytime I said anything that was not 100% supportive of Donald Trump or the Republican Party I was attacked with vicious comments, usually from people I don’t even know, alleging that I was a stupid, evil, RINO who was unfaithful to the GOP cause. My recourse was to […]
During the Boer War, Winston Churchill encountered danger as a wartime correspondent. He wrote this for the Daily Telegraph in 1898. “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” For a young ambitious man, such an experience was exhilarating. Yet this week, Americans were not exhilarated when an assassin’s bullet […]
When our Founding Fathers devised our Constitution in 1787, they sought to balance power between the Executive, the Congress, and the Judiciary. Each would have their duties. Each was a separate but equal partner in a federalist system between the States and the Federal Government. Yet in the years since our Republic was designed under […]
What is at stake in 2024 aside from our sanity? If you are like me, you are just about fed up with all of the meaningless and exaggerated rhetoric that is bandied about with no regard for accuracy. Let’s consider a few phrases: Real (Fill-in-the-Blank) for Real People We often hear politicians declare with great […]
One surefire way to tell it’s an election year, and the incumbent president is in trouble? Joe Biden answers both questions with a stunt for the ages. As CNBC reports, the president has ordered the release of one million gallons of gasoline in the Northeast to help keep prices down during the summer driving season. […]
Sometimes I wonder if we have lost our nation to infantile and spoiled brats who think they are sufficiently knowledgeable of world events when in fact they are narrow-minded—and lately—profoundly anti-Semitic. I speak of the Hamas apologists who have brought violence to our intellectually castrated university campuses across the country. They remind me of the […]
Can you name the last book that you read? For about a quarter of Americans, if they can remember a title, it’s been more than a year since they’ve read it. According to a 2021 Pew Research survey, roughly a quarter of American adults—including 38 percent of Hispanic adults, 25 percent of Black adults and 20 percent of […]
After years of fighting counterinsurgency wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US Army has a tough mission ahead of it. During those counterinsurgency years—some of which continues today as we keep a lid on any resurgence of ISIS—the US Army engaged in a combination of urban warfare and search and destroy missions. The tactical skills […]
Earlier this week, Virginia could not agree on a budget for the next two years. So, the Governor and both sides agreed to symbolically meet in the epicenter of the Capitol in the shadow of Geroge Washington’s statue and plot a way forward. That path will take the General Assembly into a Special Session in […]
Readers can be forgiven if they think news stories sometimes run at cross-purposes. Consider a couple of recent stories about electric cars, pollution mandates, and the Biden administration, and watch the crack-up unfold. We begin with the slightly older story, and one that’s had legs for a few months: EV sales are slowing. Not ending, […]
