When I traverse my neighborhood, I see potential Republicans. I wonder if the Republican Party does.
It has been 30 years since Ronald Reagan walked off the American political stage; two decades since he was laid to rest in the lengthening shadows of Simi Valley’s “golden hour.” But with the coming August 30 release of the big budget biographical film Reagan, he will again spring to life, albeit on screen. Americans will […]
Despite excitement over Vice President Kamala Harris’s candidacy and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as running mate, integrity issues need clarification prior to the upcoming Democratic National Convention. If not, Virginia’s Democratic delegates to the DNC Convention who are concerned about their candidate’s contrarian historical actions may lose the support or minority and independent voters. But […]
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 […]
