Happy Veterans Day to my Fellow Veterans
“A Veteran is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to ‘The United States of America,’ for an amount of ‘ up to, and including his or her life.”
The Road To Forty-Eight
College football’s new 24-team playoff isn’t about crowning a champion, it’s about proving that in modern sports, there is no amount of money administrators won’t chase and no tradition they won’t sacrifice to get it. I know,
There are times when I wonder if we are as evolved as we claim to be.
My good friend Robert Stacy McCain enjoyed a significant amount of amusement over the case of Kaitlyn Hunt, the then 18-year-old girl who engaged in a sexual relationship with a then 14-year-old girl in the Sunshine State, where the age of consent is 16. Homosexual activists tried to “Free Kate” because it was true luv, …
From the Cold War Frontlines to the Kansas Heartland: The New Homegrown Socialist/Communist Threat
In the 1960s, wearing the uniform of the United States Army, my mission was unambiguous: our job was to stand against and deter communist expansion. We understood the stakes of the Cold War,
Massie versus reality
His articles of impeachment say more about him than his target, Pete Hegseth.
Republicans in Kentucky threw Thomas Massie out on his ear in this year’s primary. In 14 years in Congress, Massie accomplished nothing but praise from the press for opposing his party’s last three presidential nominees: Donald Trump, Donald Trump and Donald Trump.
Massie says America First without first giving America one darned thing.
Humanity 1.0: Stone Age Brains Running 21st-Century Technology
Humanity has split the atom, walked on the Moon, and created artificial intelligence, yet we’re still running 21st-century technology on Stone Age instincts. Every generation inherits the same biological hardware but must relearn the lessons of history. Our machines keep getting smarter while human nature remains stubbornly unchanged. We’ve mastered extraordinary technology without necessarily developing the wisdom to control it. The greatest threat to civilization may not be artificial intelligence becoming too powerful, but human intelligence remaining too foolish.
Another Seemingly Surprising Election Result–To Politicians—
Over some four decades or more traveling and living around the world it never occurred to me that anyone in their right mind would truly believe that the grass was greener on the other side of the proverbial fence. That Europeans–for instance—have a better lifestyle in any measurable category one imagines in comparison to the freedoms and lifestyles one can choose in America.
An Analog Childhood
You slap the power button on TV. The old Zenith console warms up. The television is cased in a faux wooden cabinet, with warped oak-grain veneer from a bygone Dr. Pepper someone once placed atop the television, even though this someone’s mother told them to NEVER set ANYTHING atop the TV, not that we’re naming names here.
ChiCom Carrots and Sticks Capture Multinational Corporations
A corporate capture risk assessment with Chinese characteristics
Beijing does not need to nationalize a foreign firm to make it useful. It only has to condition continued access to its market, manufacturing base, or capital on cooperation, then let ordinary corporate incentives finish the job.
A multinational board need not answer to the Party to act as if it does. It need only conclude, repeatedly and rationally, that principled resistance costs more than accommodation. That calculation, made many small times over a decade or more, is what “capture” usually looks like. It is not one dramatic order, but cumulative drift in which self-censorship, data localization, silence on human rights, and favoritism toward state-linked partners become the path of least resistance.
Taxation Without Religious Freedom: Could America Ever Have a Jizya Tax?
In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that what Congress couldn’t directly command under the Commerce Clause, it could sometimes influence through taxation. Now consider jizya, the historical Islamic tax imposed on certain non-Muslims. Could Washington someday slap a price tag on religious freedom and call it constitutional? Not so fast. The First Amendment still stands between government and your conscience. But when politicians discover creative ways into your wallet, perhaps Americans should pay attention. After all, religious freedom shouldn’t come with an invoice.
Just another shrug
When a terrorist attacked the iconic Iwo Jima memorial at Quantico with a sledgehammer, the damage went far beyond bronze and stone, it struck at our obligation to honor those who sacrificed everything for freedom.
2028
If DJT can put his ego aside and resign allowing JD to become President, allowing him run as an incumbent, the MAGA goals of stopping a Muslim take-over, controlled borders, America first… will continue. Had Biden resigned and allowed Harris, to run as an incumbent thus establishing her policies/agenda, she most likely would have been number 47.
The Colonel Rides the Buffer
An Infantry Colonel’s humorous tribute to the men and women of our Armed Forces who willingly wrote that check for the amount “up to and including my life.”
Ya Ain’t Getting the Party Back
Flake? Romney? Thune? Screw ’em. Scroom all
Democrat wins gave Never Trumpers a contact high. What they refuse to acknowledge is Democrats could not care less about them. It is a reminder that after he defected, British elites largely shunned, distrusted, and marginalized Benedict Arnold.
The 2026 Mid-Term Mess
Yes, so many Republicans lost in Congress. But, how many of those Republicans were Conservatives? Not just campaign Conservatives. The two Republicans who lost their seats in Virginia voted with the Democrats for the “kill switch” in all U.S. cars and other nonsense. We didn’t lose a Conservative champion.
James Carville Puts a Woman Back in Her Place
Affluent white female leftists (AWFLs for short) are the handmaids of the Democrat party. They’re one of the most valued Democrat voting blocs – right behind Somalian Learing Center operators. Why is that? Because they’re mindless inferiors who will reliably “stand by their men” – with an occasional correcting of course.
What Jamie Said in Athens: A Long Road to Athens
We entered Athens by bus. Our driver was a cheerful man with the disposition of Santa Claus, and a death wish. The driver careened through the busy downtown, leaping curbs and nearly grazing pedestrians.
In his defense, he was busy having an animated conversation, in high-octane Greek, with the woman in the seat behind him. The woman was evidently angry about something. I could tell by the way she flung her hands around as she spoke. And each time she got louder, our bus driver got more worked up and drove faster.
Do We Need a 28th Amendment? When Religious Freedom Becomes Religious Rule
America has 27 constitutional amendments, but do we need a 28th to protect our republic from religious authoritarianism? Freedom of religion is American. Forcing everyone else to live under your religion isn’t. Before we start rewriting the Constitution to prevent Sharia law or any other religious takeover, perhaps we should try enforcing the one we already have. After all, a Constitution nobody has the courage to defend is just an expensive piece of parchment behind glass.
The pro-Hamas Skokie 2.0 bike rally fell flat
This tweet by Ryan Fournier has the video of the hundreds who stood up to protest the Skokie 2.0 I hate Jooooos bike ride. It seems that decent Philadelphians, and others, were not going to meekly bend the knee to the repugnant anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas attempt to drive Jewish businesses out of the City of …
Dana White RESPONDS to White House press secretary rumors: ‘I didn’t say no’
President Donald Trump and UFC CEO Dana White address rumors that White was offered the White House press secretary position.