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James Atticus Bowden

James Atticus Bowden is a co-founder of the Virginia First Foundation. He is a retired U.S. Army Officer and Defense Consultant. His home of record upon entering the United States Military Academy was Arlington, Virginia. He graduated in 1972. Bowden served as an airborne, ranger infantry officer in 5 Divisions. He earned graduate degrees from the JFK School of Government at Harvard University and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. He taught as an Assistant Professor at USMA and Adjunct Faculty at the College of William and Mary.

Judges Gone Wild

March 25, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden
President Jackson: "The Chief Justice Has Made His Ruling. Now, Let Him Enforce It."

Democrat Federal District Court Judges and one Trump 45 appointee made about 20 nationwide injunctions against the Trump 47 Administration in his first 63 days. They made 64 during his first term.

Categories Constitution, Courts, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy Tags Lawfare, Rogue Judges, SCOTUS 1 Comment

From Free Speech to Sharia Sedition

March 18, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden

When does free speech for the terrorist enemy Hamas become sedition? And, when does free speech for Sharia Law in the U.S. become sedition?

Categories Constitution, Foreign News/Policy, Government, Media, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy Tags Hamas, riots, Sedition 4 Comments

Killing Christians Today

March 11, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden

Muslims are murdering Christians in Syria and the Congo today. Muslims have killed Christians throughout their bloody history. Mohammed showed them how.

Categories Christianity, Culture, Faith, Foreign News/Policy, History, Religion Tags Christian Persecution, Muslims Leave a comment

Elites and the Establishment Across the Atlantic

March 4, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden

The Elites and Establishment in the U.S. and Europe share the same worldview. Politically, they differ only by degrees.

Categories Foreign News/Policy, Government, Politics, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy Tags Elites, Mandarins Leave a comment

The New New World Order

February 25, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden

The fall of the Soviet Empire was an epochal shift in the order of international relations around our world. A “New” world order was the inevitable outcome.

Categories Government, History, U.S. News/Policy Tags new world order 1 Comment

J D Vance’s Churchillian Speech

February 18, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden

Vice President JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, Feb 14, 2025 was like Winston Churchill sounding the alarm about Hitler and the NAZIs then in turn warning about Soviet Communism with his famous Iron Curtain speech.

Categories Defense, Foreign News/Policy, History, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy Tags JD Vance, Vance in Europe 1 Comment

U.S. Service Academies: Reform or Performance Politics?

February 11, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden
West Point

Changing the whole institution requires systemic transformation. First, change behavior. Over time, hearts and minds can be changed. Can. Consider the U.S. Service Academies.

Categories Military, Trump Administration, U.S. News/Policy Tags Military Academies Leave a comment

Salwon Momika: Murdered or Martyred on 29 Jan 2025?

February 4, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden

There’s no free speech in Islam. Above all, there’s no religious free speech in Islam.

Categories Foreign News/Policy, Religion Tags Islam, Salwon Momika Leave a comment

Off To the Races

January 28, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden
Confirmation Hearings: If Dems Aren't Freaking Out, Trump Is Doing It Wrong

We are less than a week into the Trump 2.0 Administration. The pace is frenetic and wonderful to watch. There are too many actions to account for them all in one Op Ed.

Categories Trump Administration Tags Trump Administration 1 Comment

Great Expectations

January 21, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden
Charles Dickens

Much like Dickens’ novel, this Administration will have many twists and turns. Our Great Expectations today will bring mixed results. Life does more than imitate art or literature. Life exceeds novels in its extremes.

Categories Trump Administration Leave a comment

From Idiocy to Tragedy

January 14, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden

Some ideas are so ludicrous that it’s hard to imagine anyone taking them seriously. But, when people embrace idiocy as “their truth”, the consequences can be very bad.

Categories Democrats, Government, Politics Tags California, Democrat Governance, Wildfires Leave a comment

The One Thing for 2025

January 7, 2025 by James Atticus Bowden

If you do one thing in 205, then accomplish this – read the Holy Bible through. Every page, word, jot, and title.

Categories Bible, Politics, Prayer Tags Bible 1 Comment

From 2024 to 2025

December 31, 2024 by James Atticus Bowden

A retrospective of 2024 looks like a prospective for 2025. Despite the dramatic shift from Biden’s Bolshevik Administration to Trump’s MAGA 2.0, the past is always prologue.

Categories History, Holidays Tags 2024 Reflections 1 Comment

Magdeburg Christmas

December 24, 2024 by James Atticus Bowden

This Christmas there’s another Islamist murder in a German Christmas Market. The body count in Magdeburg isn’t as high as Beslan, but the message is the same. Islam is the enemy of Western Civilization. And Western Civilization isn’t ready to fight back and win.

Categories History, Immigration Tags Beslan Masacre 2 Comments

U.S. Army 80 Years Ago and 80 More to Come

December 17, 2024 by James Atticus Bowden

The 2024 Army-Navy game didn’t go well for the Army Team. So it goes year to year. However, 80 years ago, 16 Dec 1944, was an unforgettable red-letter event – the Battle of the Bulge began.

Categories History, Military Tags Army-Navy, Military Future, Military History 4 Comments

Oligarchs for Democracy?

December 10, 2024 by James Atticus Bowden

An Oligarchy is “a government by the few.” So, when the transitioning Trump Administration puts together the duo of the richest man on the planet and a young, almost-billionaire to defund the Deep State Elites in government is the irony unseen?

Categories Economy, Government, Politics, Trump Administration Tags Billionaire Politicos, Trump Cabinet 2 Comments

Reflections and Thanksgiving

December 3, 2024 by James Atticus Bowden

How much good or ill, real change or insignificant posturing, and how great an inflection point this is in history is to be determined.

Categories U.S. News/Policy Tags power, Reflections, Thoughts 1 Comment

Now What? 2.0

November 26, 2024 by James Atticus Bowden

As the great philosopher Yogi Berra said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” We, The People, won a big win. Now what?

Categories Elections 1 Comment

Jacksonian Era 2.0 – Maybe

November 19, 2024 by James Atticus Bowden
The MAGA Team Has Two Years To Clean Up The Mess Left By Obama And Biden

President Trump’s Coalition is coalescing as a Common Sense, Center Right, pragmatic movement purposed to serve the giant middle class of America and anyone in the lower class willing to work up.

Categories Politics, Trump Administration Tags New Day, Trump Administration 2 Comments

America Dodged a Bullet, Again

November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 by James Atticus Bowden

In 2016 I was elated to be wrong about HRH Hillary I winning by 2 points. Much to my surprise, the working class Yankees saved the Republic. America dodged a bullet in 2016.

Categories Elections, Republicans Tags conservatism, Trump 2 Comments
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