U.S. Army 80 Years Ago and 80 More to Come
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.
James Atticus Bowden
Oligarchs for Democracy?
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?
Reflections and Thanksgiving
How much good or ill, real change or insignificant posturing, and how great an inflection point this is in history is to be determined.
Now What? 2.0
As the great philosopher Yogi Berra said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” We, The People, won a big win. Now what?
Jacksonian Era 2.0 – Maybe
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.
America Dodged a Bullet, Again
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.
Election Eve 2024
This isn’t the most important election of our lives unless Kamala wins and we never have another free and fair election.
Quanah Parker, Hamas, and Hezbollah
Hamas and Hezbollah are the fighting organizations of a late Medieval tribal culture. In the eyes of Western Civilization all these tribes look like barbarians and savages.
My Happy Indigenous Peoples Day 2024
I celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day two days early this year. Had a good time with my Indigenous People group on Saturday.
A Different Inflection Point for West Point and the Army
What happens in Land Warfare is changing rapidly with significant effects. The battlefield is getting much more lethal across much greater distances.
Inflection Point for West Point and the Army
Recently, the Superintendent and Dean at West Point wrote “the Army and the Academy are at an inflection point1.” Their “West Point 2050” addressed academics “to intellectually prepare graduates to lead across the full spectrum of conflict.” It would be interesting to read their deliberations on the inflection point and its implications. Absent that, here …
Dueling Banjos and Dueling Generals
The Harris Campaign came out with the list of over 700 hundred defense and national security specialists supporting Her. If Trump produces a like list, as it happens during most political seasons, we’ll have “Dueling Generals.”
Walking the Halls of Congress
Flash of the Obvious: The world runs on power. Power and money are inextricable. Power is hierarchical. Money is fluid. Money can buy power.
Why Your New Neighbor Ate Your Cat
Your new neighbors killed and ate your cat because they don’t know American Culture. They aren’t ready, and sometimes are unwilling, to become Americans and contribute to American Civilization.
Megan Basham’s “Shepherds For Sale”, Ignorance Abounds (Part 3)
The ministers of the Gospel are preaching beyond their expertise. They are out of their lane. They really don’t know what they are talking about.
Megan Basham’s “Shepherds For Sale”, Marxism on the Move (Part 2)
Megan Basham connects the dots from Cultural Marxist (Leftist) organizations or persons to Evangelical organizations and leaders and how much money was involved climate change.
Megan Basham’s “Shepherds For Sale” Speaks Truth to Power (Part 1)
“Truth to power” isn’t a trite pass at virtue signaling. It’s an observation that the names, dates, and money Basham cites make a convincing case that some big name Evangelicals and their organizations are sock puppets for Cultural Marxism.
Intractable Becomes the Inevitable.
The intractable problem of the illegal alien invasion inevitably will lead to real violence across America. The problem is intractable
Connect the Dots: From Evil Is, to Evil Must Lose.
Christian worship, Israeli hostages murdered by Muslims, New York Times screed against the Constitution, Elon Musk calls out the dictators who stole the election in Brazil, and the movie “Reagan” in one day. Connect the dots to see the picture.
A Kennedy in the Mix
If Trump can get past the votes harvested in swing states, I hope he keeps his word to RFK Jr. to give him real power and not undercut him when RFK Jr. wields it well.