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.”
Mike Ford
Democrats ready to abuse their power; Don’t be surprised if Democrats jail anyone who ever wore a MAGA hat or T-shirt
As the Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said, “The process of the U.S.’s collapse has accelerated.” The world laughs at us for trying to castrate the our best president in 40 years.
The United States of America: A 250-Year Experiment in Human Nature
Historians generally agree that the United States of America WAS one of the most extraordinary political experiments in recorded human history. What it could not survive, apparently, was its own success.
No Such Thing as a “Non-Essential” Job
Something happened to me not so long ago that caused me to revisit an idea made ubiquitous during the height of the Covid response by the Federal government and the states, severally; “non-essential jobs. I had had some work done on my jeep; new rear wheel bearings. Once I paid the bill, I drove …
3 Steps to Reduce Violence, Including Gun Violence
The effort to reduce violence of all kinds, including gun violence, needs to be led by the states. Here’s how.
Mike Misses Valentine’s Day Dinner
Mike Misses Valentines Day Dinner and his attempt to talk his way out of it by pleading to a “lesser included offense,” somehow backfires.
BREAKING: Marco Rubio Appointed as Interim Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance
President Trump announced today that in the spirit of not only international relations, but also interstellar amity, he has given U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, permission to accept the position of Interim Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance.
Sweet Home Alabama, The Army-Navy Game & Southern Patriotism
Sweet Home Alabama & the Army-Navy Game: A story of a decades-old military academy rivalry coupled with good, old-fashioned Southern Patriotism.
Zero Liability Voters
Some time back, I was listening to The Wilkow Majority show on Sirius XM,** Andrew Wilkow coined a very interesting term, or so I thought. That term was, Zero Liability Voter.
Fixing Our Favorite, Federal, Fiduciary Falsehoods
We cannot even begin to address our rising national debt until we stop using false terms, false beliefs and stop ceding power to the Federal government.
Terry Stops and Three Strikes Laws (Part 4), Self Initiated Activity or “That **** Don’t Look Right”)
Officer self-initiated activity is the true basis for all successful policing.
Terry Stops and Three Strikes Laws-(Pt 3, Broken Windows Policing)
This article is the third in a series about policing and public safety policy. Today, we’ll talk about “Broken Windows Policing.” Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is widely and properly credited with cleaning up the mess his predecessor, David Dinkins left him. Giuliani in turn, credits Broken Windows Policing for his success. The …
Terry Stops and 3 Strikes Laws-Time to Revisit Both (Pt 2)
The improper application of 3-Strikes laws unnecessarily draws the ire of minority communities for handing out life sentences for minor drug offenses.
Terry Stops and 3 Strikes Laws-Time to Revisit Both (Pt 1)
Some time back, I remember listening to the David Webb Show** and he had on a retired NYPD Police Captain. His guest was pretty brutal in his assessment of the then Mayor of Gotham. His view was pretty close to mine, although not quite as salty. His words did however, provide the start point for …
Fourth Amendment Fools
Being stopped and asked to show an ID is somehow a violation of the Fourth Amendment in the Crazy World of Tom Nichols. Better to let 40 million illegal aliens invade our country than inconvenience Tom Nichols for a few seconds.
Big Gov Advocates Lobby the Wrong People – and Censor Everyone Else
The Only Way Big Gov Advocates Know It’s always hilarious watching Big Government advocates selectively whine about access to this or that government process. Because they almost always do it exactly backwards. To wit: This just happened: “(T)he (Donald Trump Administration’s) General Services Administration (GSA) quietly removed a tool from Regulations.gov that allows advocacy groups …
Men Without Chests
We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.
Black Lives Matter, Just Not to Democrat Politicians: Part VII, (Conclusion, Life Is What Matters)
Although forcible servitude is now allegedly forbidden, its place has been taken by the promise of subsistence level (barely) support, in exchange for pulling the Democrat lever at the voting booth
Black Lives Matter, Just Not to Democrat Politicians: Part VI, (Militant Feminism)
Margaret Sanger died in 1966, but her legacy did not die with her. If anything it metastasized like the moral cancer it is. It did so with the help of Gloria Steinem, 32 years old and already a Women’s activist the day Sanger died.
Gettysburg, PA
As our rental car eased into Gettysburg, past the brick-and-plank storefronts selling tourist trinkets, women’s fashion, artisan tacos, funnel cakes, and free CBD samples, my imagination was running amok.