A Simple Man in a Woke Country
When I look at our country today, I see a nation where everything seems upside down, irrational, and, frankly, dangerous.
Ronald E. Yates
Political Smears in 2022 are Tame Compared with the Past
As the 2022 midterm elections draw ever nearer, the slurs and mud-slinging are picking up. Liberals are calling conservatives domestic terrorists and white supremacists. Conservatives are calling liberals leftist lunatics and depraved communists. Pretty nasty stuff, right? Not really, not when you look at the kind of mudslinging gutter politics that existed in the 19th …
White Guilt and those Dreadful (Gasp!) White Men
Given the divisive mood of our country today, I have been thinking a lot about “white guilt” and those terrible creatures known as “white men.” (Spoiler alert: I am one. Gasp!) White men, after all, are the ones that committed the unpardonable sin of writing the Declaration of Independence, who wrote the United States Constitution …
Free Speech and Academic Freedom under Attack in Colleges & Universities
Having spent thirteen years as an administrator (department head & dean) at the University of Illinois, I learned early on how heavy-handed academia can be when it comes to practicing political correctness on campus. The First Amendment right of free speech is too often denied to students and faculty who don’t support or adhere to …
Is America a Nation of “Wussified” Men?
In an era where there is a lot of complaining about “toxic masculinity” (a bogus term as far as I’m concerned) Hollywood has unilaterally decided that men in today’s films need to be “feminized” or cerebrally castrated to satisfy the “wussification factor” spreading throughout America. What do I mean by the “wussification factor?” Simple. The …
An Ominous Fourth of July
I love the Fourth of July, but this will be the first Independence Day in my life that will leave me disheartened and sad. In the past, this was a day to celebrate. After all, it was the day this country declared its liberation from the British Empire and embarked on a long and bloody …
“We Will Bury You!” Was Nikita Khrushchev Right?
Nikita Khrushchev is usually remembered as the combative premier of the Soviet Union during the days of Sputnik and the Cold War. He’s also the Soviet leader who went toe to toe with John F. Kennedy during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. But Khrushchev is also remembered for four words he spoke during a diplomatic …
Why Do I Live In California?
For those of you who do not live in California let me answer that question.
Is America Becoming a Third World Country?
America today seems more like a hostile, chaotic, and untamed third-world backwoods than a sophisticated cutting-edge republic
What’s The Matter With America?
It’s been a week since 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered by a deranged 18-year-old with a rifle in a Uvalde, Texas elementary school. We have had time to process that tragedy, debate the police response (or lack of it), discuss the attack, and of course, politicize it. I am not going to …