The Semiquincentennial; Wait’ll next year when America turns 250
Tomorrow is the real No Kings Day. Next year, we will mark the 250th anniversary of the nation.
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Finally, a Happy 4th
It has been a few years now, but this Friday, we will once again be celebrating a Happy Fourth of July
The Collapse of Civility: A Historical and Psychological Analysis of “Civil War” (2024)
The 2024 film “Civil War,” directed by Alex Garland, offers a dystopian glimpse into a near-future America torn apart by internal conflict. Through the eyes of a group of journalists, the movie explores the rapid psychological transformation that occurs when citizens are thrust into violent opposition against their former friends and neighbors.
A Few Observations on the Violent Protests in Los Angeles
Don’t let the legacy media scam you by calling the Los Angeles immigration riots “mostly peaceful.” They are not. They are mostly violent and exceedingly destructive.
The Greatest Generation: Honoring the Unimaginable Sacrifices of Our Ancestors
In a world where convenience and comfort are often just a tap away, it’s easy to forget the unimaginable hardships that shaped the lives of our ancestors. They lived through times when sacrifice wasn’t optional—it was expected.
No Bravery: A Song Born from the Ashes of Kosovo
In 1999, while most of the world moved on from the headlines about the Balkans, soldiers and peacekeepers stepped into a devastated land where the horrors of ethnic cleansing still hung in the air like smoke.
Throw the Bums Out!
A vociferous minority of foreign students, in cahoots with thousands of narcissistic and oblivious American students, continue to disrupt life on college campuses. We need to throw the bums out.
A Lack Of Rationality
Liberals are getting more unhinged as time progresses. Now they can’t allow America to commemorate the founding of our Army.
Of the People, For the People and By the People; “AMERICA FIRST”
America’s Founders established the United States on a foundation of rock-solid principles that allowed our country to become the strongest and most prosperous bastion of freedom and liberty in the world.
Behind the ‘Chaos’: Trump’s Strategy to Rebuild America
Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her first major speech since leaving office at Emerge America’s 20th anniversary gala in San Francisco this week. She described the current state of the U.S. economy as “the greatest man-made economic crisis in modern presidential history.”
America’s Ho-Hum Reaction to a Space Crisis: A Sign of the Times
Two American astronauts are stranded in space. Decades ago, this would have been a defining national moment that glued Americans to their televisions, gripped the media, and stirred an overwhelming demand for action. Instead, today’s response has been mostly muted. There has been no widespread panic, calls for immediate solutions, or presidential speech rallying the nation.
Can One of the Chest-Thumping Neocons Tell Me How They Intend to Actually Win the Wars They Are Pushing?
Elwood P Dowd is one of the liberal commenters on my good friend William Teach’s The Pirate’s Cove. The distinguished Mr Dowd is a Democrat and true hater of President Trump, and every so often, he gets me rolling in my response. He wrote: If Trump abandons Ukraine to Putin, the Baltics are likely to …
Living Behind Enemy Lines, Tale #34: “Silent” Censorship
Censorship: Dems threaten managers of venues to prevent them from renting to anyone Dems label “right wing” or “conservative” or “Trump supporter.” Since Dem policies are so bad, censoring others is one way to get Americans to vote for them.
Trump Insulted the Dems – And They Proved His Point
Being the first year of a new administration, there was no State of the Union Address this year. Instead, President Trump gave us a Presidential Address to the Nation. It should have been called an FAFO Address to the Nation.
Patriotism – What Happens When a Nation Forgets Its Rituals?
From standing for the National Anthem to pledging allegiance to the flag, national rituals shape our identity, unity, and shared vision. But what happens when these traditions fade? Fragmentation, division, and a loss of purpose.
A House Divided: Can a Man Serve Two Masters in National Identity?
The phrase “A man cannot serve two masters” comes from Matthew 6:24, where Jesus warns that divided loyalties ultimately lead to conflict.
George Washington – Legislator
The great George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732, and served about seventeen years as a delegate in the Virginia colony’s House of Burgesses. He is remembered for many other things as well. The Father of his Country was known as a successful merchant, farmer, and horticulturalist, a prominent frontier …
Trump Cancels Digital Currency: Diane Resumes Online Banking
My long time readers know that I considered digital currency to be the civil rights issue of our age. Indeed, it was the mechanism by which the federal government would have total control over every accept of our lives, even the tiny, tiny insignificant ones.
With His Signature: Analysis Of Trump’s Executive Orders
Donald J. Trump created a movement and remains the leader. Even those who did not vote for him are looking to him to lead America out of the mess we find ourselves in.
When Family Members Play Heroes of the Soviet Union
Pavel Trofimovich Morozov (Па́вел Трофи́мович Моро́зов) was a supposed hero of the Soviet Union: In 1932, at the age of 13, Morozov reported his father to the political police (GPU). Supposedly, Morozov’s father, Trofim, the chairman of the Gerasimovka Village Soviet, had been “forging documents and selling them to the bandits and enemies of the …