American Wimpy Parenting and its Consequences
American wimpy parenting is having and will continue to have drastic consequences for their children and the future of America.
U.S. News/Policy
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 19 Costs Spiral Out of Control
A huge “tell” emerges in the Boeing FIA effort as a large number of parts are scrapped when tin is found in them, resulting in delays and cost. Does the government have the best available subject matter experts helping run the FIA program? Worst practices and cost continue.
A Lesson on Gun Control from Wounded Knee
Recently I received an e-mail reminding me that December 29 will be the 131st Anniversary of the murder of 297 Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota…an abject example of the result of gun control. These Native Americans, in their winter camp, were murdered on Dec. 29, …
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells…. Here comes omicron, here comes omicron, Still bounding down the lane. The media, WHO, and federal agencies, Really sound so lame. Feds still pinging, Their hands wringing, Preaching words of dread. And the White House wish to you for New Year is………. Hope you don’t wind up dead. Does anyone else feel we’re …
Playing Risk? Remember Aleppo…
Playing Risk? Remember Aleppo… Qatar Extends Its Natural Gas Dominance at Russia’s Expense By Clifford Krauss As its influence grows, the country is poised to become a big energy supplier to Europe, which has turned away from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. As before, leave it to the New York Times to deliver material …
The Commercial Impacts of COVID Will Last for Years
Our systems of commerce are underperforming, because our government using COVID as anexcuse can’t keep its hands off of a system that it doesn’t understand.
National Intelligence Folly: How a Tragic Unsolved Murder Led to Billions of Dollars of Program Fraud, Waste and Abuse Part 18
Programs versus projects and the Peter Principle, worst practice in government where unqualified people promote into program management positions. When the process does not help, and the “professionals” are the problem.
The Judicial Philosophy of Ketanji Brown-Jackson
The Judicial Philosophy of Ketanji Brown-Jackson is all about moral relativity
Maxine Waters Tries to Pull Fast One and End FTX Hearing, But GOP Rep Stops Her Dead in Her Tracks
Having been arrested the previous day in the Bahamas, the star of the show, Sam Bankman-Fried, was unable to attend Tuesday’s House Financial Services Committee hearing on the stunning collapse of FTX. But as they say, the show, presided over by the petulant and uber entitled committee chair, Rep. Maxine Waters, went on. The congresswoman from California …
Theater of the Oppressed
“The political Right is playing a game no longer played, by rules no longer relevant.” Ray DiLorenzo What has descended on our country is what we predicted years ago. The Left is not interested in gaining acceptance for homosexuality or transgenderism, drug use, homelessness, illegal immigration, or even election fraud. It is APPROVAL they …
Our Duty to Combat Evil
Whether you use one of many starting points, where we were warned by people who lived through some of the most horrific examples of tyranny and terror, like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s life in Gulag Archipelago, or the Bible, where so many examples of wickedness and evil subjected the Jews of those times horrific pain, suffering and …
Our States Need to Reunite
Greetings my fellow Americans! While I don’t wish to speculate at this time whether our representative republic is truly “over,” it seems pretty clear that, from the results of our most recent election cycle, our federated system is quite broken. And while several key reasons for this most recent disappointment could be identified, of the …
An Abiding Contract With America
An Abiding Contract With America; A breach of contract is a failure, without legal excuse, to perform any promise that forms all or part of [a] contract.[1] On September 27, 1994, The Contract with America was signed. It outlined a legislative agenda pursued by Newt Gingrich and the Republican Party during the first 100 days of …
Smell the Smoke, Feel the Fire
A few years back, I ran into an old classmate at a reunion. He offered to share his house with me. He was being nice. He did not think I would accept. With my kids grown and gone and I was busy making ends meet, I took him up on his offer. In the next …
Rail Strike Avoided
81 years ago Wednesday, Japan attacked our Navy at Pearl Harbor. Thousands of servicemen lost their lives. Even today there are somewhat wild theories as to why Japan did so. I just read in the paper that Congress has passed a law that prevents the railroads from striking. A railroad strike would have been devastating …
I Do Not Consent!!
The Declaration of Independence, was our founders withholding their “consent of the governed” from the tyranny of King George.
How Do I Know If I Have Honor?
How do I know if I have honor? A pointed question from a young man unsure of his way and seeking advice from an American warrior.
I Will Lead You Home
The Advent season is a time of hope and waiting—waiting for the birth of the Christ Child, as well as waiting for our ultimate “home.”
Why Would Anyone Want to Become a Cop These Days?
Following the unfortunate death of methamphetamine-and-fentanyl crazed drug addict and previously convicted felon George Floyd while he was resisting a legitimate arrest in Minneapolis, the left went wild, and “Defund the Police“, as though the problem wasn’t crime, but people being arrested for committing crimes. This stupid notion was popular with the street agitators, and …
New Drug ‘Tranq’ Explodes in US Cities – Telltale Wounds Can Be Seen Sprouting on Users
Just when we thought America’s opiod crisis couldn’t get much worse, we learn that veterinary tranquilizer xylazine, known on the streets as “tranq,” has made its way into the drug supplies of U.S. cities in recent years. Drug dealers have begun cutting fentanyl and heroin with xylazine and one of the most visible results has …