Drilling 101, by Citizen Writer: Greg Beck

President Biden and his team have acknowledged in recent weeks that there is not much he can do to address soaring gas prices and inflation, and the actions he has taken so far, such as a record-breaking release of oil from the country’s strategic reserves, have not worked. This past Tuesday he continued his denigration …

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The Diversity Industry Has Turned the Clock Back — to 1960

When I was young, Americans prided themselves in being part of the “great melting pot” – good times.  People from diverse cultures throughout the world could come here and become full-fledged Americans.  Our constitution provided a framework for anyone to become successful.  All that was required was determination and hard work.  In achieving the American …

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Lee’s Lieutenants

Some time ago I finished Volume 2 of Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in Command by Douglas Freeman. Towards the end, I observed a passage on how General Lee managed to handle the ego of one of his great commanders, JEB Stuart. During the battle of Chancellorsville (May 1863), General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was mistakenly shot by …

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Police and Professionalism

A urban fable that’s come up recently, is that being a law enforcement officer (LEO) requires less training than a beautician (although inaccurate, I must agree some states put ridiculous requirements on licensing to cut hair). The implication is that police are undertrained, or worse, untrained. To put it mildly, that is inaccurate. Liberals in …

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Reflections on the Uvalde, Texas School Shooting, by Citizen Writer: Quentin Smith

It has been two weeks since an 18-year old boy, after shooting his grandmother in the face, fled to a Uvalde, Texas elementary school where he proceeded to murder 19 young school children, 8-11 years of age, and 2 elementary school teachers, before being killed by a responding Border Patrol Agent.