Do Oaths Have any Meaning Anymore?
Do oaths have any meaning in a society not underpinned by virtue or at least fear of punishment? I, for one, think we need to restore virtue to society.
Man Robbed of Open Carry Rifle at Gunpoint, Thug Fails to Anticipate His Victim had a Second Gun in his Car
The Second Amendment and the rights it conveys, are important. Yet a cool head in the face of danger is the best weapon of all. A man leaving the Wellston Food Market, a small St. Louis grocery store, who was open carrying a rifle, suddenly felt a gun being held to the back of his …
Racism: 1 of 4 – Define “Systemic Racism.”
I grew up on the north side of Fort Worth, Texas. Our community was a mixture of white, black, brown, a few yellow and red. There were also Mexicans, Pollocks, Frogs, Cherokee and others. First and foremost, we were all Americans. But the ethnic differences were key to understanding the cultures and differences between us …
Protecting Our Children
The left has been wanting to ban firearms, all of them, ever since I can remember.
Calling Roll, by Citizen Writer: William Marshall
Have you ever had to call roll? Take attendance? You call the persons name, they say “Present!” or “Here!” If they don’t make a response, no big deal, mark them accordingly and just move on. But…
Keep Your Head On A Swivel, by Citizen Writer, Joe Heaton
But do not just look for the threats. Look for the humanity.
Book Review: I Am David, by Guest Columnist: Alan Hand
God, has a plan for dealing with loss, if we will only listen.
The Left Thinks You Just Don’t Live Properly!
In the 51 years since I left my mother’s house, I have lived in apartments, rented single family homes, an owned half-duplex, an owned single family home, and now, finally, an owned farmhouse on actual farmland. We have exactly one neighboring home, about 100 yards away, as our houses are the only two on a …
A Political Party Gone Whack
The Prez’ party is so out of touch with the country and its own base that a Republican is now leading in the polls in the Oregon governor’s race. Have they gotten too whacky for even one of our whackiest states?
FBI’s Comment About ‘Secure Workspace’ Inside Perkins Coie Sure Doesn’t Sound Like a Denial
As if conservative Americans didn’t already have enough reasons to think the country’s premier law enforcement agency was corrupted by partisan politics, Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz may have provided a bombshell on Tuesday night. Appearing on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Gaetz claimed to have received confirmation from a law firm closely tied to …
Texas Terror
The news from Uvalde, Texas last week was horrific. A deranged man broke into a school and gunned down 19 children and two teachers. Eleven other people were wounded. Most Americans were just saddened by the cruelty and cravenness of the attack on innocent and harmless children, while an abjectly disgusting few used the deaths of innocents to push their political agenda.
Ain’t Nobody’s Fault But Mine
What a long day. Morning working outside, doing nothing important but harvesting oranges, grapefruit, and lemons from the lovely trees in my backyard. So, a day away from real life or a day in real life?
What is Hate Speech?
What is Hate Speech? John R. “Buck” Surdu and Dan Davis Everything is considered “hate crimes” or “hate speech” these days, if not considered “insurrection.” In the deep recesses of my mind, I recall when federal hate crime laws were being debated that some Congressmen objected because the definition of a “hate crime” was ambiguous, …
Here’s the Real Reason Why Democrats Refuse to Harden Schools
Democrats pounced on the opportunity provided by last week’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead. In their haste to enact a nationwide gun-grab, Democrats have repeatedly dismissed the common sense approach of hardening the schools. In his primetime address to Americans on Thursday night, as candles burned …
A Retrospective on a Debate with a TDS-Inflicted Person
Now that the polls are cratering – predictably! – for The Hologram, it is a good time for revisiting some of the email and social media debates conducted with Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)-afflicted people in the run-up to the 2020 election.
Book Review: Kellyanne “Here’s the Deal.” A Memoir
I highly recommend Kellyanne Conway’s “Kellyanne Conway, Here’s the Deal, a Memoir, “Simon and Schuster, 2022.
The Attack on Qualified Immunity Part V
In Parts I and Part II the concept of qualified immunity was discussed, as was the origin of the doctrine. Also noted was the fact that those who wished to remove this “good faith” protection for police officers in the legislative and judicial branches of government were making no efforts to eliminate the immunity …
To Whom (Senator!) It May Concern…
I saw it or heard it somewhere in the ever-popular media we have, probably the radio. I don’t go much past here, because I have gotten fed up with the news and all the bald-faced lying that goes on in that propaganda industry. And it usually only goes for one radio station in Nashville …
Will We Keep Our Republic?
Benjamin Franklin. Image via Pixabay Ben Franklin famously said, “You’ve got a republic, if you can keep it.” That warning is particularly haunting now, because we seem on the verge of losing it – not from foreign invasion – not from revolution – but because we stopped caring about it. America was founded on …