Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
A horrific massacre occurred at a Nigerian church on Sunday morning. Armed terrorists killed at least 50 parishioners and injured dozens more after they opened fire at St. Francis Catholic Church, where worshippers had gathered to celebrate Pentecost. The church is located in the southwestern town of Owo in Ondo State. Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa, …
Have you noticed that many people are not affected by racism? One would think that if racism was indeed rampant, then anyone with that color of skin would be suffering from racism. Please note, there is only one race, with many colors. And how unfair is it to judge someone based on something they …
What were the lessons of the Stoics, why were they critical in Admiral Stockdale’s survival as a POW, and what can they tell us today?
“Go tell to Sparta, thou who passest by, that here, obedient to her laws, we lie.”
– Simonides
One doesn’t have to be a history buff to understand the significance of June 6, the anniversary of the Allied liberation of Europe in 1944. The D-Day landings in Normandy, France, amounted to the largest amphibious assault ever executed in military history. It marked the start of the two-month-long Battle of Normandy and the eventual liberation …
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.
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 …
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 …
The left has been wanting to ban firearms, all of them, ever since I can remember.
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…
But do not just look for the threats. Look for the humanity.
God, has a plan for dealing with loss, if we will only listen.
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 …
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?
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 …
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.
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? 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, …
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 …
