Questions
I receive a lot of questions. They come in the form of emails, private messages, subpoenas, etc. I cannot answer them all, but I am able to answer a few.
Culture
The Threat of Islam and the Meaning of Words
Our society has somehow fallen into a trap of believing that if you don’t have a personal connection who was directly affected by an issue, it’s not as important to society as other issues. so it is with radical, violent iIlam
Christmas With Lewis & Clark
Comforts Americans enjoy today were built on the backs of our ancestors. This article will give Americans in 2024 a feel for the sacrifices which Lewis, Clark, their men and one woman endured while exploring President Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase.
Three Artists Killed, One Common Thread
Famous people die every day – not because they are at greater risk than anyone else, but just because nobody lives forever, and there are more famous people now than ever before. It is therefore difficult, and dangerous, to try to read too much into celebrity deaths.
Why the Seizure of The Skipper Was Perfectly Legal — And a Blow to Maduro, Iran and Hezbollah
An 1100 foot oil tanker called The Skipper was sitting off the coast of Venezuela, when the U.S. Coast Guard boarded the vessel and took possession of ship, cargo and crew, launching an international chorus of hand-wringing, microphone-grabbing, and camera-mugging.
Time for Trump to Invoke the Monroe Doctrine and Liberate Venezuela
President Trump and the modern populist conservative movement have campaigned on ending the forever wars, and are proud that they’ve started no new conflicts (so far, anyway) during either Trump term.
The Razor-Thin Tie That Wasn’t
Let’s begin the story by placing blame squarely where it belongs: Congressman Mark Green (R, TN), a former Tennessee state senator before succeeding Senator Marsha Blackburn in her House district, ran for and won reelection to a fourth two-year term – then announced his resignation shortly afterward, serving only half a year and vacating the seat in July, 2025, creating the need for a December 2 special election.
A Day of Thanksgiving in the New World
On October 3, 1789, President George Washington issued a proclamation declaring Thursday, November 26 of that year as a national day of Thanksgiving and prayer.
Penny for Your Thoughts
The curtain fell quietly on a 232-year tradition as the U.S. Mint struck the last penny this month in Philadelphia. This ended one of the longest runs in American history. For years the penny had become a costly relic and was more nostalgic than useful and too expensive to mint.
Larry Summers Has a Blot on His Resume
The latest cautionary tale in the news concerns a man who had his fifteen minutes of fame, enjoyed the trappings of power for decades, and now, at 70, Larry Summers is suffering quite a fall from grace.
Semantics
In most cases, the difficulty with social intercourse is due to either a misunderstanding due to definitions, foreign language translations or unfamiliarity of certain terms.
Lemming Election Syndrome: Living In A Country That Lacks Critical Thinkers And Celebrates It
It’s Hard To Resolve The Actions Of Our Fellow Americans With The Facts
The Archetype: The American Everygirl
Taylor Swift began as the embodiment of the “girl next door” myth — poetic, wide-eyed, a guitar and a journal full of heartbreaks.
Nine Months In: Trump’s Second Term is Strong, Fearless, and Unapologetic
At this writing, the Trump presidency has just passed the nine-month mark, a statistically significant point in human life, and perhaps similarly significant in this particularly unusual presidential term.
Columbus Set the Oars in Motion
Why has modern America chosen to attack Columbus Day? Many schools no longer celebrate it; many states have dropped it in ignominy… or worse, they use it as a negative teaching opportunity: to trash the explorers who brought European civilization to these shores. Of course, it’s still celebrated as …
The United Nations Betrays Its Mission, Again
Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stood to address the United Nations on Friday, September 26, and much of the room walked out. The world press paints this as a repudiation. The world is wrong.
The Morning News
I woke up looking for God. I always look for Him in the mornings. Sometimes, however, He’s hard to find. Sometimes He hides.
The Public Conversation and the Unavoidable Conclusion
The problem is that the Right tells the truth, both about what it believes and about why they disagree with what the Left believes…while the Left spreads vile calumnies about the Right, specifically to gin up utterly undeserved hatred in their credulous audiences.
Charlie Kirk Was Assassinated Today In An Act Of Domestic Terrorism: Cultural Lunacy in America and the Reduction to the Absurd Part 5
Our Culture Needs To Get Its Act Together About Political Violence And Political Lawfare. Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a political terrorist today as I was in the middle of finishing up my weekly article. He leaves a legacy of tremendous energy and effectiveness as a representative for civil discourse and dialogue and potential and …
Israel and the United States – A True Friendship, Not Just a Strategic Alliance
There are stories in the news saying that the bloom is off the rose, that the special relationship between the United States and Israel is breaking down.