Culture
The Sandwich, By Sean Dietrich
As Sean of the South explains, sometimes a sandwich is much more than a sandwich.
The Road From Hell
“Hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works.” – Origin unknown
Turning The Other Cheek Is Fine, Until It Becomes Necessary To Wield The Sword
As the old saying goes, on these hot and humid days, “I’m not worth the bullet it would take to put me out of my misery.”
Who was John Wayne? by Citizen Writer, Joe Heaton
Who was John Wayne. Marion Robert Morrison. John Wayne. He was an idea. In most of his movies, he portrayed a gruff and tough hero. The Searchers. The Sands of Iwo Jima. The original True Grit. Great movies, all. He was a man of honor who had his struggles. He was tough as nails, but …
Death Of A Nation – Completing Barack Hussein’s Fundamental Transformation
“…we are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”, Barack Hussein Obama, October 2008
Is America Experiencing A ‘Revenge Of The Nerds’ Moment?
When I was a kid, I remember watching the 1984 movie “Revenge of the Nerds” and laughing at the ridiculousness of it. I understood it on a kid’s level as a comedy. A few years ago, I re-watched it and understood it on a different & deeper level. I saw understood it as two factions: …
Post Modernism and the Commandments
A a person who torments you out of greed will be satisfied when he takes what is yours. A person who torments you for your own good will never be satisfied.
Why The Modern Woman Is An Unhappy Woman
Belief in societal messaging is causing unhappiness in multiple generations of American women.
I Stepped Off the Side of the Earth in 1968
50 years after graduation from West Point is a time for remembering. My memories of a Hellish summer aren’t a criticism of anything or anyone – lest sensitivities be triggered in comparison. It’s just one story of the past to tell and consider thoughtfully.
The Ten Commandments Part II
Last time we met, we looked at the first three commandments that God gave to his people through Moses. For the purposes of better understanding western thought, it is critical to recognize that the Ten Commandants have been the bedrock of western morality for centuries. As we discussed, the entire law of Moses is predicated on two …
Crisis Warfare
For anyone of sound mind who hasn’t been in a coma for the past year, it will come as no surprise that our American way of life has been significantly (and perhaps permanently) hamstrung by the likes of people claiming to want to “keep us safe.” While many seem to appreciate and support the notion that …
USMA Class of 1972: 50 Years Ago and Now. Why It Matters Is Why I Care (Part 2 of 3)
How my West Point Class of 1972 mattered to the Army is why I care about West Point today. That begs the question, “Why does West Point matter?” What matters today – for the Class of 2022?
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 …
What Do You See in the Families Around You?
What a strange culture we are living in. Everything is being turned on its head. Good is bad and bad is good. It’s fascinating to watch and horrifying to consider the inevitable outcome of this topsy turvy society. I remember well the books and films I ingested as a child, they were full of themes …
The Attack On Qualified Immunity: Part 2
In Part I, we examined where the House of Representatives, operating behind the shield of legislative immunity, was attempting to eliminate Qualified Immunity as a defense against civil rights lawsuits for local and federal law enforcement officers. In this part, we will explore more closely the attack on qualified immunity for law enforcement officers …
Celestial Mechanics and Morality – A Total Eclipse
Orbital Mechanics, Image: Wikipedia We are indeed in dark times. Our government seems feckless and focused on supporting criminals, both foreign and domestic, over the concerns and rights of you and me, the average American citizen. Government printing presses whirl endlessly, printing Benjamins with reckless abandon. Inflation? What, me worry? Our revered military appears …
Police and Force
We’ve just had another horrific mass shooting…the murder of 19 elementary school students and two of their teachers, coupled with the background of a rising violence rate that has 9.5 Mass Shooting equivalents taking place in Chicago every week of the year. Yet the usual suspects are screaming for police “reform.” Among the issues these …
Are We Suffering From Shock?
The past two years hves been full of sudden, violent mental and emotional disturbances. Those events have caused a disturbance in the equilibrium of this Nation, in the permanence of this Nation.