I may not be the world’s leading expert on the root causes of the American revolution, but with the multiple scandals spreading out from the White House like tentacles, one has to wonder at the similarities with Obama’s governing style … Continue reading
Category Archives: Violence
On Respecting Muslim Culture
Originally published on American Thinker. For at least the past decade, and perhaps longer, the nations of the West have treated jihadists and radical Islamists (which groups count for many more Muslims than most Americans care to admit) with an … Continue reading
American Exceptionalism: The Things Americans Don’t Do Well
For the past few years there has been an ongoing narrative put forth by our current President and his more rabid (and mindless) supporters among Progressive-Democrats that America is not an exceptional country. It’s a puzzling kind of claim on … Continue reading
Who are You? A Maker, or a Taker?
America, a single America, doesn’t exist any more. Now there are two Americas. There is an America of the makers, the workers, the creators, the innovators. There is another American of the takers, the passive recipients. “Taker” is too dignified … Continue reading
The Price of Obama’s Peace Dividend Is an Increased Risk of War
President Obama went to the Pentagon Thursday to announce cuts in defense spending that will, according to his estimates, reduce the nation’s defense budget by just under $490 billion over the next ten years. The president made the case that … Continue reading
Will Obama Go to War?
This article was originally published on American Thinker (www.americanthinker.com) on January 5, 2012. As we enter 2012, the question of whether our president is planning to go to war might seem far-fetched. After all, all reports indicate that Obama doesn’t … Continue reading
I Know the Supremes Would Toss the idea out, but still…
My wife and I both love the Christmas season. The hugs from our kids and grandkids, the wonderful aromas that waft temptingly from the kitchen, watching while our neighbors spend frozen hours stringing lights around their houses and even suffering … Continue reading
Is a Puzzlement!
In writing the lyrics for the musical The King and I, Oscar Hammerstein crafted a brilliant phrase to describe the mental gymnastics the King of Siam faced in dealing with the realities that he had to deal with every day … Continue reading