September 29, 2023

Donald Trump and Ulysses S. Grant

Following the bloody stalemate of the Battle of the Wilderness in the Spring of 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant dispatched a New York Tribune reporter to Washington with a message for President Abraham Lincoln.  "He told me I...

January 26, 2023

Commonsense Advice for Trump 2.0

The unadulterated havoc created, and almost blissfully sustained, by the Biden administration has put a spotlight on attributes of this president that many Americans find reprehensible. Two years have passed since Joe Biden dubiously ascended to t...

February 12, 2021

Time for conservatives to insist Americans go back to first principles

An astute British military observer and eyewitness to the clash of armies at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in July 1863 lamented in the battle's bloody aftermath, "I never can believe that in the nineteenth century the civilized world will be con...

January 6, 2021

A New Pilgrimage of Grace?

Humanity and history are shaped by parallels -- forces that act in the same or opposite directions.  One needs only a passing comprehension of current events to see the impact parallels have on the people of this great country, its bedrock insti...