Bob Kingsley

Bob Kingsley


  • Unmade memories

    January 27, 2025

    Unmade memories

    One of my closest friends owns a white-table-cloth, fine-dining restaurant and I stopped in to see him one recent Saturday evening. As we sat at the bar and chatted, the dining room was humming with activity, every table filled with families, friends...

  • And Then, the Line Went Dead

    December 25, 2024

    And Then, the Line Went Dead

    I have seventeen entries in my cell phone directory of people who are dead. Sixteen men and one woman. My oldest and best friend Mike, gone too soon and in the midst of a dispute we never quite settled, then his wife Nancy, just a few years later, su...

  • ‘Race-faking’ is now okay?

    August 2, 2024

    ‘Race-faking’ is now okay?

    So Kamala Harris has shared heritage from India and Jamaica, but identifies as black? I thought being black was the provenance of African heritage, and why is it so sensitive of a question to raise? Is it not a legitimate inquiry? Usually when a ques...

  • The value of perspective

    March 22, 2024

    The value of perspective

    Human beings are programmed to perceive their surroundings -- a natural guidance system necessary for operating in an ever-changing environment. It is what we see, what we observe.  Our ability to perceive is an a priori mech...

  • The dismantling of America

    March 16, 2024

    The dismantling of America

    Conservatives ask, “What do they, (liberals) want, what’s the end-game” when attempting to analyze their policies, practices and motives. Today’s liberals deplore personal freedom because it defies their desire for oversigh...

  • November 28, 2023

    How the Liberal Mind Views Book-banning

    Holidays bring family together and whenever the conversation starts with, “I don’t want to start an argument but…” an argument is likely to ensue. Because my sister and I have nearly diametrically opposed political views, min...

  • November 5, 2023

    Honor: The Last Word

    Honor. The word is mentioned 147 times in the Bible. The Medal of Honor is the highest U.S. military award for valor. The last word of the last sentence of the Declaration of  Independence says, “...we mutually pledge to each other our Liv...

  • September 1, 2023

    Electric vehicles plagued by logistical issues, but few mention the elephant(s) in the room

    The push to exchange gas for electric in transportation is an idea that has ironically placed the proverbial cart in front of the horse.  While the problems of an inadequate power grid, too few charging stations, short range, high costs, lo...

  • October 14, 2022

    The hunger scam

    America’s poor don’t have a hunger problem, they have a nutrition problem.  The biggest medical issue for the poor is obesity yet today’s popular propaganda about the poor tells us they are hungry and overweight at the same tim...

  • September 13, 2022

    Why Trump will run again

    After eight years of enduring the lackluster outcome of America's first affirmative action president, Donald J. Trump was a fresh, sharp blast of Arctic air blowing away the political version of a tropical depression that had engulfed an America ...

  • May 9, 2021

    Facts are a real buzzkill for trendy leftist theories

    The U.S. population is more or less evenly split between men and women, yet 90% of those incarcerated are men, according to FBI crime statistics.  Nearly 75% of NBA players are black, while 97% of professional golfers are white.  ...

  • April 22, 2021

    Workplace wokeness: The moment I couldn't take it anymore

    My company provides services to insurance carriers.  Recently, a large, nationally operational third-party administrator issued a directive, excerpts of which I have included. Hello Team,  We wanted to send out a note regarding t...

  • April 1, 2021

    When a convicted cop-killer gets to help 're-imagine' policing

    Ithaca, NY resident Richard Rivera sits on a committee called "Re-Imagining Public Safety," which is responsible for suggesting reforms to the Ithaca Police Department.  Mandated by New York State governor Andrew Cuomo, all 500 po...

  • July 28, 2020

    Racial grievance mongers with the least to be aggrieved about

    As the black, socialist, radical, underground movement tunnels its way to the surface of a U.S. gone mad, 'normal' is under attack.   A closer examination reveals that it isn’t a black uprising at all, but a subset of ...

  • October 8, 2018

    The new Supreme Court

    Finally, the Supreme Court has been recalibrated to accurately and properly reflect the values, traditions, and true character of America.  The United States "Court of Last Resort" has for too long been the tool of liberal ideolog...