September 28, 2018

Some victims should be shamed

I watched Fox News last night and saw the excerpts they broadcast of Christine Blasey Ford's testimony.  This morning, I read the transcript of her opening remarks. The most notable thing about her testimony was her palpabl...

September 14, 2017

Good fences make good neighbors, and walls make better ones

I won't be the first to observe that "something there is that doesn't love a wall."  Robert Frost's well-known poem has been cited here, and here, and probably other places, in discussions of whether a wall is useful or des...

August 23, 2017

Game on

I think we've been going about settling problems the wrong way.  People are very willing to fight for what they believe, but then people get hurt. Instead, I propose another game show.  Let the Antifa and KKK have a cage match. ...

August 2, 2017

How does it 'feel' to be a woman?

I imagine this will be considered hate speech, but how am I supposed to learn about what I don't understand if I can't ask questions? I was born with two X-chromosomes back in the 1950s.  The first thing I can recall noticing is that ...

January 7, 2017

Time to kick the criminals out

There are too many criminals in our country.  If there's one job Americans will do, it seems to be commiting crimes. I don't understand why there is protest against vetting aliens who want to come to this country to make sure they are...

November 13, 2016

Liberals, NeverTrumps, establishment Republicans: You elected The Donald

Watching news and reading opinion pieces in the aftermath of Trump's win, I am especially appalled by the reports of people being beaten up for being Trump supporters.  At first I wondered if, providing the thugs get apprehended, there will ...

November 8, 2016

Trump, the rough man

I submit that Trump is best viewed as a "rough man," ready to do violence to protect us. Despite hilarious claims that imply he will end the world in a nuclear Armageddon, he has been a businessman most of his life.  He has neg...

October 10, 2016

Trust in Islam?

Islamic doctrine regarding lying is different than what Christians (among others, but Christianity is what I am familiar with) might expect. The term taqiyya describes when it is acceptable to lie. Here is a summary excerpt: Muslim scholars teac...

August 20, 2016

What if they gave an election and nobody came?

I have read of people whose conscience won't let them vote for Trump.  They say they'll vote in the down-ticket races, just not the presidency. On the other hand, if you don't vote for Trump, it's alleged to be a vote for Hill...

August 8, 2016

Scarborough drops a bomb

Joe Scarborough recently broke a story about Donald Trump requesting information on the use of nuclear weapons.  Many people (see here and here) are finding this a scary scenario, as if Trump were now thought to be running for office solely...

August 1, 2016

Trump might restore one kind of free speech

The conservative opinionverse is filled with reasons to vote for or against Trump or Hillary, but there are considerations I don't see mentioned.  I might have overlooked them. It isn't hard to find opinions of the "he's bett...