March 20, 2025

Hunter's Secret Service boondoggle

President Donald Trump just signed an executive order to terminate Secret Service protection for Hunter Biden, 55, and his half-sister, Ashley, 43. It marks the end of an era of bitter irony for U.S. taxpayers and the Secret Service -- both of which ...

March 19, 2025

Syria: We need to talk Turkey

The term “talk turkey” means to discuss a subject frankly; ironically, however, such frankness has been lacking with the emergence of Turkey’s evolving role in Syria.  In the aftermath of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sur...

March 6, 2025

A constitutionally challenged AOC

It is a sad commentary when the lawmakers we elect into office to represent us not only fail to understand the laws of our land but also fail to understand who it is they actually represent.  Providing a case in point of such failures is...

March 3, 2025

Fonda disproves the adage age brings wisdom

To the phrase “with age comes wisdom,” Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde is credited with adding the caveat, “but sometimes age comes alone." The implication is clear -- i.e. growing old does not always guarantee ...

February 20, 2025

The Soul of the Democrats

As Japan’s defeat during World War II became obvious, many of its soldiers performed harakiri -- a ritual suicide by disembowelment using a sword -- as an honorable alternative to surrendering. Perhaps one of the most notable moments of a U.S. ...

February 17, 2025

Democrat Hypocrisy on Born-Alive Care

Regardless as to whether a victim is wounded in a crime or an attacker is wounded by a would-be victim defending against it, the subsequent priority in both cases is to quickly get medical attention for the wounded individual. The value of human life...

May 7, 2013

Holding Assad to Account

During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, a 17-year old deserter successfully made his way to the West in 1981. But he found life there much different from the structured, disciplined lifestyle under which he had been raised in the Soviet Union. H...

April 17, 2013

Does Kim Know What Lies Ahead?

As the U.S. simultaneously struggles to take on the gun control issue and not take on a war with North Korea, an incident related to the former underscores concerns about dealing with the latter. On April 10th, two boys, aged four and six, were playi...