September 15, 2017

The statue at Inchon

Crackling radio reports early on September 15, 1950 picked up via staticky shortwave radio told Americans of the unexpected, unbelievably high-risk Invasion of Inchon by our armed forces, led by five-star general Douglas MacArthur.  That turnaro...

August 17, 2016

Milwaukee Mob’s Mantra of Plantation Politics: White Republicans are getting rich at the expense of black people.

The riot in Milwaukee was sparked when police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown shot Sylville K. Smith to death.  The two young men knew each other.  They were high school classmates.  One good, one bad.  One became a lawman, o...

August 24, 2014

When 'Something Amazing Happened' in Paris

“They have come!  The Americans are here!”  Seventy years ago, August 25 (D-Day+80), Paris was liberated by the American 4th Infantry Division.  Ike had planned to bypass Paris; liberation was an afterthought.  As...

February 1, 2014

Government Shuts Down Little Girl's Cupcake Business.

This is a story about a tiny bit of governmental intrusion in post-Reagan America.  By these little bits, government grows exponentially. Troy, Illinois (population 9,888), a small town in a small county east of East Saint Louis, is the hometown...

July 1, 2012

Roberts did not change

If you wish to understand Thursday's incoherent opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, you must first know Republican history from the Summer of 2005. Contrary to most that has been written since Thursday's enactment of RobertsCare, Chief Justice...

February 14, 2011

CPAC's Red (Ink) Menace: Mitch Daniels

CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) no longer includes several significant Conservative candidates, broadcasters, and institutions.  Notably absent this weekend were Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Heritage Foundation, Family...

May 18, 2010

Will Palin use 100th birthday of Reagan to announce for the presidency?

Sarah Palin will announce her candidacy for President in Tampico, Illinois (or maybe Dixon or Eureka) on February 6, 2011, Dutch Reagan's 100th birthday. That is not just my prediction/fantasy; others thought the same after her Wednesday address in C...