August 29, 2023

What really is 'racism'?

I was born in 1963 in North-West Indiana.  I am white. In 1968 there was a variety show on TV called, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.  Before commercial breaks, they would flash scenes of a party where go-go dancers, some of...

August 17, 2023

My experience with a Hawaiian wildfire

The wildfire in Maui has prompted strange conspiracy theories and allegations of government incompetence, the likes of which I usually gloss over and keep scrolling.  But I was involved in a wildfire in Hawaii in 1983 that went very differe...

August 13, 2023

Are you sure you're proud of your country?

What is the purpose or benefit of pride?  After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, American flags sprouted up everywhere, along with platitudes like "God bless America."  Gallup began polling Americans annually eve...

November 6, 2022

Amnesty for COVID fear pushers? Forget it!

On October 31, 2022, The Atlantic published an opinion piece titled "Let's Declare a Pandemic Amnesty," with the subtitle, "Let's focus on the future, and fix the problems we still need to solve," penned by Brown Universit...

October 5, 2022

Supreme Court blows it on bump stocks

On October 3, 2022, the Supreme Court rejected the cases Aphosian v. Garland and Gun Owners of America v. Garland.  This action upheld the ban on "bump stocks" imposed by President Trump after the Las Vegas shooting in 2017, defin...

September 29, 2021

Doctor claims COVID treatment meant to kill patients

I'm not a doctor; I'm just some jerk who works in a factory, conveying things I've recently been exposed to regarding the pandemic.  But given how the authorities on the topic vacillate from moment to moment on how to address it...

January 5, 2021

Why we should all get our economics education from Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman was a genius.  Not only did he understand economics, but he had a way of conveying complex economic principles in such a simple way that an 8th-grader could grasp them. Recently, I came across a video from 1978 where Frie...

July 27, 2020

Eliminating the 1%

I’m a blue-collar worker who lives in an economically depressed neighborhood. Many of my neighbors rely on government subsidies for sustenance. The other day, I was standing in line at the local dollar store and couldn’t help overhearing ...

April 29, 2020

American virtue shines when government offers more money not to work

Indiana governor Eric Holcomb (R) issued Executive Order 20-08 for all Hoosiers to stay at home, effective March 23, 2020.  In his address, he suggested that it would last two weeks.  It continues to date, six weeks later. ...

February 20, 2017

Truth in comedy

Rush Limbaugh once stated that in order for a joke to be funny, there has to be a kernel of truth to it.  To bolster his position, he pointed out that no one made jokes about Mother Teresa because she was nothing short of a stellar individual. ...

February 19, 2017

Trump's mentor might be a little...heavenly

To students of the New Testament, the events of the last election – and ongoing – must seem like a remake.  Events, not personalities.  There's no comparison between the Messiah and the President.  Jesus said, "I a...

February 9, 2017

Time for journalist licenses?

Maybe it's time to for the government to standardize requirements to obtain a journalist's license. With a driver's license, many driving infractions incur points.  Accrue enough points, and you lose your license.  Commit a p...

January 21, 2017

The Caste System in the Modern Company

When I was a boy attending elementary school in the 1960s, it was a common occurrence for someone to ask, "What do you want to be when you grow up, young man?"  The responses were pretty much boilerplate: policeman, fireman, soldier, s...

December 1, 2016

How to get 'higher education' without getting a college degree

Although I don't have a college degree, I did attend college for a couple years.  An associate's degree in machine tool technology was requisite for an experimental position at my workplace.  Halfway through my schooling, the experi...

November 24, 2016

The camel’s nose

Barry Goldwater once alluded to an old Arabian proverb: “If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow.”  I’ve experienced that firsthand. A few years ago, I got divorced and moved to a depresse...

November 15, 2016

C-Rats: When progress isn't progress

  When I was in the Infantry, our meals in the field were canned goods called "C rations," or "C-Rats" in grunt vernacular.  They have since been replaced with dehydrated food in plastic envelopes called "MREs,...

September 4, 2016

Sorry, Uncle Sam: E-cigarettes just aren't that bad

I smoke a pipe.  There is no wise argument for smoking.  It's merely a self-destructive choice that adults in free society are able to select.  We all get to die some day regardless.  As for the stupidity aspect, it puts smoke...

August 21, 2016

Why Feminists Hate Scripture So Much

With the ascension of men who think they are women in women's sports, the feminists' goals are being frustrated. Maybe there's a deeper reason for that. Our first assignment in State College English Composition was to write a summary r...

June 25, 2016

Give Hawaii back

Britain just seceded from the EU.  Secession from the U.S. is a power possessed by each of the 50 states.  But is there a mechanism for 49 of the 50 states to reject one and boot it from the Union? When I arrived on the island of Oahu in...

June 16, 2016

Answers to some stupid questions from a Connecticut congressman

When Democrats aren't provided with talking points, they are dumbstruck before God.  While conservatives and Democrats disagree on virtually everything, we don't want to see them tormented in a lake of fire for eternity, so here's a ...

June 16, 2016

Donald Trump to meet with NRA, get schooled on the Constitution

Donald Trump is about to get schooled on constitutionalism.  On Wednesday, June 15, from Guns.com: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would meet with the National Rifle Association to discuss the terror and ...

June 7, 2016

A dash of optimism regarding our armed forces

This author was an Army Infantry Drill Sergeant in the 1980s.  While the author was attending Drill Sergeant School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, the Army changed the physical fitness standards.  Deviating from the time-tested "Conditioning D...

May 27, 2016

Welfare: The Hand-Basket Road of Good Intentions

"More 18 to 34 year-olds are living at home than any other living arrangement" because the government has supplanted the husband in the American nuclear family. Wednesday's AT featured a blog by Rick Moran titled "More 18 to 34-...

October 1, 2015

Ben Carson attacks Donald Trump's tax plan

Yesterday, Ben Carson criticized Donald Trump’s tax plan.  He was right, but for the wrong reasons. According to CNN, Carson said: "I also strongly believe that every American should pay something according to their means. ...

September 27, 2015

Fabrique Nationale USA saves Colt's butt (stock)

As commented on at American Thinker here, firearms manufacturer Colt Defense filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under on June 15 of this year.  Update:  according to the September 25, 2015 Department of Defense contract announcem...

July 12, 2015

What's in it for Trump?

The Donald doesn’t do anything unless it advantages the Donald.  So what’s his object? The last time he toyed with the idea of running for president, he said it was because he likes to win.  That’s great.  But winn...

June 16, 2015

Colt files for bankruptcy

On June 15, 2015, Colt Defense filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11.  How can that possibly be? In Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell Address, he warned the Nation of the growing influence of a vast “Military Industrial Comp...

May 31, 2015

Provoking Peace with Jihadists?

On Friday, 29 May, 2015, the “Freedom of Speech Rally, Round 2,” event was held in Phoenix, AZ, and the counter-protest that accompanied it.  The event included a “Draw the Prophet Mohammed” contest in response to the one...