February 15, 2025

‘The Last of the Democrats’

Like the Mohicans of 1757, the woke Democrats of 2025 are on the verge of extinction. Who is the voice of the once powerful Democrat party?  Jasmin Crockett?  The weekly humiliated governor of constantly-on-fire California, Gav...

January 21, 2025

The new dawn is here

The inauguration speech was far-reaching, multifaceted, only slightly retrospective, and emphasized what an opportunity we have before us. After the obligatory humbling of the current state of the federal government, the rest was optimism and America...

November 16, 2024

Morning Again (Again) in America

Prouder, stronger, better.  That was the message from the most iconic political ad in history, called “Morning in America,” that was used during the Reagan campaign in 1984.  The message is resonating again in late 202...

August 6, 2024

The Presidential Campaign Through the Wisdom of Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu, the Chinese military strategist from around (historians are uncertain) the 6th century BC, is famous for the (still studied at West Point) book The Art of War. There are 13 short chapters, each on a different aspect of warfare. The...

June 10, 2024

Character and Competition

You might have watched the French Open final, maybe earlier matches. The final went five sets ultimately to the wunderkind, Carlos Alcaraz. This is Alcaraz’ best surface, and he is a phenomenal talent. He has a huge fan base everywhere, incl...

March 20, 2024

Moving On from the Racism Distraction

You can find racism in the United States if you undertake a mission to look for it. Maybe at some Black barbershop, a middle-aged White businessman would encounter racism. But do not despair: there is always another barbershop. No need to set that on...

February 17, 2024

The Feminization of America

Pew Research succinctly states that American society sums up the genders as, “Strong men; caring women.”   Here is a composite of research studies that address not just perceptions, but psychological profiling of thousands of Amer...

March 24, 2022

A little less foreign adventuring would do our country good

COVID is yesterday's news.  Ho, hum.  Fauci's tenure in charge of our lives is over, at least for now.  While we wait for the next, new and improved man-made virus to hit, likely corresponding with our response t...

January 8, 2022

Fear is the Mind Killer

Frank Herbert wrote in Dune, “Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death...”  Indeed, fear is the more dangerous virus infecting us.  Witness the fearfulness engulfing Americans:  Fear of the virus.  ...

November 3, 2021

The one thing Republicans must do to save the nation

Republicans do not need to adjust Trump administration policies.  The policies worked. They do not need to rely on focus groups to inform them on what message to send.  Freedom, opportunity, and a meritocracy work just fine....

October 13, 2021

The Jon Gruden Dinosaur Hunt

Jon Gruden is a dinosaur.  The heretofore Raiders coach is very old school, unrepentant, and of the toxic masculinity persuasion, no less.  As was swiftly evidenced, the world today has no place for such creatures.  He is another sp...

January 4, 2019

Nancy the Great returns

The party of the future and equality, the Progressives, present not so much proudly as deferentially, for speaker of the House, the master legislator, Nancy Pelosi, unopposed.  This, the party of social justice and the ideology that diversi...