December 13, 2022

The military as a way of life

I would like you to take a moment to think about the military: your Marine Corps, and your Army, your Navy, your Coast Guard, and your Air Force.  Oh, it's nice when someone sees my Marine cap and thanks me for my service. ...

September 10, 2020

Why I'm Voting for Trump...Even Though I Don't Want To

I don't want to vote for Donald Trump.  I wrote in another candidate in 2016.  But here's what I do want to vote for. I want to vote for the American flag.  Comrades of mine, black and white, died for that fla...

May 28, 2018

The Rules for a Long and Happy Life

The most important ingredient of a long, happy, and successful life is self-discipline. You also need to develop resilience and tenacity.  Without these three things, your life will likely be poor, short, and unhappy.  I receiv...

September 29, 2017

To be an adult

The Peter Pan syndrome – males who remain boys all their lives – has long been with us.  But now what I call "Aging Adolescents" (A.A.s) include as many females as males, and may be a majority in the younger generations. ...

November 7, 2015

Seven Books Every Presidential Candidate Should Read. (But Won't)

Advice to War Presidents by Angelo Codevilla If they would read it, I'd be delighted to buy copies of this well-researched book for President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and all the GOP Contenders. It's a must read for officials and everyone...

September 22, 2015

Why Liberals Should Love Donald Trump

Trump attacked George Bush: "Bush has been so bad, maybe the worst president in the history of this country. He has been so incompetent, so bad, so evil, that I don't think any Republican could have won." "Look, everything in Wa...

August 14, 2013

A National Conversation on Race

Progressives keep saying that we "need a national conversation about race." Then they shout you down as a racist if you say anything that doesn't agree 100% with their views. Here are some suggested topics for that conversation: в—Џ About 70% of bla...

August 2, 2013

Supporting President Obama

Not long ago, I sent a hard-left relative a local news story about 20% of registered voters in Ohio being ineligible, with some counties having more registered voters than adult residents. He attacked me as a "hater," and suggested I get behind Presi...

December 13, 2012

The Great Progressive Church

Psychologists say that people need religion in one form or another, and will always invent a theology if they are not given one. I'm not the first to notice that the rise of thetic, unchurched, Godless Secular Humanists has resulted in liberals meeti...

October 18, 2012

Barack Obama and the Fundamental Transformation of America

As president, Barack Obama has cynically broken promise after promise, often enough that it's hard to believe that his cognitive functioning is so impaired that he ever thought he could keep most of them. He wouldn't, of course, be the o...

September 17, 2011

The Statist Dictionary

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'- Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass. Humpty was a Statist, calling on all the King's horses and all the King...

December 26, 2009

2010: The year that was

We know 2010 is going to be an exciting year. Why wait until next December to find out what happened, when my crystal ball is available to you now? Here's 2010, the year that was.January: President Obama sets a new deadline of July 4th for passing ...