SEX!!! Does that provocative word catch your attention? It always does. Despite any pretended indifference or aversion, all of us are interested. I had a friend who was a Sanskrit scholar. Someone suggested he write a serious book on the subject. In order to promote sales, the friend suggested a catchy title, SEX in Sanskrit! […]
There has been great controversy about so many National Football League players taking a knee rather than standing during the pre-game playing of our national anthem. The protests began in August 2016 with the decision of Colin Kaepernick to use this method to bring attention to police brutality and the systemic inequality faced by people […]
After reading my August 13 post on free trade, my friend Tom Potter wrote his own thoughts on the subject. He put particular emphasis on the trade deficit. Based on my own observations, almost no government leader other than President Trump has expressed any real concern about our huge trade deficits with China and other […]
This is a cautionary tale about the power of certain social movements within the United States and their ability, when allied with the liberal media, to destroy any opposition. Please read this story carefully. First, let me say that I am somewhat ignorant about avant-garde sexual beliefs, practices, and terminology. When I was young, to […]
This is a tale from long ago – before television, before video games, but shortly after the dinosaurs. Ah, the memories of my youth. Every day held a new adventure, and for the most part they were happy, lazy, carefree days under the sun. Of course, I was one of the fortunate ones who rested […]
Some people are very critical of America. Certainly, we are not perfect. No nation is. Nevertheless, we have done many good things in our relatively brief time in the sun. Many people around the world look up to us. Many would love to make their home here. Using Biblical imagery, President Reagan referred to America […]
In this year in which we celebrated the 242nd anniversary of our nation’s independence, there is much for which we should be thankful. We have been blessed with many good gifts. We enjoy great freedom – including, for most of us, freedom from want. Yet there are certain things that bode ill for the future […]
The Whig Party was active in the United States from the 1830s until 1860. It was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson, and for the next twenty years it was the major opposition to the Democratic Party. Two of its candidates, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, were elected President. In […]
Horatius Cocles was a famous Roman hero of the late 6th century BC who, first with two companions and finally alone, defended the Sublician bridge (in Rome) against Lars Porsena and the entire Etruscan army, thereby giving the Romans time to cut down the bridge. Horatius then dove into the Tiber river and swam to rejoin […]
Election primaries are almost over in the several states, and in November we will have an important general election. All elections are important, of course, but I will be very interested to see the results of this one. As good citizens we have a right and a responsibility to vote, and I hope we exercise […]
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