Trump has pardoned most January 6 protesters and commuted the prison sentences of others. Some wish that Trump had been more selective in pardoning January 6 protesters. I feel certain that there were a few truly bad characters among those persons who assaulted Capitol police that day who should have served out their time in […]
I appreciate Wikipedia and have found it to be an excellent source of information on a great variety of subjects. Unfortunately, I also find that Wikipedia is biased in its coverage of the American political scene. It has a strong leftward or progressive slant. As one example, read the following paragraph. It appears in Wikipedia’s […]
In a few days Donald Trump will take the oath of office and once again be installed as President of the United States of America. These are difficult times, and some of our problems seem almost insuperable. Trump appears to have assembled a magnificent team to assist him in his work, but time alone will […]
I have not published an article since December 10. I have no real excuse. I travelled south to spend Christmas with my son Harold and daughter-in-law Jeannine, granddaughter Irene, her husband McLevi, great grandchildren Skyler and Lili, grandson James, and granddaughter Kira. It was a wonderful time for me. The Christmas eve service at Harold […]
Next June has again been dedicated to the celebration of LGBTQ pride, a period for commemorating the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer culture and community. Pride month in the United states coincides with the anniversary of the June 1969 Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests. Apparently Pride Month is not […]
As he prepares to take office, President-elect Trump threatens to use tariffs as a diplomatic weapon in dealing with foreign states and to protect American industries from foreign competition. Now comes the backlash. The free-trade advocates, Democrat and Republican, are howling. For the last hundred years the belief in free trade has had a broad […]
Japan attacked China in 1937, and its military forces were guilty of increasingly hideous brutality, culminating in the “Nanking Massacre” of December 1937. Even German observers, no strangers to evil, were shocked as Japanese soldiers committed countless brutal rapes, bayonetted or decapitated up to 40 thousand Chinese prisioners or war, and engaged in other senseless […]
Several facts seem obvious. The Ukraine is gradually losing the conflict. Their troops are outnumbered and have suffered enormous casualties. There are also reports of a serious level of desertions in the Ukrainian army. The United States and some European states have contributed support, but not enough to stem the Russian tide. If NATO and […]
I am writing this on Thanksgiving Day, and I have so much to be thankful for. Let me name but a few. I was born into a loving family more than 95 years ago. I was blessed with a wonderful mother and father, four brothers, and three sisters, all of whom were very dear to […]
During the November 21 Men’s Forum discussion some in the group said that statistics seem to support the idea that migrants commit crimes at a lower rate than native-born Americans. I did not respond at that time, but I was reminded of a statement attributed to Mark Twain, “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, […]
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