Balderdash is a term applied to senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing.  Another word for it is “nonsense.” I recently read a post by a liberal blogger that contained the following assertions. “The Republican record is catastrophically bad. First came the Trump presidency with its endless disasters crowned by Trump’s 30,573 lies during his […]

A few years ago, Professor Joseph Olson of the Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, analyzed some results from the 2012 Presidential election and came up with the following interesting facts. Number of States won by Obama: 19   Romney: 29 Square miles of land in counties won by Obama: .58 mil   Romney: […]

Last week I spoke to two conservative friends about my enthusiastic reaction to the documentary 2,000 Mules.  They did not appear very interested.  One of them spoke strongly against any ongoing attempt to re-litigate the 2020 election.  He believes we must concentrate on winning the next election and stop harping on our loss.  He also […]

The following information about recent legislation in the state of Oregon was derived from a post by Tony Perkins. President of the Family Research Council. The Oregon State Legislature recently passed, and Governor Kate Brown signed, the Menstrual Dignity Act.  Thanks to this legislation, new tampon dispensers will be placed in school bathrooms throughout the […]

Last evening I went to see Dinesh D’Souza’s documentary on the 2020 election, 2,000 Mules..  Quite honestly, I was not expecting much.  Instead, I was truly amazed at the professionalism of the production and the solidity of its evidence that the 2020 election was stolen by the Democrats. Please, I urge you, see this film […]

A few years ago, a student of history wrote the following: “The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from thebeginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; >From spiritual faith to great courage; >From courage to liberty; […]

Percent means one hundred.  If someone gives one-hundred percent of his income to a charity it means that he gives his total income.  One-hundred percent is the zenith.  One cannot give more than that in treasure, effort, or anything else that can be measured over a fixed period of time, most often a year. Of […]

A knowledge of the past is a great help to us in understanding the present and predicting the future. Alexander Tyler, a history professor at the University of Edinburgh in the late nineteenth century and one time Judge Advocate of Scotland, was a student of classical Greece.  Writing about the fall of the Athenian Republic, […]

It’s interesting to think about words and their origins.  Every year we are adding more words to the English language.  Often they originate in the entertainment world, or sometimes they are derived from new technology.  In addition to new words, we find new uses for some of the old ones. One word that fascinates me […]

“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.” At no moment in our nation’s history has that ancient saying seemed more appropriate than today. Last month Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a measure that forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity to children in grades pre-K through grade 3. The legislation […]