Intruding ourselves into another nation’s internal affairs is rarely justified and often dangerous. That is especially true when that country is involved in a civil war that is fast becoming a bloody internecine struggle where it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe. Our justification for poking our noses into such a situation is often […]
When he was four or five years old our son Stuart fell and struck his upper abdomen against the top of a chair. Within a few minutes he appeared white as a ghost, and we bundled him up and rushed him to the emergency room at a nearby hospital. An examination revealed a ruptured spleen […]
Bill Maher recently poked satirical jibes against Jesus Christ for His failure to condemn slavery. Jesus was obviously not Woke. Slavery was endemic in the era in which Jesus lived, but I might point out that Jesus also failed to specifically condemn infanticide, pederasty, and wife beating along with a host of other human sins. […]
Gov. Tom Wolf (D-PA) recently castigated Jenna Ellis, a senior legal adviser for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, for calling Rachel Levine — the transgender Pennsylvania Secretary of Health — “a guy.” Wolf wrote that “misgendering a transgender person is hate speech and it’s unacceptable.” Jenna Ellis is a female. Rachel Levine is a biological […]
Regardless of varying opinions about his politics, I believe most American’s considered Ronald Reagan a good man. He did not appear arrogant or mean, and he had a self-deprecating sense of humor. Two interactions between Reagan and news reporters stand out in my memory. One time, while he was Governor of California, reporters approached […]
As I watched the Confederate statues come down I had the following thoughts. It is difficult for us to appreciate the perspective of our forefathers. With our modern sensitivities we are often prone to denounce them for behavior that their contemporaries may have considered normal or perhaps even worthy of praise. It is also […]
First, let me say that I like George W. Bush. I did not agree with all his policies or decisions, but I believe him to be an honest and honorable man. The Iraq incursion was the defining moment of Bush’s administration. Most Americans supported that action at the time, including leaders of both political […]
Last year, accompanied by my sons Eric and Stuart, I visited my boyhood home in Pleasant Garden, North Carolina, a small village to the south of Greensboro. My family moved from that place in 1938, and I had never been back. As we stopped on the street across from my old family home we engaged […]
Are you feeling big and self-important? Perhaps it is time for you to consider your position in the grand scheme of things. The image above is a star size comparison chart. The sun, in the lower left, is almost invisible, and Antares is far from being the largest star yet discovered. That distinction currently […]
As the liberal pundits dominate the media it becomes ever more difficult to disseminate balanced and accurate information. Ideology driven reporters close their minds to facts that are not in accordance with their worldviews, and information that contravenes the prevailing narrative is sometimes suppressed. Heather MacDonald of the Manhattan Institute has studied policing in America […]
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