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 […]
The following are five simple truths. Please reflect on them. Neither you nor I are perfect. We descend from imperfect people. Those who preceded us operated under a different set of rules and ideas concerning religion, racial relationships, social classes, and sex. We can honor a historical personage for his or her contributions to […]
One of the chief distinctions between Democrat and Republican lawmakers is their different attitudes about the proper role of the central government. Most Democrats seem to believe that all wisdom emanates from Washington and tend to distrust state and local governments. On the other side, many Republicans believe that necessary governmental functions are often best […]
A few sobering statistics for Black Lives Matter supporters. Researchers at the Michigan State University and the University of Maryland created a database of 917 officer-involved fatal shootings in 2015. They recently released the results of their study. All the following statistics were based on that one year study. 55% of the victims of police […]
