President Trump has said that within the next two weeks he will decide whether to end the Iranian nuclear threat by negotiating or by bombing. It’s obvious that he would prefer to negotiate, but any negotiated settlement must end with the total elimination of Iran’s nuclear program. Thus far, Iran has defiantly refused to indicate […]
Three stories dominate today’s news. One is the conflict between Israel and Iran. Second is the planned “No Kings” demonstations in various American cities and the probably unrelated murderous attacks against two Minnesota state legislators. Third is the scheduled Washington parade to celebrate our army’s 250th anniversary. Israel hit Iran with a targeted and apparently […]
Over the centuries people have searched for purpose in life. How was the universe created? Who or what is the source of our existence? Is there a God? All of us have difficulties when we try to conceptualize God. How can we envision Him? How can we come to know Him? There are many logical […]
The American news media likes to speak of itself as “Guardians of truth” and say that they “Speak truth to power.” Unfortunately, over the past thirty-five years most main-stream journalists and reporters seem to have succumbed to new age, non traditional philosophies, and under this malign influence they became twisters of truth. How else can […]
Many years ago cartoonist Al Capp created a fictional detective named Fearless Fosdick, a caricature of the famous comic strip hero Dick Tracy. As portrayed, Fosdick was an absolute idiot. When Fosdick learned that a can of poisoned baked beans had been released on the market he shot anyone he saw eating beans to save […]
The National Democratic Party is guilty of the greatest political deceit and public betrayal in the history of our republic. Here are the particulars: I’m disgusted with the national Democratic Party. They have substituted partisan fealty for patriotism. They should be ashamed, but they are not. They are corrupt. The party’s rank and file should […]
As I understand it, Trump wishes to do the following: The great majority of Americans favor these very same goals, but many of them do not like Trump. Much of their dislike can be attributed to the unremitting hostility of the mainline media, the entertainment moguls, and academia. Look behind the curtain, and I do […]
Studies show that April 2025 was about 1.49°C (2.68°F) warmer than the 1850–1900 average, making it nearly as hot as the record set in April 2024. Experts also note that 21 of the last 22 months have stayed at or above 1.5°C (2.7°F) above pre-industrial levels, a threshold that has been widely seen as a […]
Senator Mark Warner seems to regard every reduction of personnel in our intelligence agencies as a threat to national security. I doubt that he would approve even a modest cut to the CIA’s janitoral staff. I worked for one of those intelligence agencies for almost forty years. I knew many brilliant and dedicated employees at […]
Abraham Lincoln is considered by many to be our greatest President, but that high regard was certainly not universal in his lifetime. Most people in the American South considered him the devil incarnate, and many Northerners had a low opinion of his leadership. Quoting from a 2013 article by Mark Bowden in The Atlantic, Lincoln […]
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