The Short and the Tall

a Over the past decade or so I noticed that people are getting taller.  I once thought of myself as being slightly above average in height, but now I am looking up to almost everyone.  Three of my granddaughters are taller than me, and I began wondering about my great grandchildren.  Are we becoming a […]

Clinton’s Guilt

Not unexpectedly, the trial of Michael Sussman ended with a “not guilty” vote by the jury.  With an Obama appointed judge and a tainted jury pool, Durham was fighting against the odds in this case.  Nevertheless, the trial exposed some ugly truths about Hillary Clinton and her political operatives.  The following is a quote from […]

D-Day: Another View

We have examined the D-Day battle in excruciating detail over the years, but let us look at it from another point of view.  Why were we there?  Why were we willing to spend thousands of American lives to invade Europe and fight the Germans? Far removed from the beaches of Normandy, in a place called […]

The Last Full Measure

On June 4, 1942, many young Americans gave their lives in defense of America at the Battle of Midway.  Those who flew our obsolescent torpedo planes into the face of death should be especially remembered.   Forty-one of these planes attacked the Japanese fleet off Midway Island,  and thirty-four were shot down.  One squadron was entirely […]

Not So Long Ago

My grandfather Jordan was born in 1841.  There were no telephones, televisions, radios, airplanes or automobiles.  The chief mode of transport was a horse drawn conveyance.  Steam locomotives and the first rail lines had been introduced only a few years earlier.  Great sailing ships still crossed the oceans. At the age of 19, in the […]

Wading Into the Swamp

There may be some of you who doubt the existence of the swamp.  Perhaps the following facts will change your mind. Michael Sussmann, former lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign, is on trial for lying to the FBI in late 2016 as he attempted to sabotage the campaign of Donald Trump.  The person he lied […]

Trump Agonistes

I title this post “Trump Agonistes”, but it is really me that is having the struggle, and Trump is the reason for it. As things stand at this moment, it appears very likely that Trump will be the standard bearer for the Republican party in 2024.  The party has a number of successful governors and […]

Mule Kicking

As was to be expected, critics have hammered D’Souza’s 2,000 Mules and his charge that there was election chicanery on a large scale.  Thus far I have seen nothing in their arguments to dissuade me from a belief that the documentary is accurate and D’Souza’s charge valid.  Check it out for yourself, and if you […]

Eighty Years Ago

Eighty years ago, May 22, 1942, in the south Pacific, the badly damaged USS Yorktown, American aircraft carrier, was steaming back to Pearl Harbor.  Two weeks earlier the Yorktown and anther large American fleet carrier, the USS Lexington, had fought it out with Japanese carriers in the Battle of the Coral Sea.  The Lexington was […]

What About Roe?

The American public recently became aware that the United States Supreme Court is likely to reverse their long-standing Roe v Wade decision. My thoughts are as follows: The Constitution says nothing about abortion.  The decision to reverse is proper. According to the 10th amendment, the matter will revert to the states. The reversal of Roe […]