Politics

Pros and Cons of Trump 2024

Posted by on January 7, 2023 at 10:32 pm

“The fact is that Donald Trump 2024 has a reasonable chance to beat anyone the Democrats launch at him.” — Kurt Schlichter, trial lawyer/writer/commentator Last year, Kurt Schlichter wrote a few columns about likely and potential Republican candidates for U.S. President in 2024. I wanted to do a quick review of what he said about […]

Top 10 (OK, 12) Posts, 2021-2022

Posted by on January 1, 2023 at 6:31 pm

Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for a bi-annual “Top 10” list, in which I briefly preview and link to my favorite posts from this blog — this time, from 2021 and 2022. (Last such post was here.) In particular, they are typically ones in which I did more than just quote a big block […]

It’s the Culture Wars, Stupid

Posted by on December 11, 2022 at 6:17 pm

“No, it’s not about the economy. It’s about our kids and the cultural indoctrination that is poisoning their futures.” — Mike Stenhouse, CEO of the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity, a free market think tank By now, we are all aware of the results from the 2022 mid-terms here in America. The GOP […]

The U.S. Is Being Diplomatically Outmaneuvered by China

Posted by on December 4, 2022 at 6:26 pm

It’s not just China’s huge armies we have to be concerned about, or their technological know-how. To put it bluntly, we are losing the diplomacy game to Communist China. But, we don’t have to. I have posted before about the threat China poses not just to American dominance but to freedom and prosperity around the […]

What Kanye Said

Posted by on November 13, 2022 at 8:22 pm

Kanye West — I refuse to call him ‘Ye’ — gets a lot of grief. This has been especially true in recent years, now that he has adopted a largely conservative political view and become a Christian (of some sort). As with Donald Trump, some of the criticism is fair, thanks to his big ego […]

When Is a UFO Not a UFO?, Part 1

Posted by on October 23, 2022 at 7:26 pm

“They can fly rings around the moon, but we’re years ahead of them on the highway.” — old man re UFOs, Close Encounters of the Third Kind There is more than one way to answer the titular question here. One response is, “When it’s called by another name.” During World War II, Allied aircraft pilots […]

A Budget Blueprint Better Than Biden’s

Posted by on October 16, 2022 at 6:04 pm

“[T]he Biden administration imagines its budget will produce low inflation, steady growth, and low unemployment, when in reality, the opposite would be likely.” — Matthew Dickerson et al., The Heritage Foundation The House Budget Committee voted last month to pass Biden’s budget — a $3.5 trillion spending bill, which does not include the separate $1 […]

2020 Census Errors Could Negatively Impact Red States

Posted by on October 9, 2022 at 7:33 pm

We have been seeing a lot of articles in recent weeks about the lead-up to the November midterm elections. Though you might not see it reflected in the MSM, other media have been predicting a “red wave” in various elections for federal, state, and local offices. Some battles are quite hot! The U.S. Senate races […]

Homeland Security’s Latest Orwellian Activity

Posted by on September 18, 2022 at 7:47 pm

Remember that business a few months ago with Biden’s new (now-disbanded) Disinformation Governance Board (within the Dept. of Homeland Security) and its controversial executive director, Nina Jankowicz? Well, this is sort of like that, only different. As reported by The Heritage Foundation’s Erin Dwinell, Homeland’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been meddling where it […]

Biden’s Student Loan Bailout: Irresponsible, Unfair, and UnChristian

Posted by on September 4, 2022 at 7:45 pm

“America’s children will be picking up the tab for this fiscal negligence for a generation.” — Lindsey M. Burke, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy and Mark A. Kolokotrones fellow in education Everyone is talking about President Biden’s plan to “cancel” student loan debt for millions of people, a move even a […]