[Re-posting this date adjusted post, on what is now the 231st anniversary of our Constitution, because it asks those few questions that are really worth asking ourselves today. Last year they were especially worth asking after two days of rioting for ‘…
[Re-posting this date adjusted post, on what is now the 231st anniversary of our Constitution, because it asks those few questions that are really worth asking ourselves today. Last year they were especially worth asking after two days of rioting for ‘…
In remembering what happened on September 11th, 17 years ago, I’ve patched this post together from a number of memories and posts and comments I’ve made from then to now. Where they began, of course, was on the morning of September 11th, 2001, when my …
Would you like to play a game? Careful now, because if you choose to play, you could lose… and then you might end up as the enemy you are so loudly seeking after. You sure you want to play the game? Well, ok then… let’s start. You will probably hav…
Here’s a conundrum for you: There are many things in life that some of us might be unfortunate enough to have to defend ourselves against – thugs, thieves, mobs… lions, tigers & bears – but there is only one power that has the potential to preven…
SoOo… Trump & Putin’s presser – quite the dust-up over it, eh? Hey… did you actually listen to the entire thing? Or just the reports of it? Huh. Well I hadn’t seen or heard any of the press conference during the day, and I was at practice for t…
Before giving you my two cents on President Trump’s nomination of Judge Kavanaugh to fill the seat on the Supreme Court that’s been left by the departing Justice Kennedy, here are a few links that give good overviews. This one gives a good, brief, syno…
Once again, before getting to my annual reposting of Calvin Coolidge’s speech on the Inspiration of our Declaration of Independence, I want to point out, first, that our independence wasn’t begun on July 4th 1776, that was simply the end of the beginni…
Once again, before getting to my annual reposting of Calvin Coolidge’s speech on the Inspiration of our Declaration of Independence, I want to point out, first, that our independence wasn’t begun on July 4th 1776, that was simply the end of the beginni…
What a wonderful week at the Supreme Court of the United States of America! On Monday, those rights that are defended by the 1st Amendment, were upheld as the “Supreme Court Backs Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Free Speech Case”, which struck down …
What a wonderful week at the Supreme Court of the United States of America! On Monday, those rights that are defended by the 1st Amendment, were upheld as the “Supreme Court Backs Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Free Speech Case”, which struck down …
Everyone’s probably seen or heard about Robert De Niro’s emphatic F’bomb at the Tony Awards, even those, like me, who didn’t watch it. Is there something we can learn from that? Well, not from his ‘words’, such as they were, but perhaps there is someth…
As someone who holds Free Trade in high regard, I’m about sick of all of those on all sides of the issue, who toss the term about as if it holds no further meaning or purpose than to serve their personal political agendas. For instance, there are the …
So… Eric Greitens resigned. Before I let loose a rant about how… displeased I am about this development, I trust that I don’t need to say too much about how opposed I was to him in the race for governor of Missouri. But if that’s not the case, you …
So… Eric Greitens resigned. Before I let loose a rant about how… displeased I am about this development, I trust that I don’t need to say too much about how opposed I was to him in the race for governor of Missouri. But if that’s not the case, you …