Why Does There Have To Be A Ferguson Police Department?
The most fundamental question about the Ferguson Police Department is seldom asked, even by the angriest of protesters. Demonstrations do continue in Ferguson, a few...
Rick Perry: Analysis, Paralysis and Accusation
The demonizing of terrified kids simply because they are strangers, refugees from distant countries, takes us back to the times of the ancients, to our most primitive ancestors.
On ISIS and the Cowardly College of Communist Containment
President Truman's Secretary of State, as the Cold War began in the middle of the century, was Dean Acheson. Like everyone, Acheson was surprised at...
Death, Protest and Guilt in Ferguson
When Scottie McCown died ten years ago, it did not cause a nationwide stir. Maryland paid little notice. There was not much attention paid in Baltimore,...
Racism in Politics-Putting Skin in the Game
Those of us beyond a certain age, and many of us much younger, do not have to consult history to recall how gay people were...
Alabama’s Mo Brooks Slams the Hymnal
The pastor led prayer for every country including our own, for wisdom among world leaders, for peace. Then the church went to silent prayer. A...
How Obama vs the Lawsuit Becomes Obama vs the Empty Suit
It did look silly and non-conservatives had some fun with it. It accentuated the foolishness of suing the President over actions the authority for which the law provided him. The fact that the administration does not have funding for judges and hearings, in accord with what law requires, made Republicans look like they were taking both sides against themselves.
Republicans Weep as Obamaconomy is Resounding Success
Most citizens have the same approach toward economics that they have toward politics. They act as if they have their own lives to lead, quite...
Impeachment: Obama is Guilty of What Exactly?
I remember the sort of helpless feeling many of us had in those days of conservative ascendancy. The early 1970s were a sort of tug...
Republicans-Full Stomachs and Empty Souls
The following story was a reminder that compassionate conservatism was alive and well, and it illustrated the fatal flaw of those of us who do...
Executing Those Who Deserve To Die
Alex Kozinski is a conservative Reagan appointee with a penchant for controversial language. His statement was part of a dissent. Judge Kozinski wanted to put...
Breitbarting: What Conservatives are Doing to Conservatives
Sheriff Claude Screws was more than a little ticked off at Bobby Hall. The reason is largely lost to history. In those days, it didn't...
America’s Immigration Crisis: A Story of Violence and Strength of Character
Watching the hordes of seemingly ordinary people screaming at busloads of little kids, it is a struggle to keep in mind that rumors, misinformation, and...
An Excuse for War: We Fight Them There So We Don’t Have to Fight Them Here
Click HERE for the audio podcast version of this article. We fight them there so we don't have to fight them here. In those days,...