The best way to understand both sides of an issue, is to argue it from your opponent’s point of view.  But doing so takes time and energy and you can be sure you’ll dig up information that runs counter to your beliefs, which is exactly what I’ve been doing for the...

There’s an old Chinese fable about a poor farmer who had lost his horse.  After learning about the lost horse all the farmer’s neighbors came around and said, “Well, that's too bad.”  The farmer replied, “Maybe yes, maybe no.”  Shortly after, the horse returned...

The phrase "Do the math" gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s in the United States. It was commonly used in conversational and media contexts to encourage someone to consider logical or obvious conclusions based on available evidence. The phrase often conveys a...

If the political left was smart, they would heed the old adage, "you can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails”, regarding climate change. And speaking of climate change, adhering to its green delusions, Germany has shut down most of its nuclear, coal, and...

What has transpired in The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump criminal case has gone beyond mere lawfare and is now reminiscent of Stalinism.  Shortly after the end of World War II, Lavrentiy Beria, the chief of Joseph Stalin’s secret police bragged,...

So many of the arguments we hear in the immigration debate are as substantial as wet cardboard. And one of the flimsiest is the claim that illegal immigration from Mexico is justified because “the Southwest used to belong to Mexico; that they were there first!” It’s a...

Today’s blog was abstracted from a post by Judd Garrett, a political writer who I read regularly because he deals only in two things – facts and common sense.  So, when I read Garrett’s piece today, I knew I had to share his thoughts with fellow patriots and of course...

In a recent blog post I wrote “A loser blames politics and favoritism for his failures; a winner would rather blame himself than others—but he doesn’t waste much time on any kind of blame.”  And true to form, we can’t watch the news these days without the Left blaming...

Christmas is a time of traditions, which morph into memories as we get older.  So, while I don’t think blog post about Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are an appropriate topic for Christmas Day, it is a good day to dust off a tradition of mine – reprinting a true story...

Sometimes I go back and review old commentaries from my Vail Daily years – and today I thought I would raid my archives and look for a story with a genuine message. I grew up during the 50’s in a middle-class neighborhood of row houses on the west side of Chicago;...