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L.S. “Butch” Mazzuca
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Butch Mazzuca

REALLY hot summer nights!

Bobbi and I just completed our first summer in Tucson.  Well, I can’t say we weren’t warned - Arizona gets HOT! in the summertime, an understatement if there ever was one.  Nonetheless, with low humidity it hasn’t been unbearable, and like people in many places in the...

What if we went to war…and lost!

Most people don’t know Air Force General Charles Q. Brown, the man Joe Biden put forth to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  One of the most interesting things about General Brown is his meteoric rise from Colonel (O-6) to Lieutenant General (O-9) in...

Where do we find such men?

On Wednesday, August 9, 2023, at 9:30 PM Colonel Walter R. Ledbetter USMC Retired, passed away at the age of 94.  He completed this last mission and now may he rest in peace. For those who knew him understood he was special kind of Marine and more importantly, a...

Dante’s Inferno

A little more than a year ago the Biden administration issued an executive order directing the Office of Science and Technology Policy to prepare a report on the risks and benefits of creating a digital dollar for the U.S., i.e., a CBDC, or a ‘central bank digital...

The Changing College Campus

“Be trendy but not too trendy, modest but not too modest, fit in but be unique,”  says Trisha Addicks, CEO of the Georgia-based sorority consulting firm It’s All Greek to Me, where parents can hire her firm for a mere $4,000 to cover such topics as what to wear, how...

What Are They Afraid Of?

The two biggest problems in the climate change debate are the lack of candor and the lack of honesty that begins with the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an agenda-driven organization that has repeatedly proven itself to be a source...

What Hath Diversity Wrought?

On his first day in office Joe Biden told America, “It is the policy of my administration that the Federal Government will pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all… the Federal Government should have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the...

Workarounds!

Ever since the Supreme Court’s decision striking down affirmative action in college admissions, liberals have vowed to find workarounds.   The Democrat Party, the media and liberals in general have been elevating victimhood over achievement for years.  And like every...

Two Truths

Once upon a time I was a ski instructor on Vail Mountain and one of my greatest pleasures during that time was watching the smiles on people’s faces when they felt they had made a “breakthrough.”  Obviously, teaching people how to ski and remain safe on the mountain...