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They Just Didn’t Realize it!

The Second World War has always fascinated me for any number of reasons, and yesterday in honor of the attack on Pearl Harbor I wrote about ‘the carriers that weren’t there.’   And today I want to continue with the World War II theme and offer an opinion about the...

The Carriers that Weren’t There

Eighty-four years ago today, on December 7, 1941, “a day that will live in infamy,” the United States was attacked by the naval and air forces of Imperial Japan—an event that plunged our nation into World War II.  It’s often been said that America was “lucky” none of...

Headlines before Facts

People believe what they want to believe—especially regarding politics because political views become tied to tribe, self-image, and emotion; so, accepting contradictory evidence feels like a threat.  To avoid that discomfort, we gravitate toward information that...

In Wine There’s Truth

On November 6th, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, struck down an Ohio school district’s pronoun policy in a win for free speech and student rights.  The court ‘sitting en banc’ ruled 10-7 that “the mere use of biological pronouns does not entail ‘aggressive,...

Warped Compassion

Conservative political commentator, Judd Garrett, clearly illustrated the fallacy of “restorative justice” in a commentary underpinned by the recent series of egregious crimes that made national headlines. Chicago: 26-year-old Bethany McGee was riding a CTA train when...

The Inflation Fantasy

The big issue on voters’ minds these days is “affordability.”  And suddenly that’s all anyone wants to talk about, including Donald Trump and Zoran Mandani last week in the Oval Office.  But here’s an inconvenient truth: once prices rise, they rarely fall back to...

Our Most Important Right

Most constitutional scholars, jurists, and historians regard freedom of speech as the cornerstone of the American system of governance.  Constitutional scholar, Jonathan Turley opines, “we should all find the collapse of free speech protections in Europe, as the Left...

A Brotherhood Untouched by Time

Today we celebrate the 250th anniversary of founding of the United States Marine Corps – aka – the ‘Marine Corps Birthday’ that will be celebrated by both active-duty and former Marines the world over. I’m not going to write about the Corps’ glorious history of...

They Don’t Get It – Yet!

Vis-à-vis yesterday’s election results, it’s only a matter of time before the citizens of America’s largest city experience the folly of their collective decision to elect Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s next mayor.   Allow me to explain. Every ideology—communism,...