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L.S. “Butch” Mazzuca
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Recent Commentaries

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...

Random thoughts VI

We can talk, discuss, or rationalize about crime rates in red cities & states versus blue cities & states, but the bottom line is that criminal activity in general tends to vary inversely with the risk of punishment, it's no more complicated than that. It...

The paper of record – really!

Perhaps I’m beating a dead horse, but whenever I hear a liberal quote the NY Times I cringe, because to say it simply, the NY Times is not an honest purveyor of the news.  Yet the Times has long been considered the ‘newspaper of record’ in the United States and for...

“…if you can keep it.”

Allow me to begin today’s blog with what may or may not be an obvious fact, i.e., that the readers of this blog all have above average intelligence.  But creating interesting posts  for bright and perspicacious people can be a challenge.  Fortunately, I happened upon...

The State of the Union

Many conservatives like myself don't want Trump to run in 2024 because even though they like his policies and his ‘tell-it-like-it-is’ demeanor, they also believe the chaos he brings to the table just isn’t worth it.  Meanwhile, it’s also fair to ask, prior to the...