Why do we get so passionate about politics? Perhaps we’re really “pack animals” and derive much of our identity and even some self-esteem by identifying with groups we belong to. We’re proud of and identify with our social clubs the schools we attended and even the...
Recent Commentaries
What Could Have Been
Counterfactual history (also virtual history) is a form of historiography that attempts to answer the What if? questions that arise from counterfactual conditions. As a method of intellectual enquiry, counterfactual history explores history and historical incidents...
From the American Thinker
The following is from the American Thinker - it's spot on! Allow me to suggest three cheat codes for separating truth from propaganda in the Age of Mass Media Manipulation: (1) Whatever is censored is true. (2) Refusal to audit elections is proof that vote totals are...
Just Sayin’
“Would you bet your life's savings or what's in your children’s college fund on tomorrow’s weather forecast? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less of a foundation?” “Actions speak louder than words” and if...
Why?
These abstracted from an American Thinker article - they make a lot of sense There are a great many things coming from Biden, Fauci, the CDC, the State Department, the military, the Justice Department, and basically the Deep State that make no sense. From Biden and...
Mundus Custodiet (The World Watches)
Readers of this blog saw this a couple of weeks ago, but the editor at the Vail Daily wouldn't publish it as it was my 'off week.' But I like syncing my VD commentaries with my blog because it's easier to keep them straight and I want both on the same page again, so...
If he were alive today…
Winston Churchill once said, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few” when paying tribute to the British & allied pilots who saved that nation during the Battle of Britain. But if Churchill were alive today and chose to comment...
Prepositions
We should find it both interesting and anomalous that a myriad of city and county governments, most state legislatures, the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. Supreme Court all open their sessions with prayer; yet that same prayer is not...
Teens, Dysphoria & Social Contagion
Why are trans youth more visible these days? Is it due to more widespread acceptance, or more media coverage? And just how many trans kids are there? Good questions all, so, let’s begin by defining the term gender dysphoria, which simply stated is the unease a...
Once upon a time, our word was our honor!
Are you familiar with the name Dr. Shakeel Afridi? If not, Dr. Afridi, was the Pakistani physician who helped the CIA run a fake hepatitis vaccine program in Abbottabad, Pakistan, to confirm Osama bin Laden's presence in the city by obtaining DNA samples. Afridi was...