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...

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,...

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 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...

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...

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...

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,...

There’s a long-standing social rule that says we shouldn’t discuss religion or politics in polite company.  On the surface that sounds reasonable because both subjects carry a ‘charge’ and stir strong emotions. But does it really have to be this way?  I get it...

With Halloween just a few days away, and just for fun, I thought I’d reprise a commentary I wrote for the Vail Daily Newspaper on Halloween, 2002. Folklore tells us that witches and witchcraft permeated life in the western world since ancient Rome.  Why then is there...

When a crisis emerges anywhere on earth, it’s no accident that every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt has asked the same first question: “Where are the carriers?” Modern nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, such as those in the Nimitz or Ford class, are over 1,090...