On April 25th , 2005, in his annual state of the nation address to parliament and the country’s top political leaders, Putin said the collapse of the Soviet Union was a tragedy for Russians.  “First and foremost, it is worth acknowledging that the demise of the Soviet...

As the Wall Street Journal points out, “the United Nations is no great moral arbiter of anything, but at least the United States has tried over the years to have that group of nations recognize the truth about bad actors.”  But on Monday the U.S. voted against a...

There are so many myths and fallacies perpetrated by the Left regarding climate change that it's impossible to review them all.  However, the one glaring aspect of the previous administration's energy policy was that that it did not decrease the demand for fossil...

The phrase “hoist by their own petard” originated in the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. In the play, Shakespeare used a clever turn of phrase where “petard” refers to a small explosive device used in siege warfare.  And in this context, “hoist” means to be blown...

Does anyone recall ever hearing the democrats complaining when Obama promised to get our fiscal house in order?  (But then perhaps they knew Obama wasn't really serious) "We cannot win the future with a government of the past. We live and do business in the...

On September 9, 2009, in an address to a joint session of Congress, Barack Obama outlined his plan for Obamacare, aka The Affordable Care Act.  Obama boasted, "And we’ve estimated that most of this plan can be paid for by finding savings within the existing health...

Watching the Left react to Trump’s first few weeks in office has been surreal.  And not to be overly glib, but watching their reactions isn’t dissimilar from watching a frenzied hyena clan turn a peaceful African savannah into a cacophony discordant sounds and...

In 1956 President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the President’s Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities after concluding that he needed an outside body of highly respected and accomplished Americans to give him unfettered and candid appraisals of US...

On Dec. 16th, 2024, senate democrats, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Brian of Hawaii and Peter Welch of Vermont proposed a constitutional amendment that would abolish the Electoral College and replace it with a direct popular vote to elect a president.  “It is time to...

The best way to understand both sides of an issue, is to argue it from your opponent’s point of view.  But doing so takes time and energy and you can be sure you’ll dig up information that runs counter to your beliefs, which is exactly what I’ve been doing for the...