Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[January 30, 2024] Several years ago, I wrote that the United Nations was not worth the cost because it has failed to uphold its mission: to prevent war. I wrote my War College thesis with this very headline, and my conclusion then, as it is now, is the same. There is no place for the UN within a… Read More »
[January 29, 2024] Sitting beside my Mom, I remember watching the epic movie “The Ten Commandments,” starring Charleston Heston as Moses and Yul Brynner as Pharaoh Ramesses II. It was a moment in time that helped me see my Mom as a woman of good character and that she made sure her kids understood right from wrong. Indeed,… Read More »
[January 28, 2024] A large truck convoy is headed to the Texas border. U.S. Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) announced earlier this week that truckers will hold a “demonstration along several border routes to protest the wide open [southern] border.”1 between January 29 and February 3. As expected, radical leftists are criticizing these truckers for being un-American and un-democratic.… Read More »
[January 27, 2024] For all the hoopla surrounding politics, one of the most divisive is the Constitutional crisis we are experiencing at America’s southern border. President Joe Biden’s unwritten but deliberate policy has allowed unfettered access into our country by illegal aliens. The Texas governor has finally said that his state has had enough and told the federal… Read More »
[January 25, 2024] It’s been too long since I posted a book review, and I believe it was June of last year, far too long ago. Well, now, it’s winter, and the roads near my house have turned to ice, so, being retired with a flexible schedule, I just don’t drive when the pavement is anything but dry. … Read More »
[January 24, 2024] There is a saying about what happens to companies that adopt extreme progressive values. We’ve all heard it. “Go woke, go broke.” There has been much talk about this ever since Bud Light tanked after pandering to the woke and transgender crowd early last year. This disaster is a reality for businesses that opt to… Read More »
[January 23, 2024] The U.S. Veterans Affairs states that of the 16.1 million Americans who served during World War II, only 119,550 are alive as of September 2023. Yesterday, I was honored to meet a WW2 veteran, Al Hammon, 97, who joined the Merchant Marines in 1944. He attended various academies and was later a member of the… Read More »
[January 22, 2024] I heard about sovereign citizens while watching crime videos. They often show up in popular traffic stop videos because they claim they are exempt from state or federal law. Of course, that makes for an entertaining video, as they are often dragged out of their vehicle and arrested. According to the FBI, sovereign citizens are… Read More »
[January 21, 2024] Standing there with my brother Philip, we were mesmerized by the lights, the music, the crowd, and the energy of the Morehouse Parish Cotton Festival – near Bastrop, Louisiana. Like a county fair anywhere else, the cotton festival brought out everyone from miles around for curiosity, amazement, and almost professional entertainment. I was amazed. I’d… Read More »
[January 20, 2024] A good friend, a Vietnam Veteran, passed a story along to me yesterday. I was about a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam who was shot down, captured and spent six years in a Communist Vietnamese prison. His name is Charles Plumb, and he wrote about by asking, who’s packing your parachute? One day, this… Read More »