[December 16, 2024] In 2006, the Coalition Strategic Plan in Iraq was to reduce the number of U.S. bases and personnel, consolidating them into larger bases near Baghdad. The Iraqi military would take over those bases and increasingly engage in combat, doing so slowly as they gained numbers, experience, and a professionalized force. This plan was feasible and… Read More »
[December 6, 2024] I’d planned to write about President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter, but Miranda Devine has done a job better than I could do. I’ll highlight her article here with comment. Note, that the title of her NY Post online article – a Pardon Palooza – harks back to Biden’s entire term of failure… Read More »
[November 23, 2024] We are now in the third week since the U.S. presidential election and we are still seeing a Leftist meltdown. In one case, a Memphis, TN florist decided to ban Trump supporters from her business with predictable results. Kristin Wolter made the announcement that her business, Everbloom Designs, would no longer profit from voters who… Read More »
[November 7, 2024] I’m no politician but I do have a good finger on the pulse of most Americans, and like many, I’ve got some common sense too. What lost Kamala Harris the presidential election this past Tuesday was her attitude of moral superiority. She simply saw herself as better than the average American citizen. And, her campaign… Read More »
[October 13, 2024] Growing up in the South part of the United States my biggest fear was getting eaten by an alligator, bit by a poisonous snake, and stung by a scorpion. One of the first scary films (I cannot remember the name) I saw as a kid showed a man falling into a pit of alligators somewhere… Read More »
[September 13, 2024] She was one of the most famous people coming out of the tragedy of WWII. But you probably never heard of her except by her radio name, “Axis Sally.” Mildred was one of several Americans who were involved in disseminating German propaganda. For her role, she was eventually captured, found guilty on eight counts of… Read More »
[September 10, 2024] I’ll admit it: I’m a fan of Dr. Jordan Peterson. In this compilation of 10 life lessons put together by Motivation Core, Peterson brings forth some uncomfortable ideas about how to live a better life. Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself: You should push yourself beyond your limits of tolerance to find out where it is. … Read More »
[July 24, 2024] President Joe Biden disappeared from the public eye seen since last Thursday where he announced that he was terminating his run for a second term. He just showed up yesterday. Is that a problem? Yes! The tradition of practical and moral governance requires active leader participation in all the important affairs of their citizenry. Americans… Read More »
[July 22, 2024] In an interesting article by Matt D. Kittle of The Federalist, he writes that Donald Trump’s VP pick will never forget the “cast aside and forgotten.” This is not a new political theme, but this time, the idea seems to have taken off in a speech by J.D. Vance. At the Republican National Convention in… Read More »
[July 10, 2024] Historian Victor Davis Hanson gives us his thoughts on the American military in full panic because they cannot reach their recruiting goals. People, mostly men, make up the bulk of the Army, and when you don’t have the bodies, your ability to fulfill your mission is weakened. I will make a better point, and that… Read More »