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  • Fighting Propaganda One Family at a Time

    Fighting Propaganda One Family at a Time0

    Many years ago, my family was partway through dinner on a Monday night when there was a knock at the door. Answering it, my father found – to his great surprise – one of the gubernatorial candidates for our state. This candidate was locked in a close primary battle, and, discovering he had some extra

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  • Remembering the Truth About Veterans Day

    Remembering the Truth About Veterans Day0

    At 11:00 on the morning of November 11, 1918, the Great War, which some at the time innocently called “The War to End All Wars,” came to an end. The guns fell silent, the murderous slaughter of soldiers and civilians ceased, and the survivors in the trenches and on the battlefields realized they would live

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  • An Election Without a Mandate

    An Election Without a Mandate0

    Washington Post columnist Paul Waldman somehow contorted the mixed, and yet unresolved, 2020 election results to simultaneously claim that mandates do not really exist, but that Joe Biden nonetheless has one. It is important to refute this spurious claim because Biden and Kamala Harris will use any excuse they can to push a laundry list of progressive legislation

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  • Resisting the Impulse to Evil in Uncertain Times

    Resisting the Impulse to Evil in Uncertain Times0

    There is a great deal of fear and uncertainty brewing in the streets as Americans await the results of their latest attempt to continue the Republic. When words fail to achieve an aim, men on both sides of the political divide are often tempted to violence. Those on the left have demonstrated this in recent

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  • Civil Disobedience, Homestyle

    Civil Disobedience, Homestyle12

    I committed an act of civil disobedience the other night. I threw open the dining room window, plopped down at the piano beneath it, and with the family gathered around, flipped open the hymn book and began singing. Starting with “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” my family and I soon moved on to “The Star-Spangled

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  • Seven Simple Proposals to Fix Our Broken Elections

    Seven Simple Proposals to Fix Our Broken Elections0

    Joe Biden may have declared victory, but whether he or Donald Trump officially wins the presidency may remain undetermined for weeks, even months, and even then we may see the election brought before the Supreme Court. Who knows? What we do know is that this election has delivered a mess not seen since 2000, when

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  • A Silver Lining in the Election Debacle

    A Silver Lining in the Election Debacle0

    In the eyes of much of the world the United States is now reduced to the status of a banana republic. The sordid spectacle of the past week – with the Democratic Party machine, the mainstream media, and social media barons forming a joint criminal enterprise to steal the presidential election – is reminiscent of

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  • Sleepy Campaign Strategy Mystery Solved

    Sleepy Campaign Strategy Mystery Solved0

    One of the great mysteries surrounding the presidential election of 2020 has now been solved. For months, people on both sides of the aisle noted the huge discrepancy between the campaign styles of Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Trump was a dynamo, sitting for interviews, holding press conferences, participating in an ever-increasing series of rallies

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  • An America With Two Presidents

    An America With Two Presidents0

    In the aftermath of Election Day 2020, ballots continue to be counted, states remain undecided, and party lawyers are dreaming about where to invest their upcoming billable hours. One thing we can count on, America’s political institutions are about to face a unique and fascinating challenge to their legitimacy. For those who have better things

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