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  • The Abominable ‘America Last’ Porkulus

    The Abominable ‘America Last’ Porkulus0

    This country is not governed by a “Republican Party” and a “Democratic Party.” It is governed by an establishment “uniparty” that betrays our citizens at every turn. Exhibit A: The joint annual ritual of fiscal vulgarity known as the omnibus spending bill.    While Americans are distracted with the holidays, Beltway crapweasels stuff their legislative

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  • How a Stint With COVID Changed My Perspective

    How a Stint With COVID Changed My Perspective0

    I was stricken with COVID last month. You probably expect me to now explain how awful it was, how I laid around in bed, suffering in agony, and was nearly carted off to the hospital. But that would be a lie. The real story? I had some congestion, did lots of sneezing, and was quite

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  • Can Democracy Hold Us Together?

    Can Democracy Hold Us Together?0

    If America were a company and not a country, we would have long ago dissolved the corporation, split the blanket, and gone our separate ways. What still holds this disputatious and divided people together?       Consider. In announcing the $900 billion stimulus bill to deal with the pandemic, Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not mention

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  • The Forgotten Oath of Congress

    The Forgotten Oath of Congress0

    According to my online dictionary, an oath is “a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one’s future action or behavior.” Oaths play a big role in our society. The Boy Scouts, known today as Scouts BSA since admitting girls to the organization, begin their weekly meetings by raising their right hand in the

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  • The American Revolution Was a Culture War

    The American Revolution Was a Culture War0

    Two hundred and forty-seven years ago this month, a group of American opponents of the Crown’s tax policy donned disguises and set about methodically destroying a shipment of tea imported into Boston by the East India Company. The vandals trespassed on privately owned ships in Boston Harbor and threw the tea into the ocean. These

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  • Orbán’s Hungary Defending the Family

    Orbán’s Hungary Defending the Family0

    On Dec. 15 the Hungarian Parliament passed a constitutional amendment banning adoption of children by same-sex couples. The government-sponsored Ninth Amendment declares, succinctly and clearly, that a child’s parents are “the mother, a woman, and the father, a man.” It defines family as “based on marriage and the parent-child relation” and forbids homosexual propaganda directed

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