While browsing the titles in the “New Releases” section of my local bookstore, I came upon The Newest Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin. Certainly, these most vocal critics of “cancel culture” would not exploit a Mark Twain classic to further their faux crusade against anything that makes conservative snowflakes uncomfortable. … Read more
The skeptical school essentially thinks this whole situation might be a huge bluff: The Russians have deliberately set out to ‘scare the Americans,’ in order to create pressure on Ukraine to change its constitution as the Russians would like, or to put Putin at the center of international attention, or to reestablish a Russian sphere … Read more
It is one thing to have a system where different rules apply to different population cohorts. Quite another when a subsector of society accepts it. Or worse, imposes a different standard on itself. Yet, that is exactly what Congress has done when it comes to the system of checks and balances across the three … Read more
BLOGGER’S NOTE: One of the personal rewards of authoring this blog has been the opportunity to reminisce and draw on many past experiences which help clarify my understanding and influence my perspective of current events. Today is no exception. In February 1967, I was cast as Luisa’s father Huckebee in the first ever high … Read more
The situation in Afghanistan is a humanitarian tragedy. One hopes the Biden administration can minimize the suffering by keeping the Kabul airport open and fast tracking emergency visas for those who may be targeted for assisting American operations for the past 20 years. As was the case on September 11, America once again fell … Read more