Never in my life did I ever imagine I would be writing a column such as this. I grew up in the shadow of the Greatest Generation and the heroes of WWII and Korea. I was lucky enough to be born in the heartland at a time when American history and U.S. government and...
“You arrogant ass, you’ve killed us!” The quote is from the 1990 movie “The Hunt for Red October”. Sean Connery plays Marko Ramius an iconic Soviet submarine commander who rather than see new silent propulsion technology solely in the hands of his communist government decides to defect and surrender the ship to the United...
I don’t think it is hyperbole to state that never in the history of this nation has there been a Presidential election quite like this one. On one side an incumbent who half the country and a vast majority of the national press and media complex hold a hatred for so visceral that no...
The notes of James McHenry, Maryland delegate to the Constitutional Convention show that when Benjamin Franklin emerged at its close, a Mrs. Powel (wife of Philadelphia Mayor Samuel Powel) asked: “Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” To which Franklin quipped “A republic, if you can keep it.” Over the...
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Superman! Yes, it’s Superman – strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman – who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel with his bare hands, and who,...
In October, 2016 I wrote my “American press playing Russian roulette with election coverage” column. It asked the questions: “But what happens when that free press abridges itself? What happens when that “free press” abandons its special place under the Constitution in favor of promoting its own group ideology and supporting but one single...