Category: Column

To talk with Gingrich supporters is to enter a world where words have no meaning. They denounce Mitt Romney as a candidate being pushed on them by “the Establishment” — with “the Establishment” defined as anyone who supports Romney or doesn’t support Newt. Gingrich may have spent his entire life in Washington and be so […]

If the world treated WW2 the same way we treat the “War on Terrorism” and the “conflict in the Middle East” this is what it would have been like… March 15/16, 1939:: Nazis take Czechoslovakia. (Other nations give mild condemnation of Nazi attack but urge Czechoslovakia to be restrained in their response.) May 22, 1939: Nazis […]

Most people have heard of Nostradamus, the 16th century ‘prophet’ who was able to ‘see into the future.’ Almost 500 years after his death, Nostradamus’s books are STILL selling, so there are plenty of people who must think Nostradamus was on to something. Back in college I decided to read one of Nostradamus’s books to […]

I spent four hours driving back from a July 4th vacation this weekend and during that time I pondered a few things I thought were worth sharing… ‘ Despite what many people believe, the Constitution does not use the phrase “separation of Church and State.” What it actually says about religion in the First Amendment […]

Had enough of fat cat Barack Obama, his jet-setting wife and his multi-millionaire Chicago consigliere/real-estate mogul Valerie Jarrett attacking the “rich”? Well, brace yourselves. You’ll be hearing much more from the White House about the “wealthy few” who aren’t paying their “fair share” as Obama’s re-election campaign doubles down on class-war demagoguery. As usual, there’s […]

Has Barack Obama learned nothing in three years? Last night, during his State of the Union address, he promised “a blueprint for an economy.” But economies are crushed by blueprints. An economy is really nothing more than people participating in an unfathomably complex spontaneous network of exchanges aimed at improving their material circumstances. It can’t […]

Larry Sand’s article “No Wonder Johnny (Still) Can’t Read” — written for The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, based in Raleigh, N.C. — blames schools of education for the decline in America’s education. Education professors drum into students that they should not “drill and kill” or be the “sage on the stage” […]

Everybody was expecting a quick knockout in the GOP nominating contest this year. After a year of debating, it appeared that Mitt Romney would sweep the table after winning New Hampshire and seeming to win Iowa. Now, people are looking to see if Newt Gingrich can K.O. Romney, winning Florida after his stunning upset in […]

The Brian Williams MSNBC debate in Florida was not only dreadfully boring — I never thought I could ever long for commercials — it was pathetic. Freed of the fear of triggering an avalanche of applause against loaded questions, Williams and his co-moderators couldn’t bring themselves to utter one single question asking the Republican candidates […]

This week marked the 39th anniversary of the greatest American moral tragedy of the 20th century: Roe v. Wade. And yet the left cheered this anniversary with the enthusiasm of an intoxicated teenager stumbling on a free copy of Penthouse. Planned Parenthood, which rakes in millions each year by performing abortions, asked via Twitter, “How […]

As increased globalization forces countries to pretend that they like playing with all the other kids in the playground despite fearing they’ll have their toys stolen, never has there been more blatant self-interest cloaked in the phony pretext of outreach or do-goodery. Nowadays, a country is expected to appear both broke and overtly generous — […]

I’m a retired pastor in my 50s. A nearby church wanted my help with their Christmas musical, and I asked my wife of five years, who played bass at my church, to join me. She became angry at this suggestion and said I should do my own thing on Christmas and she’d do hers. She […]

Newtzilla is back. Six weeks ago, during the last Newt Gingrich surge, I wrote here that “conventional weapons are useless against Newtzilla. … Everything bad about Gingrich — the flip-flops, the wives, the ego — is known. Once voters have convinced themselves they can overlook that stuff, it’s hard to change their minds simply by […]

“Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is elan, esprit de corps and determination.” — George Catlett Marshall Employee turnover is expensive. One of the most important factors in retaining employees is the integrity of the employer. A national employee survey […]

When discussing the Middle East, people often let their emotions cloud their view of the reality on the ground. Just for the length of this article, set aside your beliefs about who’s right and who’s wrong and let’s look objectively at the situation. Since 1948, many Palestinians have lived their lives in wretched UN run […]

Not exactly smashing stereotypes of liberals as mincing pantywaists, the left’s entire contribution to the war effort thus far has been to whine.: — Ann Coulter The latest line from the left about the ‘War on Terrorism’ has been that we need to ‘have a debate’ about invading Iraq. Of course, Conservatives have been holding up […]

Time Magazine broke a: story: on August 4th which claimed that the Clinton administration was ready to go to war with Afghanistan and al-Queda over the Oct. 12, 2000 USS Cole bombing. But you see Bush was about to take over and, “With less than a month left in office, they did not think it appropriate to […]

Just days before the South Carolina primary, polls showed Mitt Romney leading Newt Gingrich. Then came the debates and the question about Gingrich’s private life, which brought a devastating response from the former Speaker of the House — and a standing ovation from the audience. Apparently the television audience felt the same way, judging by […]

Republican internecine squabbles this primary season seem to turn on the vying candidates’ respective electability against incumbent Barack Obama. But if even uber-liberal New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has finally awakened to President Obama’s arrogance, what does it say about: his: electability? It’s understandable that a lib would take so long to turn on the messiah, […]

As an American, a Republican, and a fiscal and social conservative — and though I have endorsed no Republican candidate — there is one thing that would disturb me greatly if Mitt Romney were not the Republican nominee: if Romney’s Mormon faith were a factor in his defeat. Many evangelical leaders have said that if […]

When Newt Gingrich called CNN anchor John King’s decision “despicable” to begin last Thursday’s GOP debate with a question about Gingrich’s second wife, the Charleston audience responded with a standing ovation. Surely, I thought to myself, South Carolina Republicans are not going to vote for a candidate just because he is good at dressing down […]

A longtime conservative friend sent me an email after reading something positive I had written about Newt Gingrich: “Whoever votes (for) or supports Newt for president is out of their mind.” It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been called crazy. He continued: “You can believe in redemption, as I do, but you are not […]

Israel has been almost universally condemned for their latest incursion into the occupied territories. Furthermore, many people are acting as if Israel is at fault for the violence in the region. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Israel’s position is morally superior to that of the Palestinians and I think that needs to […]

A mere eight months after the worst terrorist attack in the history of the world, we’re largely back to “business as usual” in America. Both political parties are shoveling out pork like it was kryptonite to terrorists while urgent security concerns are being largely ignored. As far as anyone can tell, airport security is just […]

Sometimes you run across a story that makes you look at an issue in an entirely different way. For some of you,: this: may be one of those types of stories’ “A two-mile-thick cloud of pollution shrouding southern Asia is threatening the lives of millions of people in the region and could have an impact much further […]

Those who take a certain pleasure in denouncing the evils negative political advertising should have spent the last week in South Carolina. They could have plunked down in front of TV sets, especially during morning, early evening and late evening news programs, and by adroit use of the remote control seen one negative spot after […]

Since this is an election year, Democrats will be trying to scare voters with every smear, slander, and lie they can make-up about Conservatives and Republicans. Instead of letting them define what people like me believe, let me tell you what I believe in. I’m not rich but I don’t resent people who are. I […]

Our intelligence agencies have been taking a terrific beating lately because of their pre-9/11 bumbling. The media has painted an unflattering portrait of the CIA and FBI that makes them look inflexible, bureaucratic, and gripped by institutional lethargy. However, all of this negative attention is having an effect and will ultimately make our intelligence agencies […]