Category: Politics

The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was attacked in their San Franciso home recently as has been well documented. A canvasser in south Florida was viciously attacked for representing the Rubio campaign by some thugs who took offense to his presence. Abortion clinics as well as pro-life churches and organizations have been targeted with…

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom passed away on September 8 and this historical event dominated the news cycle for many weeks. As expected, mourners from around the globe have posted tributes to her. Not as expected, comments from certain sectors have used the event as an opportunity to speak out on how the…

A number of headlines caught my attention recently: Lindsey Graham stated that if Trump were to be indicted there would be “riots in the streets.” Armed Antifa members showed up at a “kid-friendly” drag show in Texas to intimidate protesters. President Biden said that some Trump supporters are “semi-fascists” to which liberal talking heads like…

I’m on record as being pro-choice and for suggesting that abortion is Republicans’ Achilles Heel. In the latter blog, which was posted about a week before the leak of Justice Alito’s draft opinion, I stated that Republicans would be better served by reinforcing their brand as the party of freedom while Democrats have been aligning…

Less than a week after publishing Some Thoughts on Buffalo, another mass killing has taken place. This time in Uvalde, Texas where 19 children and two adults were murdered by a young man. The Uvalde event is a little different than the Buffalo tragedy in that the perpetrator appears to be hispanic with many of…

On May 14, 2022 Peyton Gendron walked into a grocery store in Buffalo, NY and shot 13 people, killing 10. On June 17, 2015 Dylan Roof walked into a church in Charleston, SC, shot and killed 9 people. Both of the shooters were young white males (18 and 21) and each chose his location specifically…

Henry David Thoreau’s Essay on Civil Disobedience was published posthumously in 1866. I remember having to memorize a definition in high school when we studied this landmark essay. Civil Disobedience occurs when a citizen intentionally violates the law and is willing to face the consequences. Our teacher made a big deal about that last part…

There have been counter-culture movements of one kind or another in the U.S. since at least the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s. This rapid industrialization lead to population gains in major urban areas like New York, Chicago and Detroit as workers moved there in search of factory jobs. This urban growth…