May 31, 2022Downton Abbey Movie Pokes Fun at “Movie People” as Johnny Depp Trial Reveals Their SecretsThe running joke throughout the new Downton Abbey movie revolves around the horror the residents feel about “movie people” stomping about the grounds, putting their grubby, Hollywood hands on everything. At the start of the movie, Lord Grantham (a newly thin Hugh Bonneville) and company get an offer to let…Downton Abbey5 min readDownton Abbey5 min read
May 27, 2022America has a crime and mental health problem, not a white supremacy problemWithin hours of the Buffalo, New York mass shooting May 14 that claimed the lives of ten innocent black people, top Democratic officials were already citing the incident as proof that the number one social problem facing America is “white supremacy” and “white nationalism.” The reason: the mentally ill Buffalo…Mass Shootings5 min readMass Shootings5 min read
Published in Disputed Questions·Mar 28, 2022No, World War III is not a good ideaThe US President should resist pressure for direct NATO involvement in the war in Ukraine The same national security elites which pushed the United States into war in Iraq and Afghanistan are trying to do the same with Russia and Ukraine. In the process, they are urging the sort of…World War Iii5 min readWorld War Iii5 min read
Jan 18, 2022Prague: a holiday from the Covid insanity of the WestIt’s a cold, sunny day in mid-January, and I’m sitting on a frosty barstool outside, sipping the hot mulled wine the Czechs call Svařák. I can see the colorful Astronomical Clock about thirty feet away, built by Master Mikuláš Kadaň in the early 1400s, with the Church of Our Lady…Prague4 min readPrague4 min read
Oct 12, 2021The Enduring Stupidity of AntisemitismGrowing up in America’s Pacific Northwest, the only Jewish person I knew was my father’s legal secretary, Monya. There just weren’t that many Jewish kids at St. Patrick Catholic School. In my neighborhood, as the old joke has it, there were only two religions: Catholic… and Public. When I went…Antisemitismus5 min readAntisemitismus5 min read
May 17, 2021Who is Really in Charge in America?Nearly six months into the Biden-Harris Administration, ordinary Americans are increasingly wondering who is really running the country. Joe Biden is ostensibly the president, yet he continues to show signs of cognitive impairment — despite the controlled media insistence that all is well and there is nothing to see here. …Nuclear Weapons4 min readNuclear Weapons4 min read
Published in Disputed Questions·Jan 14, 2021Democrats and Big Tech Taking Advantage of DC Riot to Censor Criticism, Curtail Free SpeechIn 1933, the newly elected Nazi Party used the excuse of a firebomb attack on the German parliament building, the Reichstag, to push through what was called the Reichstag Fire Decree (Reichstagsbrandverordnung). This hastily crafted “emergency” law striped German citizens of most of their civil liberties and authorized unprecedented punitive…6 min read6 min read
Jun 14, 2020Five ways 2020 Democrats are at odds with AmericaIf the first Democratic debate of the 2020 election revealed anything, it’s just how large the gap has grown between the Democrats’ “progressive” base and the American public. Here are just a few of the issues in which the candidates are wildly out of step with average Americans: Mass Immigration…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Published in Disputed Questions·Jun 14, 20206 Steps the Democrats must take to defeat Donald Trump — but won’tThere is an opening for 2020 Democrats. Donald Trump is not a panacea, especially not for conservatives. To his credit, he’s exposed massive, structural problems that have been exacerbated for generations by careerist politicians. Yet his actions, while a step in the right direction, haven’t done much yet for the…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Published in Disputed Questions·Jun 14, 2020How the Far Left Took Over the Democratic Party and What It Means for the FutureI know plenty of Democrats. Both of my parents were Democrats. Some of my siblings. Almost all of my cousins. Heeding President John F. Kennedy’s call to ask not what your country can do for you, but to ask what you can do for your country, they believe government should…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
