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What a wonderful week it has been for Americans who have been seeking retribution, accountability, defense of the First Amendment and the preservation of democracy.
We have Elon Musk, Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi, Tyler Vargas-Andrews, Reps. Kevin McCarthy and Michael McCaul and Tucker Carlson to thank.
The likes of founders Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry and more recent respected individuals like Chesty Puller and Charles Pulitzer would be proud. … read more
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On September 14, 2022, I asked, “How is an American death by fentanyl different than death by an enemy bullet or a roadside IED?”
Citing our successes in taking out Osama bin Landen, Qasem Soleimani and Ayman al Zawahiri, I wrote that we have the intelligence capability within our CIA to systematically destroy the Mexican pill labs, one by one.… read more
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As a political news wonk, I look forward to each State of the Union address in search of a memorable line or two that Americans can hang their hat on.
The day and morning before the address, news anchors repeatedly ask their guests what they think the president will say, and what he should say. … read more
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Since authoring my blog piece, “Watching the Deterioration of Our Military on President Biden’s Watch,” October 27, 2022, sadly, my concern for the lives of our service men and women has worsened, while our readiness is highly questionable.
While several military items have landed on my stack of stuff, it was this week’s Wall Street Journal story, “President Weighs Joint Chiefs of Staff Pick,” that triggered my decision to do a follow up.… read more
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By now, those of you who are regular readers of this blog, are aware of my persistent plea that individuals and agencies, who have failed Americans for one reason or another, be held accountable.
In 2022 alone, I devoted four editions to the subject of accountability, beginning with “Accountability: So Easy to Understand, So Difficult to Secure,” on March 21, 2022, and ending on December 12, 2022 with “The Politicization of Justice Won’t Result in True Accountability.”… read more
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I’m back at the keyboard after taking a little time off. I followed the vote for Kevin McCarthy, I waded through the volume of Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss’ findings in the Twitter files, and most recently noted President Biden’s photo op in El Paso.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Just a few brief observations.… read more
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In my last blog post I unapologetically wrote that I would not be selecting my man or woman of the year and that I would not be writing a year in review of 2022. It is so old hat.
Embarrassingly, however, the Arizona Republic’s left-leaning editorial board decided to name WNBA player Brittney Griner its ‘Arizonan of the Year,’ and in doing so screwed-up its lead paragraph saying, “A week before the Russian Army invaded Afghanistan, Britney Griner ….”… read more
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I endeavor to keep my commentaries brief because I don’t want to lose you as a reader, but I occasionally find it necessary to expound on a topic in an effort to present the whole story objectively.
In addition, I prefer to keep each post focused on a single topic, but like today, I feel the need to give you my thoughts on several topics as concisely as I am able.… read more
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As a proud Air Force veteran, who has frequently written about the value of that experience in my career, regular readers may also recall my commentaries in which I have been highly critical of what was happening to our military under President Biden.
It has been disheartening to see how Biden has allowed our military to deteriorate as he invoked policies that involved using our military service men and women as his experimental subjects in quasi clinical studies.… read more
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During the 2020 presidential campaign, then candidate Joe Biden told voters that the choice between him and Donald Trump was between the lawful and the lawless. He called for voters to “support the rule of law, our Constitution.”
Six months into his presidency, Biden openly flouted the Constitution with a knowingly invalid extension of the eviction moratorium, written to keep border crossers out of the U.S.… read more