WSJ a little late, but that’s okay

“Trump would be wise to take advantage of it, help sell it, even own it, as the way to turn our country around.” – kramerontheright

That quote is from my June 11, 2016 post, GOP to convince voters they have ‘A Better Way, in which I wrote about House Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan for Congress to run on in 2016 – “A Better Way: Our Vision for a Confident America.”… read more

Watch the GOP convention on C-Span

If you’re watching the Republican convention on Fox, or one of the other networks, you’re missing the real speeches, those by every day Americans, not just high profile individuals.

For example, click here to watch a nice speech by Darryl Glenn, candidate for Senate from Colorado.

I suggest you turn to your C-Span channel to hear all of the speeches without interruption by talking heads.… read more

Fox’s Shepard Smith rebukes Bobby Jindal over use of “all lives matter,” calls it derogatory

While watching an interview of former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal by Fox News anchor Shephard Smith on the Baton Rouge police shooting, I was taken aback by Smith’s position on Jindal’s use of “all lives matter.” During the interview, Smith castigated Jindal twice for his use of “all lives matter,” saying it was derogatory. Continue reading

It’s time to stop hyphenating Americans, end multiculturalism

“I stand for straight Americanism unconditioned and unqualified, and I stand against every form of hyphenated Americanism.” – President Theodore Roosevelt.

I rarely have reason to quote President Theodore Roosevelt, but with the current events surrounding blacks and our law enforcement communities in Dallas, St. Paul and Baton Rouge, I believe it’s time we end take his advice on the hyphenating of our cultural origins. Continue reading

In good company

A few hours have posting my last piece, President Obama’s lost opportunity, in which I reviewed how he missed a number of chances to provide much needed leadership to repair the racial divide in our country, I was pleased to read that The Wall Street Journal has come to the same conclusion. Continue reading

‘Lack of leadership, blinded by politics’ findings of House Select Committee on Benghazi

By now you have most likely read or heard as much as you care to about the House Select Committee’s Report on Benghazi. I hope, however, that includes the reading of the entire 700-page report, as Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) requests, because, rest assured, most of the media will not. Continue reading