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About Ronald E. Yates
Author, former foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, and Dean & Professor Emeritus of the College of Media at the University of Illinois, his acclaimed works are now available through this site.
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Things I’ve learned from Lincoln, C.S. Lewis, David Foster Wallace, and my friend’s grandmother.
Today, I am reposting a column by author and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan in which she shares some poignant thoughts about life as we enter the new year. This particular column appeared in her Signposts on the Wisdom Trail column. As for me, I will return to posting …
Study Reveals DEI is Ineffective & Harmful
Well, what do you know? A new study by Rutgers University and the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) has revealed what most of us have long suspected—DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) pedagogy is ineffective and doing more harm than good. Of course, our mainstream media has largely refused to cover …
The Left’s War on Truth
I just finished reading a new book by Newsmax anchor Bianca de la Garza that does an excellent job of explaining how the woke mob managed to brainwash at least a few generations of Americans. Her book describes how caustic policies such as DEI (Diversity, equity, inclusion), Critical Race Theory, …
Why the National Association of Scholars Opposes the Cult of Transgenderism
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to reign in the transgender zealots who, for the past four years, have managed to contaminate once-rational minds with bogus notions about gender identity, human biology, settled science, and women’s athletics. Recently, the National Association of Scholars, an organization I belong to …
Paul vs. Tyson 2024: A Pathetic Vestige of Douglas vs. Tyson 1990
Well, wasn’t THAT something? Jake Paul, a 27-year-old social media YouTuber, actor, and fledgling professional boxer, vs. 58-year-old Mike Tyson, the former world heavyweight champion, in an eight-round bout that was essentially a pugilistic travesty. Last Friday’s bout was like watching an exasperated grandfather chase his bratty grandson around the …
The Mainstream Media are in a Financial and Credibility Tailspin
America’s legacy media are in big trouble. Newspapers are losing record print circulation, morning and nightly network news shows are hemorrhaging viewers, and cable news outlets are losing audiences at a record rate. So what’s going on? As someone who spent almost 30 years toiling in the newspaper world and …
Happy Veterans Day to my Fellow Vets
Today is Veterans Day. Given that only 6 percent of the people of this nation have ever put on a uniform–including those currently serving–I am not sure many Americans have any idea why Veterans Day is a holiday. Yes, it means schools and most government offices are closed. But it …
Trump Won: Let the Corrupt Media & Backbiting Bureaucratic Assaults Begin
The world knows that Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election in a landslide, exposing Kamala Harris as the inept leftist political novice she is. Unfortunately, Trump’s arduous election campaign will perhaps be the easiest thing he does during the next four years. Because waiting in the political swamp that …
Jogging With the Greatest
Now that the election is over (at least I hope so) I thought it might be a good idea to post something that, as they used to say on the old Monte Python TV show, is “completely different.” If nothing else it will take your mind off of the election–especially …
The Exodus of Black Men From The Democrat Party
I am reposting a commentary from fellow America Free News Network columnist Marcus Watkins. As the nation hurtles toward November 5 and the most critical presidential election in my lifetime, we see a sea change in America’s political demography. In this election, not only more Blacks but Hispanics are leaving …
Great Leader Gavin Newsom Bans Satire in the People’s Republic of Kalifornia
The world has long known that communist despots have very thin skins and do not like it when the unwashed proletariat pokes fun at them or their tyrannical minions. So, I guess it comes as no surprise to us proletarians who reside in the People’s Republic of Kalifornia (PRK) that our …
Why Freedom of Speech Matters
At a recent Donald Trump political rally, Elon Musk took the stage and, in a few masterful words, explained why the 2024 presidential election is so critically important. “This is no ordinary election,” Musk told the audience. “The other side wants to take away your freedom of speech. They want …
