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Month: May 2022

What’s the matter with America? A Memorial Day Assessment

May 30, 2022 by Ronald E. Yates

It’s been a week since 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered by a deranged 18-year-old with a rifle in a Uvalde, Texas elementary school. We have had time to process that tragedy, debate the police response (or lack of it), discuss the attack, and of course, politicize it. I am …

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Categories Foreign Correspondent, Ron's Corner 4 Comments

The AR-15 Rifle: Myth & Reality

May 27, 2022 by Ronald E. Yates

Once again, there has been a senseless mass shooting in America–actually two, in the past two weeks in which a total of 31 people were killed. One was in Buffalo, New York, where ten persons were killed and three were wounded in the Topps Super Market; the other was in …

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Categories Foreign Correspondent, Ron's Corner 10 Comments

A Little-Known Story About Teddy Roosevelt

May 25, 2022 by Ronald E. Yates

And now, for something a little different. Theodore Roosevelt is one of my favorite American presidents. I always respected his resilience and toughness—two qualities that were critical to his successful life. He needed both. When Roosevelt was young, he suffered from severe asthma, and as a result, he was weak, …

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Categories Foreign Correspondent, Ron's Corner 4 Comments

Impeach Joe Biden? That Appears to be the Consensus

May 24, 2022 by Ronald E. Yates

I saw a report recently that said a majority of Republicans and more than one-third of all registered voters believe Joe Biden should be impeached if the GOP takes back the house in the November midterm elections. Nobody should be surprised by this—not after what the Democrats did to former …

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Saturday Funnies

May 21, 2022 by Ronald E. Yates

Saturday Funnies for Your Enjoyment and Edification. Enjoy! 

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“Scoop:” A Classic Satire About Foreign Correspondents

May 20, 2022 by Ronald Yates

(I continue to receive requests that I repost my piece on Evelyn Waugh’s “Scoop,” the classic book that lampoons foreign correspondents. I first read Scoop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in March 1975 as Communist Khmer Rouge guerillas surrounded the besieged city. Day after day, the Khmer Rouge bombarded the city …

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On Writing Well: Verbs of Attribution

May 18, 2022 by Ronald E. Yates

When I taught journalism at the University of Illinois, I created a Journalist’s Handbook that I required my students to purchase. I collected and revised the information contained in the Journalist’s Handbook for almost four decades. Some of it dates back to my time as a journalism student at the University …

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Guidelines for Good Writing

May 17, 2022 by Ronald E. Yates

When I taught journalism at the University of Illinois, I created a Journalist’s Handbook that I required my students to purchase. I collected and revised the information contained in the  Journalist’s Handbook for almost four decades. Some of it dates back to my time as a journalism student at the …

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Categories Foreign Correspondent 2 Comments

The Disastrous Eclipse of American Power

May 16, 2022 by Ronald E. Yates

When I think of America’s failed financial policies, its weak political leadership in the White House and Congress, and its feeble foreign policy I am reminded of a thought-provoking Thai phrase I once heard. “Maa du kruang bin tok.” Translated it means “A dog watching an airplane crash.” The phrase …

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America: Our Unimaginable & Decadent Nation

May 13, 2022 by Ronald E. Yates

Victor Davis Hanson is one of the most cogent observers of the American milieu so I am always happy to reprint his commentaries on my blog. He speaks with precision and clarity. But most of all the glaring unembellished truth is always evident in his arguments and observations. Hanson’s commentary …

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