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Ronald E. Yates

Ronald E. Yates is an award-winning author of historical fiction and action/adventure novels, including the popular and highly-acclaimed Finding Billy Battles trilogy. Read More About Ron Here

How Dumb is AOC? Let Me Count the Ways

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 by Ronald E. Yates

If you watched Super Bowl LXII, you might have seen two $20 million ads promoting Christianity and Jesus Christ that were sponsored by the religious craft store Hobby Lobby and other anonymous donors. One of the two “He gets us” ads portrayed Jesus as a refugee in an attempt to …

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The City of Lobsters

February 13, 2023 by Ronald E. Yates

Once upon a time, Chicago was a city where newspapers, radio, and television news shows competed furiously with one another for news. When I started at the Chicago Tribune right out of the University of Kansas, Chicago had five competing newspapers and the world’s best training ground for reporters—the City …

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America’s “Liar-in-Chief Was At It Again During the SOTU Address

February 9, 2023 by Ronald E. Yates

America’s “Liar-in-Chief,” otherwise known as President Joe Biden, was at it again in his rambling, mumbling state of the union address Tuesday night. Speaking before a divided Congress and an even more divided nation, Biden spewed forth a basket of lies that fact-checkers at the Washington Post and other news …

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“Objectivity Has Got To Go:” Leading Journalists Want an End of Objective Journalism

February 8, 2023 by Ronald E. Yates

I spent nearly 30 years of my life working as a journalist. It was an honor to be a member of what some have called The Fourth Estate. I began my career in the Windy City at the Chicago Tribune. At the time, Chicago was probably Journalism’s toughest and most …

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FINDING BILLY BATTLES: An Account of Peril, Transgression, And Redemption

February 6, 2023 by Ronald E. Yates

And now for something completely different, as they used to say on the old Monty Python show. It occurred to me that some of my followers may not have read my Finding Billy Battles trilogy, so I thought I would introduce those folks to Billy Battles—the main character in the …

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Old Hairy Legs Rides Again

January 30, 2023 by Ronald E. Yates

Today, I am reposting a perceptive commentary that appeared yesterday in the blog produced by former Chicago Tribune colleague John Kass. It is by Marie T. Sullivan and posits that e-devices such as the iPhone, iPad, etc., may be Satan’s latest attempt to corrupt us humans and drive us mad …

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Some Inconvenient Truths about Slavery & Reparations in America

January 25, 2023 by Ronald E. Yates

A few weeks ago, a committee in San Francisco released a proposal for reparations that includes a one-time payment of $5 million to each eligible Black resident. If enacted, the proposal could cost the city, which has a 2022-2023 budget of $14 billion, roughly $50 billion. I’m a poor mathematician, …

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“Given ’em Hell Harry:” Reflections on Plain Speaking President Harry S Truman

January 23, 2023 by Ronald E. Yates

Today I am posting about one of my favorite presidents: Harry S. Truman. And I’m not even a Democrat. Of course, I doubt if Truman would even recognize today’s Democrat Party. It has moved so near to socialism as to be almost undistinguishable from that habitually failed governmental system and …

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Aphorisms and Adages to Help You Get Through the Day

January 16, 2023 by Ronald E. Yates

A friend sent me this list of aphorisms and adages the other day, and each one had such a ring of truth about it that I decided to share it with my followers and others who read my blog. But just what is an aphorism? And what’s an adage? Well, …

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One person’s “hate speech” is another person’s “free speech”

January 10, 2023 by Ronald E. Yates

Let me say right off: I do not believe in the idea of hate speech. One person’s “hate speech” is another person’s “free speech.” In that regard, the American Civil Liberties Union and I are in 100 percent agreement. More on the ACLU later. In a previous post, I talked …

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