Don’t let the legacy media scam you by calling the Los Angeles immigration riots “mostly peaceful.” They are not. They are mostly violent and exceedingly destructive. Second, judging from the proliferation of Mexican, Venezuelan, Palestinian, and other non-American flags rioters are waving in the faces of Los Angeles police, ICE …
Dear Reader, As a Substack columnist, I have often wondered if the Substack platform might be a good place to introduce readers to my books. The thought occurred to me that perhaps serializing or posting a few chapters of the first book in my Finding Billy Battles series might be …
As Washington watches China pursue political and military domination in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and now, apparently, in Latin America, it’s clear to me that our leaders and Americans, in general, have short memories about how brutal the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can be. That’s one reason why …
Considering the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) continued threats against Taiwan, its menacing alliance with Russia and Iran, its antagonistic presence in Venezuela, Brazil, and a few other Latin American nations, and the thousands of spies and military operatives China dispatched to our nation during the feckless Biden Administration, what happened …
Dear Reader, As a Substack columnist, I have often wondered if the Substack platform might be a good place to introduce readers to my books. The thought occurred to me that perhaps serializing or posting a few chapters of the first book in my Finding Billy Battles series might be …
One of the frustrations for many authors is finding a way to get their books in front of potential readers. Unless you have penned a blockbuster for one of the Big Five publishers and have benefited from one of their big-ticket publicity and marketing campaigns, your work might remain unread …
Like many Americans, I watched the extraordinary meeting between President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last Wednesday. It was one of the most fascinating encounters I have ever witnessed. President Ramaphosa was in the Oval Office, hat in hand, seeking to restore more than $1 billion of U.S. …
There are more than 1.1 million international students attending American universities—an all-time high, according to the Open Doors 2024 Report on International Educational Exchange. The Open Doors Report—the leading annual benchmark for international educational exchange in the United States—is published by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and …
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) are back in the news again, and the news isn’t good. Last week, President Trump signed an executive order slashing public subsidies to PBS and NPR and alleging “bias” in their programming and reporting. Trump’s order instructed the Corporation for Public …
In 1995, I returned to Vietnam for the 20th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon. During that trip, I made it a point to interview as many people as possible about their country–including former Communist Viet Cong cadres. What I heard was surprising. They were not happy with this new …