Given the mood of our country today, I am resurrecting one of my commentaries I posted a while back about white guilt and those terrible creatures known as “white men.” (Spoiler alert: I am one. Gasp!) White men, after all, are the ones that committed the unpardonable sin of writing …
Having spent thirteen years as an administrator (department head & dean) at the University of Illinois, I learned early on how heavy-handed academia can be when it comes to practicing political correctness on campus. The First Amendment right of free speech is too often denied students and faculty who don’t …
I recently received the following commentary via e-mail, and it resonated with me because of the indisputable truth it reveals. Why are so many Americans hesitant to show their patriotism these days? What are they afraid of? The answer, I submit, resides in the unequivocal assaults and unwarranted disparagements against …
Between 1980 and 1982, I spent a lot of time for the Chicago Tribune in Central American countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, and Nicaragua–all of which were involved in some vicious uprisings and revolutions. From time to time, I post one of the stories I wrote from places …
The following commentary is from one of my fellow contributors to the American Free News Network https://afnn.us/ who writes under the nom de plume “EagleHasLanded.” In it, he (or she) takes Joe Biden and the ruling Democrat Party to task for not only refusing to enforce our nation’s laws but …
Now, THIS is disgusting. But more than that, it demonstrates the sorry state of the leadership in today’s “woke” military. A retired three-star general has been suspended for replying on Twitter to a Jill Biden tweet regarding abortion. Retired Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky is a former top spokesman for the …
In an era where there is a lot of complaining about “toxic masculinity” (a bogus term as far as I’m concerned), Hollywood has unilaterally decided that men in today’s films need to be “feminized” or cerebrally castrated to satisfy the “wussification factor” spreading throughout America. What do I mean by …
Saturday Funnies for Your Enjoyment and Edification. Enjoy!
I have been writing, in one form or another, for most of my life. I learned the techniques and skills of writing by toiling for almost 30 years in the relentless and stressful world of journalism. I was in some pretty good company. Ernest Hemingway began his writing career as …
Top 100 U.S. Brands: “Woke” Firms Least Popular Does it pay for American corporations to “go woke?” Apparently not, according to a 2022 Axios Harris Poll 100. In a survey of 33,096 Americans representing the entire political spectrum, companies that do not get involved in woke politics do much better …