Today, I am turning my blog over to former Chicago Tribune colleague and columnist John Kass. John produces a blog from his base in Chicago. You can subscribe to his blog by clicking on this link: https://johnkassnews.com/. John’s columns for the Tribune were among the best I saw during my …
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Most Americans have heard of something called the “1619 Project.” If you are one of those who haven’t, here is what the spurious 3-year-old notion posits in a nutshell: America wasn’t founded in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence. It was actually founded in 1619 when the first 20 slaves …
Now, THIS is disgusting. A high school English class in a Fairfax, Virginia school recently instructed students to play “privilege bingo,” in which students were told to check boxes that showed how privileged they were. For example, there were boxes for being white, Christian, male, and able-bodied to identify whether …
As I have witnessed the violence, hatred, looting, and destruction taking place in the United States at the hands of anarchists, ANTIFA goons, and Black Lives Matter rioters I thought back to a five-minute speech I once heard by former liberal Democrat Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm. I didn’t hear …
I don’t know Hal Morris. Never met him. I received his commentary from a friend and it resonated with me because of its honesty and the author’s palpable love of our country. I hope you will find it as poignant and authentic as I did. PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN …
BY A concerned and worried proud American Do you remember your grade school science class when we learned about ‘transformation’? One day, the caterpillar stops eating, hangs upside down from a twig or leaf, and spins itself a silky cocoon or molts into a shiny chrysalis. Within its protective casing, …
For the next several days I am reposting commentaries from Americans of all races and occupations who are as concerned as I am about this ongoing attempt to rewrite history and obliterate our country from within. I hope you will find them as illuminating and significant as I have. America …
For the next several days, I am reposting commentaries from Americans of all races and occupations who are as concerned as I am about this ongoing attempt to rewrite history and obliterate our country from within. I hope you will find them as illuminating and significant as I have. RACISM …
(A while back, I posted a series of pieces about how authors of fiction (and non-fiction) can use the “journalistic method” when it comes to learning the critical skill of observation. I recently received a couple of requests to republish that series. I posted Part Two yesterday. Here is Part …