Ron’s Corner
“Scoop:” A Classic Satire About Foreign Correspondents
(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 …
The Disastrous Eclipse of American Power
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 …
America: Our Unimaginable & Decadent Nation
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 …
A Pint-sized Race-baiter at the Podium of the White House Press Briefing Room
I never covered the White House during my 27-year career with the Chicago Tribune, but I knew plenty of people who did. “It’s like covering the cops,” one of my colleagues who did cover the White House once told me. “You don’t expect to get any real news out of …
Where free speech should be promoted, free speech is under attack
I have often posted on this topic. Here is commentary from Rachel L. Brand, former Associate Attorney General of the United States. She makes excellent points about the erosion of Free Speech and the First Amendment at universities—places where diverse opinions SHOULD be available to all students but are not. …
“Hate Speech” and Literature
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 per cent agreement. More on the ACLU later. In a previous post, I …
Joe Biden’s New “Ministry of Truth”
You know it had to happen. The Biden administration, facing a disastrous mid-term election in November, has taken a cue from George Orwell’s dystopian book, “1984,” and created a “Ministry of Truth” in the Department of Homeland Security. And just as in Orwell’s novel, the job of the newly-created “Disinformation …
For the Sake of Our Children, Abolish the Department of Education
I saw this commentary about education in America–specifically, the Department of Education–and decided to share it with my followers. Those who went to elementary, middle, and high school in the 1950s and 1960s were fortunate. We learned “readin,’ writin,’ and rithmetic”–not all of this social engineering, gender identity, critical race …
Biden Pushes Puberty Blocking, Transition Surgeries for Transgender Children
I am republishing a commentary by author and attorney Wesley J. Smith. It deals with the Biden administration’s disturbing and dangerous campaign that calls for minor children who may suffer from gender dysphoria to have unregulated and unrestricted access to gender transition interventions, therapies, and surgeries. It’s a policy that …