Politics
“I have a scheme”
A half a century has passed since the greatest speech of my lifetime was delivered.
Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech still moves me to tears.
Read it. It is magnificent, so superior to the drivel delivered by our current president.
Barack Obama had such potential. His election PROVED that America had moved into a post-racial era. After all, a majority of white Americans voted for an African-American candidate…
Read MoreThe unrelenting insincerity of Barack Obama
I believe in vacations.
Vacations rejuvenate us. They make us more productive. That’s why I’m a little less critical of President Obama’s prolific golf and vacation schedule than many conservatives. He really has a pressure-cooker job…
Read MoreSarah Palin was right. Again.
No political figure garnered more public ridicule than Sarah Palin in the 2008 election. Radicals who control the media descended on Alaska with a vengeance to uncover dirt on Ms. Palin at the same time they showed shocking indifference to Barack Obama’s mysterious past.
Read MoreObama’s “stable Iraq” exposes the flaw of his foreign policy
America expended a ton of blood, sweat, and tears to stabilize Iraq. Honorable people can disagree on whether we should have gone to war. In light of Mr. Obama’s decision to withdraw, in light of Iraq’s subsequent rapid descent into chaos, the U.S. clearly should not have gone to war. American lives were lost in vain…
Read MoreA conversation at the Iowans for Life booth at the Iowa State Fair
“Look, a baby!”
One kid after another squealed that phrase in delight yesterday. You should have seen them.
I was working a shift at the booth for Iowans for Life at the Iowa State Fair. We had accurate models of the human person at 12 weeks in the womb, 16 weeks, 22 weeks, and 26 weeks.
Kids would pick up the models and cradle them in their arms. The weight for each model was pretty accurate, as I understand it. They were made out of some rubbery material which made them extremely huggable. Kids treated them lovingly, with great care…
Read MoreNot an implausible notion
Republicans, let the president play golf for the sake of the nation
President Obama has played 184 rounds of golf since taking office.
Republicans are constantly criticizing Mr. Obama for his frequent treks to plush, presidential links. They point out ad nauseam that his predecessor, George W. Bush, suspended his golfing habit after we went to war. It’s time for Republicans to cool it.
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