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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008One of the benefits of having lived seven decades is that I’ve been witness to events that were not only personally thrilling, but that were memorable and historic for our country.
Sixty-one years ago, I saw Jack Roosevelt Robinson become the first black man to walk on big-league grass, and it made me proud not only [...]
Happy Birthday America
Friday, July 4th, 2008There is not a more appropriate day than July 4th to highlight some of the critical passages of the Declaration of Independence and remember what our founding was originally based on. While not a legally binding document (hence, the Revolutionary War), the Declaration was a powerful statement, an announcement that we were no longer [...]
America the Beautiful: An Essay on Patriotism
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain. For purple mountains majesty above the fruited plain. America, America God shed His grace on thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea.
In 1893, a young teacher by the name of Katharine Lee Bates, scribbled these words into a notebook after [...]
Once Again, Voters Don’t Matter
Thursday, February 14th, 2008Democrats have organized their primary process in such a way that instead of winners taking all of the delegates in a particular state, or even rewarding the individual that won the most votes or the most states, a slew of party insiders and elected officials will act as tiebreakers if there is a close race. [...]
Will The Base Accept McCain?
Friday, February 8th, 2008With the Democrats virtually evenly divided between Senators Clinton and Obama, an interesting divide has become exposed in the seemlingly united Republican Party. It is no secret that the Christian conservative base and its numerous compliant media mouthpieces can not stand the thought of John McCain as the presidential nominee, with talk of forming [...]
Rudy And Edwards To Drop Out And Florida Thoughts
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Last night’s Florida primary taught us several things:
1.) Rudy’s ridiculous strategy of completely ignoring Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina predictably backfired. Now the Mayor will endorse Senator McCain in an attempt to freeze out the hard-to-like Romney. Today’s photo-op at the Reagan Library may propel Giuliani to a seat in McCain’s [...]