Since the members of Congress, like those of us in the military, take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the US, it’s a darned good thing that they read it regularly–and publicly is a good idea. The problem lies with the...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told then-Speaker-designate John Boehner that he should not bother to pass a repeal of Obamacare as the repeal would die in the Senate. Boehner’s response went something like this: Thank you for reminding us...
The Navy says that CAPT Owen Honors, skipper of the USS Enterprise, has been relieved. It seems that in 2006-7 he had made some raunchy videos that were broadcast on the ship that may have offended some of the crew. It seems that many of the crew...
Today Michigan’s new governor, Rick Snyder, was sworn in. He has quite a challenge ahead of him; he has my best wishes and prayers. Singing the National Anthem at the ceremony was the Michigan Army National Guard’s Staff Sergeant Amy...
The 2010 Census results were released in Dec. The real bottom line has been mostly ignored by the Main Stream Media. The high tax, strongly unionized states continue to loose seats in the House as business owners in the NW and Midwest continue to...
It was today in 1945, a few months after the end of WW II, that the Congress formally recognized our current Pledge of Allegiance. We proclaim ourselves to be “one nation, under God.” And way too many kids in public schools do not recite...
The Father of the Constitution, James Madison, wrote: “It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood;...
It’s very clear to me, as one who has studied our nation’s history, that our founding fathers did want America to be a Christian nation. Indeed, the word “religion,” as in freedom of religion,” meant the different...
My first Christmas in a combat zone was in 1965 in Vietnam when I was a member of the First Infantry Division, the Big Red One. I appreciated this story from the Big Red One in Afghanistan: The party at Camp Taji included live music, food, and...
The media just noticed that the military is doing things that count as “green.” While I certainly don’t favor trashing the planet, neither do I think that global warming is a valid concern. So what is the military up to? Our...