President Obama demonstrated his lack of leadership, yet again. In his meandering response to the GOP budget proposal, which, frankly, didn’t cut enough or soon enough, he pushed for more “investment” in his pet projects: more spending...
Abraham Lincoln was clearly one of America’s greatest presidents. The Republican Party was founded in Michigan as an anti-slavery party in the 1850s. Lincoln was the second Republican candidate for president, and the first to be elected...
The purpose of our military is t be the most effective military force in the world; this deters a great deal of trouble for us. No one wants to mess with the biggest guy on the block. The purpose of the military is not to manifest all the wonderful...
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 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...
So congress, that great bunch of non-vets, has decided that, despite major opposition by combat troops, it’s time to allow gays to serve openly. What an abuse of power and a slap in the face to the 1% of Americans willing to serve in our...
It appears that between the activist courts and the Obama Administration’s efforts, “don’t ask-don’t tell” is about to end. For many of the denominations that provide chaplains to our military, homosexuality is sin...
The US Department of Energy was instituted on 4 Aug 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. Now, 33 years later what they have accomplished is creating and spending an annual budget of $24.2 billion; they have 16,000 federal employees and...
A just released study shows that our citizens really distrust the Congress–and much of government. However, the most respected institution is our military. Our brave men and women well deserve that respect.
Today is the day we honor fathers. None of us dads were/are perfect fathers, but most of us really tried to do the job well. The role and influence of a father is huge–yet some of us, due to military service, have had to be away from our...