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True confession.  I am an internationalist.  Bear with me.  That does NOT mean I am not also very supportive of being a nationalist—indeed of being “America First.”  Nor does it mean I am a “neocon” in the sense of one Read more

Maybe you have taken note.  Those on the far left of the political spectrum in America are unhappy.  No, actually they are apoplectic.  They are in high dudgeon having lost to President Donald Trump a second time.  Moreover, he defeated Read more

As I write this, I’m contemplating my life having reached the age of 74 years today. There were times when I wondered if I would make it this far.  If my mother were alive today, she would no doubt relate Read more

The political debate in America has become alarmingly toxic between those who seek to change the nation and those who want to preserve it.  Now both sides of the political spectrum are working hard to press their particular vision upon Read more

The seasons of history vary based on the significance of events happening then.  The Roman Empire grew and sprawled across the Mediterranean in a most impressive manner.  At a time when conflict and conquest was the primary means of expansion, Read more

National Security is important.  It’s particularly important these days especially in untangling from the war in Ukraine.  Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea and their subsequently larger invasion of Ukraine in 2022 sent a clear message to the world. And that Read more

It’s depressing how much the nation is divided.  To be sure I am on the side of a conservative world view. I vote that way. But it is nonetheless divisive.  People in America today seem overly invested in their ideological Read more

If you turn your television on these days, you shouldn’t be surprised to see political rallies in front of federal buildings with animated and spending-abdicated political gas bags screaming at the top of their voices. Their complaint? Well, that we’re Read more

Those who despise President Donald Trump are in high dudgeon these days. Indeed, their fitful indignation in the wake of the President’s remarkable political resurrection and his first weeks in office is ironic. Why? Because they elected him. “How,” you Read more

For the first time on a significant basis, the COVID-19 crisis introduced many Americans to telework.  It was not a new concept.  But it had an expanded application when the nation was attempting to take measures to abate the spread Read more