1776. America’s birthday. A heady, glorious period if there ever was one. The Declaration of Independence. What did the people of America want for the first 11 years of the United States of America? Well, their wishes were made known…
Not content to be marginalized in “establishment” parties, the European Right is on the move–and winning elections and places in government. As reported earlier this month, “In the recent FoxNews report Britain’s version of Tea Party rocks political system…
The British Right had to abandon the mainstream Tory or Conservative party when it started looking indistinguishable from all the other liberal parties on the Left and their store front allies posing as centrists. Leader Nigel Farage…
Ideology is out, and wealth is in, as political campaigns go digital. Being savvy and ruthless in the marketplace offers the only promise of wealth these days. Those who go down the college track will find only a minimalist lifestyle…
Are Hollywood-style debates really in the best interests of American democracy? Isn’t the whole television format fixed in favor of one side? They’re less about ideas and principles, and more about showmanship, it seems. Why can’t the GOP just say…
Cold warriors still remember the good old days when Marxist-Leninist thinking adhered strictly to the Soviet Union. The USSR is gone now, and the new Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, is said to be a born-again Christian who must broker peace…
We all applaud Martin Luther King’s triumphant sentiment when he said “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but…
The USDA’s “Open Space” website reminds us that it is the conservatives today who seek to conserve green, undeveloped tracts of land. Quality of life goes with maintaining the way God made the natural world–with trees, flowers, and grass in…
Retired Black Hills State University professor Victor Weidensee enlisted in the Army Air Corps right after Pearl Harbor. He eventually joined the American effort to retake the Philippines, part of a guerrilla special operations behind enemy lines with the 3rd…
No question that Indian children should stay within their own culture. The same is true for all other cultures. Imagine that you and your spouse were killed in a car accident: would you want your son or daughter to be…