Balanced news isn’t easy to come by these days, little beyond puff pieces and liberal advocacy. Print journalism in America is moribund. Though independent, Web-based news services are fragmented, while the likes of Facebook and Twitter offer little more than…
Author: Brad Ford
Huckabee Endorses Rounds, No Carpetbaggers Step Forward
Mike Rounds’ latest press release seems to target South Dakota conservatives, especially those who might see themselves as too busy to dig too deeply into political records and issues. Former governor Rounds now has the endorsement of fellow Governor Mike…
Social Darwinism, Religion, and the Political Right
No question that the secular world is serious about driving Christianity from American society. Sure, tolerance of all religions is cited as the rationale, though most realize that eliminating all religion is the unstated objective, which will come with time.…
Parents of Teens Should Read “Letters to a Young Progressive”
It seems that working, career-minded parents have less time than ever to spend with teens these days. This is not good in an ambient social world that is militantly secular and liberal, preying upon a young person’s “natural” desire to…
Will Blacks Clash with White Liberal Elites on Amnesty?
Yes, white liberals think they own the minority vote. It’s been a latent part of university think tanks for almost a century now, since the urgencies of World War I. Minorities and the Third World are an emotional playground for…
John Birch, Missionary, Army Intelligence Officer, and Martyr on the Political Right
When WWII broke out, US military intelligence looked for two types of Americans that had intimate knowledge of the topography and language of little-known terrain: plantation owners and Christian missionaries. Many of the former served as “coast watchers” on Pacific…
American Politicians Loathe to Countenance Media-Enabled Underclass
Email forwardings often offer perspectives and “out of the box” thinking not available on homogeneous national news services. One points to “A 17 year old ‘animal’ named De’Marquis Elkins [who] shot and killed an innocent 13 month old baby in…
Is America Moving toward Democracy or Dictatorship?
(UC Berkeley’s Natalie Wolchover pictured on Scientific American site) Every week now someone forwards a new set of photos supposedly depicting downscale Walmart shoppers. The implication is that they represent the true face of democracy in our world.…
News Media Setup, Witch Hunt against Councilman Clayton?
Maybe the term “media liberal” should be coined–in reference to secular people whose only thoughts about news issues and social values come from the media, including Hollywood. This is too bad because US media (including local monopolies)…
Will New Jesuit Pope Reverse Moral Decline, Bring Hispanics into GOP Fold?
Readers of James Joyce know that the Jesuit educational institutions in Ireland revealed a Catholic Church at its civilizational best. Joyce couldn’t have written his monumental works without their discipline, vows to poverty, and overall godliness. …