Actually it is an old, often used lie that has really never been put away. Having not been very media friendly today I would not be surprised that there has already been a drumbeat started throughout the “Sunday shows”. I have noticed that our socially aware president has released a statement which gives a slight […]

From the beginning of the media coverage, through the trial itself and now, of course, during the hyped reaction to the verdict it has been all too apparent to a clear eye that playing (or over playing) race as an issue was one of the main objective behind most of the “prime movers” in the […]

Liberals need villains and victims to talk about. They also need mythical heroes to talk about. This past few days they got one for a brief time in Wendy Davis. Actually, given past history, Davis has a chance to remain a hero since for the left failure normally just cements their heroes into permanent victim […]

It is not my intention to create unnecessary nightmares but I am going to recall the image of then Secretary of State Clinton pulling a common liberal technique before the Senate. That technique is indignation. To keep from really answering the question she merely took the loud, shrill tone that she is so good at […]

If asked what our major national import was I suspect you would not have to be a “low information voter” to answer foreign oil. This could even be considered a correct answer if you were to be solely impressed by the total dollar amounts in any one year. But I would contend that because of […]

Last week I read a column by a conservative writer I respect. Having good instincts, he got it half right. Although I fall short of the author’s skill or learning, the subject is one that I have thought long and hard on for some time. Hopefully that time spent will close some of the gap […]

Besides assuming that I have to direct my arguments toward a sophomore mentality when engaging in policy discussions with regressives (I refused to call them progressive), there a few characteristic argument styles that I have learned are common and to be expected. More often than not they can be expected to occur in a specific […]

The seasoned horseman was leaned against the edge of a stock trailer listening (it seemed) to the tall red headed man who was talking non-stop. I was a teenager at the time riding a few young horses for the seasoned man in the dirty black hat. I had finished with the colt I was leading […]