Opinion

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: A taboo subject that must be addressed – human trafficking

When I worked for the state representative here in Texas, one of his initiatives was putting an end to human trafficking.It has taken me awhile to wrap my head around the magnitude of it.After reading many articles on it and doing a lot of digging I have decided this week I am going to speak my...

OPINION: Constitutional cruelty: Dems now oppose a democratic process on student loans

“Disappointing and cruel.”Those words from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Biden administration’s loan forgiveness program may say more than the opinion itself.The court’s “cruelty” was in supporting Congress’s core constitutional power of...

OPINION: ‘D’ Is for Democrats… and Disinformation

Barack Obama told a good joke the other day.He said he thought that the level of disinformation and misinformation online has gotten so dangerously high in the U.S. that we need to develop “digital fingerprints” so ordinary citizens can tell what’s truly true and know who’s not telling it.We?Did he...

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: A little bit of this and that...

I have never been the biggest fan of Michael Douglas, but the other day I heard him say, “This political system has been hijacked to assure those with power keep it.”What do you think of those words, do you think it’s true?I read some statistics reporting only two percent of Americans trust...

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (June 29, 2023)

GRAND DELUSIONS“I wear this partisan [censure] vote as a badge of honor, knowing that I have lived my oath, knowing that I have done my duty to hold a dangerous and out-of-control president accountable, and knowing that I would do so again in a heartbeat.” – Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA)  THE BIG...

OPINION: Woke initiatives are creating division in the US military

What is wrong with today’s United States military?In a word: division.As a once proud member of a distinguished group of senior leaders in the U.S. Air Force, I am loathe to criticize people who, if I were still serving, would be my “wingmen,” “battle buddies,” or “shipmates.”However, retention is...