No, We Are NOT a “nation of immigrants”, and coming here for “a better life” is Shadow-chasing!

The two phrases in quotation marks are ones I wish we would ban from public discourse. if your father, or grandfather, did time in prison, dies that make YOU a “convict”? Do not give me this ‘We’re all immigrants” bromide. Oh and, what about “They just want a better life”? Yeah, well, good luck and … Continue reading No, We Are NOT a “nation of immigrants”, and coming here for “a better life” is Shadow-chasing!

Is Obama’s intended course of action in Syria constitutional – really?

Simon Templar September 9, 2013 R> Yesterday I watched Sec. State Kerry repeatedly tell members of the Senate that the President has the constitutional authority to take military action against Syria without congressional authorization. There may have been other Senators who said it also, but I only heard Rand Paul disagree with Kerry’s assertion.  The Constitution … Continue reading Is Obama’s intended course of action in Syria constitutional – really?

E-Mask-ulated

Original OP published 3 December 2020: Browsing American Thinker this morning, as is my wont , I clicked on the link to New England Journal of Medicine wherein they concluded that, even in a hospital setting, universal masking is largely “talismanic”. But it now appears with a banner disclaimer at the top to the effect … Continue reading E-Mask-ulated

Plan Mexico: In Honor of the Fallen AKA Winning the Peace

In case you have forgotten, I have written 9 or 10 OPs entitled “Winning the Peace.”  D'Nanda, God bless her, has boiled all of them down to the following: As I may have said in this space once or twice, since the end of World War II, our nation’s military has won almost all the … Continue reading Plan Mexico: In Honor of the Fallen AKA Winning the Peace