How many of you remember the tarmac standoff moment between then Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and President Barack Hussein Obama? It was about the issue of illegal immigration and the fact that the Obama administration was telling Gov. Brewer that it was a federal issue and the State had no…
“Americans will always do the right thing, after they have exhausted all other alternatives” — Sir Winston Churchill I remember growing up as a little boy and being rather inquisitive about certain things. One day, down at my paternal Granddad’s house in Cuthbert (Randolph County), Georgia, I wanted to know…
Most of today’s activist class in the West either have no knowledge of — or choose to forget — one of the bloodiest internal conflicts in the modern Arab world: Algeria’s war against the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. After the FIS won the first round of…
What a week, last week. I had planned to write about the two big anniversaries: 9/11 and Benghazi. But the week was dominated by other news. It started with footage of the savage, senseless attack on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train that took place on August 22, but…
It was today, 17 September 1787, 238 years ago, that the rule of law governing the longest-running constitutional Republic the world has ever known was signed. It would be some two years later that the Constitution of the United States of America would be ratified by the 13 states. The…
Throughout our history in America, anti-government groups, or the Left, have resorted to violence when they believe they have lost the argument. And they have lost the argument. We remember how the media jumped into the new liberal wave in the 60s Millions of people still remember the bloodshed of…
Last week was one that we shall all remember for quite some time. The day before the 24th remembrance of 9-11, a stalwart young conservative champion of free speech, Charlie Kirk, was violently assassinated right before our eyes. Charlie is now welcomed into the loving arms of his Lord and…
Greetings everyone from Skjolden, Norway, where I am aboard the Holland America cruise ship Rotterdam. I am here after a magnificent day at the end of Norway’s deepest, 1,308m, and longest, 200km, Sognefjord, known as the King of the Fjords. The beauty and splendor of this place, which we first…
If there’s one thing about the Marxist left, it is that they will always provide you with lots of opportunities to evidence their delusion. Perhaps some of you recall the song by Led Zeppelin from whence I draw the title of this week’s Colonel’s Constitutional Brief. I am starting to…
CCNS member, former US Congressman, Retired Lt. Col. Allen West discusses ‘My Priority is to Protect My Soldiers,’ sharing his love of country, on The Glazov Gang You can watch that interview here
As I am writing this missive, I am in the DC area, and we all know what was just recently announced that has instigated another leftist apoplectic meltdown. Now, of course, Marxists will say that crime is down in the District of Columbia, the seat of our federal government. However,…
CCNS member, former U.S. Congressman, and Lt. Col. Allen West (US Army, Retired) was on Real America’s Voice with Steve Gruber about the runaway Texas state House Democrats. You can watch the interview here