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A Black Man’s Letter to Black Lives Matter

In the aftermath of the George Floyd incident, everyone seems to want to have a conversation about race in America. Just recently, presumptive Democrat presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, asserted that if you couldn’t decide whether to vote for him or President Trump, “you ain’t black.” So, let…

The Great Society Has Failed

The old folks down south had a saying when I was growing up that went something like this: “That fella is just whistling past the graveyard.” As with many of those wise sayings and metaphors, such as “an empty wagon makes the most noise,” you never learn the true meaning…

Preventing Another Viral 9/11

Bottom line up front – the COVID-19 pandemic was a disaster for our economy, signaling that U.S. needs the scientific equivalent of a counterterrorism unit. The U.S. intelligence agencies had neither the expertise nor the focus to provide the president and the nation with adequate scientific analysis to respond effectively…

A Black Man’s Response to Joe Biden

Yesterday, Joe Biden had the audacity to tell a Black man, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump — then you ain’t black!” Well, sir, I am a Black man, and here is my response to your disgusting comments: This commentary was originally published…

New Stasi Surveillance Force

During my first Army duty assignment in Vicenza, Italy, I had the opportunity, twice, to go through Checkpoint Charlie into East Berlin. Imagine being a young 24-year-old from the inner city of Atlanta, and the lasting impression left by walking the same streets with Soviet officers. But, the thing that…

Voter Fraud and COVID-19

“Coronavirus gives us an opportunity to revamp our electoral system so that it permanently becomes more inclusive and becomes easier for the American people to access.” -– Former US Attorney General Eric Holder, Time, April 14, 2020 If there is one thing you can count on the progressive socialist left to do,…

Lockdown? Yes, For This Group

It is supremely perplexing to me that you can turn over to CNN and MSNBC and all they are talking about is keeping Americans under house arrest and in an illegal martial law. Just last week the Wisconsin Supreme Court decided that the governor’s stay at home order was unconstitutional…well,…

Saudi Opposition to a Palestinian State

*Notwithstanding Saudi philo-Palestinian talk, Riyadh considers the Palestinian issue a low priority. It ranks significantly lower than the clear and present lethal threat posed by Iran’s Ayatollahs; the potential tectonic eruption in Iraq; the lethal threat from volcanic Yemen; and the domestic powder keg in the oil-rich and Shia-dominated Qatif…

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