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OTTAWA, Ohio -- This is not a story about politics. Instead, it is a story about America and how sometimes, you can discover something new when you try to absorb the country's character one mile at a time and when you take in a place on its own terms and not simply the terms of wherever you came from. A couple of weeks ago, a native Long Islander who has called New York City his home for half a dozen years took his first trip to the Midwest for a news assignment to discuss what he found different about the...

As angry parents coast to coast continue to rebel against leftist indoctrination of their children at school, the nation's largest teachers' unions have let it be known that they will support Marxist and socialist teachers who are teaching Critical Race Theory anyway. In other words, "Ha, ha, parents, we have your children, we are going to indoctrinate them as we wish, and what are you going to do about it?" What some irate parents have done about it is to appear at school board meetings. The discourse has been raucous. Some have filed lawsuits. Others have initiated recalls of leftist...

We hear a lot about road rage these days as the complexities of life cause stress and anger that often result in deadly consequences. Recently, during a Bible study session at my home, a friend, whom I'll refer to as Gregg, told us about a road confrontation that occurred a few days earlier. As he was making a left turn at an intersection near his home, Gregg noticed a car speeding up toward him as if to block his path. He safely made the turn but heard the screeching sound of brakes being applied. A glance at his rearview mirror...

As cossetted, spoiled. U.S. leftists despoil the U.S. flag, those who know what real tyranny is have another take. Maybe Cuban kids in the future will remember this weekend's marches as the beginning of a new chapter in the island's history. We certainly hope so. It looks from here that the government has few options. They can fight back or do nothing. Either way the marches will go on. We've had a lot of debate up here about the U.S. flag. So it was fascinating to read about a certain flag carried by protesters in Cuba. This is the story:...

Democrats are beyond hysterical that some people choose not to be vaccinated. They are irrationally crazed about the January 6th set-up of an “insurrection.” When compared to the summer of riots that they wholly supported and even encouraged, what occurred that day was a non-event. But they are silent about the crime waves that are making NY, SF, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and other Democrat-run cities unlivable killing fields. Oh, they disingenuously rage on and on about how more gun control is needed but they know damn well that those doing the shooting don’t obey any laws, let alone gun...

We at Conference of Jewish Affairs, though not sponsors of the "No Fear" rally held Sunday, July 11 in D.C., did wish for its success inasmuch as a rally against anti-Semitism from well meaning people has many pluses. We were not active sponsors of the rally, since four decades of experience in Jewish organizational life have taught us some unassailable lessons and the need to beware. One of these lessons is that establishment Jewish organizations often use the legitimate concerns of the Jewish grassroots and turn them into public showcases that deny the true sources of anti-Semitism and focus on...

I took a look at my recent AT articles and I apologize. I have been dancing around the elephant in the room. The only thing that matters in America right now is that liberals got everything wrong. And they can’t believe it. They won’t believe it. They dare not believe it. When was the last time a New York Times writer said that the trouble with the labor and pro-union legislation of the 1930s is that it led directly to the overpriced manufacturing union labor of the 1970s? In the long run, it Made Things Worse for the white working...

I took a look at my recent AT articles and I apologize. I have been dancing around the elephant in the room. The only thing that matters in America right now is that liberals got everything wrong. And they can’t believe it. They won’t believe it. They dare not believe it. When was the last time a New York Times writer said that the trouble with the labor and pro-union legislation of the 1930s is that it led directly to the overpriced manufacturing union labor of the 1970s? In the long run, it Made Things Worse for the white working...

Yet another great Buddy Brown song.

The Communist Party of China runs a theocracy. Founded 100 years ago, it has followed a trajectory away from Western Marxism toward the religious precepts of China two-and-a-half millennia ago. Under Xi Jinping’s leadership, the Chinese Communist Party has robustly revived the Chinese Imperial structure, which was first institutionalized in 221 BCE, whereby Chinese life experiences were directed by the authorities towards discipline and order. SNIP Emperor Xi In December 2019, the Chinese Communist Party Poliburo elevated Xi Jinping with a new title renmin lingxiu or “People’s Leader,” providing him personally with a status akin to that of the Emperor...

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...Conservatives think liberals are people with bad ideas, liberals think conservatives are bad people with ideas...Matt Daemon discussing his experience in Oklahoma.

Some think tank or polling organization should ask 1,000 Americans: What is the best thing most Americans can do to make the country better? Presumably, those most influenced by their schooling and by the media would answer something along the lines of: "fight racism" or "work to reduce inequality." Whatever the specific answer, most young people -- and those older who lean left -- would most likely respond by citing some form of activism. Since the early 1960s and '70s, a moral life has been defined as engaging in activism. One improves America -- indeed, one becomes a good person...

On Independence Day the Black Lives Matter chapter located in Utah posted on social media that the “American flag is now a hate symbol.” On Independence Day the Black Lives Matter (BLM) chapter located in Utah posted on social media that the “American flag is now a hate symbol.” The post, which went viral of course, caused somewhat of an uproar. Some Americans found the post ridiculous while some came out in full-throated defense of it. Yet, less than a week after issuing its infamous post about the American flag, BLM Utah is back at it again. And this time,...

In politics, there are rules for Democrats and rules for Republicans. They are not the same, not even close, and each set of rules is an ever-changing word salad ready to be tossed in whatever way leftists demand they be depending upon the situation. Things that, say, Donald Trump did while president which were met with outrage are met with silence when surpassed by Joe Biden. In the mail this week came a prime example of just this fact to millions of Americans. An April 14, 2020, Washington Post “news” story entitled, “In unprecedented move, Treasury orders Trump’s name printed...

Some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful masterminds have seized upon climate change and the COVID pandemic to engineer a financial reset. Some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful masterminds have seized upon climate change and the COVID pandemic to engineer a financial reset, or what they like to call the Going Direct Reset, as defined in a nutshell by Catherine Austin Fitts: The Going Direct Reset is about the reengineering of our financial system. The U.S. dollar reserve currency system is aging, and plans are underway for a new global financial system aimed at increasing centralized global...

The script and blueprint written by the despots of the Twentieth Century is being faithfully executed. Political persecution and isolation of vast swaths of the citizenry by the Justice Department, the Intelligence Community and the Judiciary in the wake of the January 6, 2021 Capitol incursion should bring a chill down the spine of every American. This same troika, but with different nomenclature, was mobilized by 20th Century despots to eliminate their political enemies and establish a police state. (I attended the January 6, 2021 rally at the U.S. Capitol and observed first-hand what the media and the Democrats have...

There is growing speculation that Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated before he could blow the whistle on Covid-19 vaccines. Before we get into that speculation, let’s start with the facts. Haiti is the only nation in the western hemisphere that does not have Covid-19 injections available to the people. Considering the extreme poverty, cramped conditions, horrible healthcare infrastructure, and a population that is extremely vaccine hesitant, one might think the nation would be a cesspool of Covid-19 cases. It is not. In fact, scientists had been studying the people in the nation to determine why they seem to be...

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) agents said 18 men, including a Tennessee National Guard chaplain and local pastor, have been arrested in a human trafficking operation in Middle Tennessee last week. The two-day operation in Spring Hill yielded 18 men being arrested on various charges linked to a fake online sex ad. Investigators said the undercover operation started June 8 and focused on addressing human trafficking in Middle Tennessee. Authorities placed several decoy advertisements on websites known to be linked to prostitution and commercial sex cases. Investigators were hoping to identify and recover possible victims of sex trafficking and sought...

July 13 , 2021Memorial of Bl. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Santiago Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, Utah Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingExodus 2:1-15 ©Pharaoh's daughter finds Moses among the bulrushesThere was a man of the tribe of Levi who had taken a woman of Levi as his wife. She conceived and gave birth to a son and, seeing what a fine child he was, she kept him hidden for three months. When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him; coating it with bitumen and pitch, she put the child inside and...