Author Archives: Steve

Democrats and Surrender

There is a great scene in the 1963 movie “Zulu,” one of my favorite movies. In this movie, A British regiment of 140 men is surrounded by 4000 Zulu warriors, who want to destroy this last remnant of British rule … Continue reading

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Virginia Tech Confronts Evil

I have attempted to resist the temptation to comment on the shooting on the campus of Virginia Technical College. The shootings were terrible. There is really nothing else to be said about them. While we all strive to gain some … Continue reading

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Brief Comments on the Passing Times

I am finding it hard to come up with topics to write about these days; we seem to be at some sort of political hiatus, waiting for some things to end, some things to begin. In addition, I really do … Continue reading

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Sometimes You Have To Fight

I have a friend who is married, with children. He was telling me, the other day, about his six year old son. Now, my friend is not a pacifist. He just doesn’t like guns, though, and tried to keep guns, … Continue reading

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U.S. Pariah

I have written, here, for the past few months, about the coming war with Islam. In my opinion, this war is inevitable; while it can be, truthfully, said that the majority of Moslems have no desire for such a war, … Continue reading

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The Democrats Turn Down War

By Spring of 1864, the American Civil War seemed to be going no place to many of the American people. The Federal government had undergone a sting of tragic defeats and pyrrhic victories and to the average citizen, the war … Continue reading

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The End of the Road

Hugh Hewitt writes, in the popular Conservative web site “Town Hall” that:  In the past three weeks I have spoken on air with every member of the GOP leadership: Republican Leader Boehner, Republican Whip Blunt, Republican Deputy Whip Cantor and … Continue reading

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War and Peace in a Democracy

The American Marine Corps has a motto, “no better friend, no worse enemy” that could very well describe the nation as a whole. Americans have a tradition of being anti-war; through our history, we have been loath to maintain a … Continue reading

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Storm Clouds Gathering

Once I remember standing on an Atlantic Ocean beach, on a beautiful day that was cloudless, except for a spot of dark on the horizon. As I watched this spot of black, I saw it rapidly getting darker and bigger … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims and John Wayne

Today is our holiday of Thanksgiving. It celebrates a very famous feast, a harvest feast in the year 1621, shared by some of our original settlers, called ‘Pilgrims’ and the members of a local Indian tribe that had found advantage … Continue reading

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