By John Douglas
All of us can remember what are called “gotcha moments,” moments in time when something important happened and we can recall years later where we were when we first heard the news. Such was the attack on Pearl Harbor for our older citizens, the assassination of President Kennedy for my generation and the attacks of 9/11/01 for most of us. This past week we added another gotcha … Read more...
By John Douglas
Until now, historians generally consider our 15th President, James Buchanan to have been the worst President in American history. While in office from 1857-1861, he sat by and did nothing to halt the oncoming War Between the States and the sectional crisis that was tearing the nation apart. Fortunately for America, Buchanan chose not to run for reelection and went home, making way for Abraham Lincoln.
That … Read more...
By John Douglas
There comes a point in every person’s life where they have to admit the obvious. Even though we may ignore reality, somehow the stark truth shines through even the deepest denials. This is where we find ourselves now when we look at the relationship that clearly exists between domestic Islamic terrorists and members of the Obama administration.
Humanevents.com reports that on March 6th, 2011, Denis McDonough, the … Read more...
By John Douglas
Surveying the world situation at this writing, the attacks on Libya are continuing while Japan lurches from telling us that its nuclear power plants are being brought under control to telling us there are new or growing problems. In the Middle East, neighboring countries have sent troops into Bahrain (home of the US 5th Fleet) to save that government from its own people, the US budget deficit … Read more...