Merchants of Addiction – Reliance as a Tool of Tyranny

Merchants of Addiction – Reliance as a Tool of Tyranny

Beginning with Jamestown (circa 1607), American life has been organized around and dependent upon the notion of rigorous self-reliance. In early America, self-reliance was a given. There wasn’t much choice for the early patriots. After all, staying alive was...
Charting a Course to History’s Dead End

Charting a Course to History’s Dead End

It is said that there is nothing new under the sun. History is nothing more than a compilation of dates, events, and recordings of previous generations’ successes and failures. There isn’t anything new that hasn’t already been tried in one way, shape, or form....
Sasse  vs. China and the NBA

Sasse vs. China and the NBA

Ben Sasse is Nebraska’s golden boy, the state’s once heralded hope for pure conservative representation in the US Senate. From time to time, he’s lost his way in the vast forest of Washington, DC. My jury is sequestered. There’s no verdict to...
Five Media Rules for Conservatives

Five Media Rules for Conservatives

Deciphering the myriad and complex media messages is both a science and an art. To say the media misleads the public is a misnomer. The media does mislead us, by lying to us constantly. If you’re one who naively accepts copy and image as dispensed by the major...
Border Takeaways: Broken Promises

Border Takeaways: Broken Promises

A Bit of Background In my 2018 Congressional Campaign in Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District, I always said: “A nation that fails to protect its borders, is a nation that’s failing to protect its people and a nation who fails to protect its people, isn’t a nation.”...
A Nightmarish Army of Unblinking Spies

A Nightmarish Army of Unblinking Spies

The surveillance state constantly expands. That thing that seems like no big deal today can suddenly become a big deal as technology evolves. Take the proliferation of surveillance cameras. We’ve come to accept electronic eyes recording our every move like a normal...