To consolidate and increase failing political power, the first step is to find an enemy. Demonize this enemy in every way possible. Label it unpatriotic to question the evil of this enemy. Then rally around the flag and kick some serious butt. Sound familiar? It certainly should! Subsequent to the

At the risk of starting the argument of all time, I feel compelled to point out that Americans today are simply not made of the same stern stuff as our ancestors. You disagree? Please write and tell me honestly what you think your nearest neighbor would do if awakened at midnight by the warning, "The

Let me duck down behind some cover here. Yes! I think that felons should be allowed to purchase - and carry - firearms. I'm still down here. Are you finished with the rotten eggs and tomatoes? Okay, I'll stick my head back up. Felons should be allowed to carry guns! Before I continue, let me

If you believe passionately in political correctness and cannot bear to see it used as a weapon in a war against the idiots who originated the whole politically correct idea, do please leave now. And you needn't return. Folks with no sense of humor give me a severe pain somewhere south of my belly button.

I am a veteran and a patriot. Such a remark often makes a writer the target of ridicule or worse, but I refuse to withdraw it. It happens to be the plain, unvarnished truth. In September of 1972, on my own 18th birthday, I raised my right hand and swore solemnly to protect and defend the Constitution