In the 20 years since I have been writing this monthly letter, I have never found it so difficult to cut through the maze of current events to find threads that enforce my theme that “ideas have consequences”. I have refused to become beholden to the zeitgeist, the overnight news cycle, and the “who’s up, […]
We Should Stand Stronger on Hong Kong
“Hong Kong is part of China. They’ll have to deal with that themselves. They don’t need advice.”–President Donald Trump. “Only one capital is responsible for what is unfolding in Hong Kong: Beijing……It is critical to recognize that the dynamics that led to this crisis didn’t begin in Hong Kong and won’t end there. The turmoil […]
Fixing Higher Education in America
When I picked up this book by Richard Vedder, Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America, I generally knew what to expect because I had read much of his work in op/eds and essays over the years and we had met and exchanged views when we both were contributors for several years to the blog SeeThruEdu […]
New Genetic Discovery: Is It the “Gay Gene”?
Just in the past few days there has come the announcement in the journal Science of a large study by an international research team and the discovery of five genetic markers linked to whether someone has ever had sex with a person of the same sex. This team conducted a genome-wide association study using genomic […]
Saint Comey
Beware the self-righteous, particularly in government. James Comey is an ongoing case study of the dangers to the republic of the righteous, right or left, when we entrust them with authority, especially involving taxation or in this case, police powers. At least the whistle has finally been blown, although there is certainly more to learn, […]
Planned Parenthood Retreats
As parts of the Trump administration’s Protect Life rules have gone into effect, particularly one that prohibits recipients of Title X family-planning funds from performing abortions or referring for abortions, the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, has announced that it will not comply with the new rules and will forfeit federal funding of about […]
More Summer Books
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, by David McCullough This is a typical McCullough book–a great story, easy to read, educational, and fun. It tells the story of the settlement and development of the Northwest Territory of the U. S. through the experiences and legacy of several […]
The Texas Pilgrim Book Update
In case you’re wondering, my book, The Texas Pilgrim: 20 Years of Reflection and Commentary, is not sold out and Amazon is ready to take your order. Just go to my web site, www.texaspilgrim.com, and click on the book cover. And when you’ve read it, please write a review for Amazon. Of note, if you are […]
The Mueller Cover Up
Now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has finally appeared before Congress to testify on his written report on Trump/Russian “collusion”, we can now confirm what I and others said and wrote when the written report was released in April–this investigation has been a trumped-up (no pun intended) fraud from the beginning, and the Attorney General’s […]
Your Turn, Mr. Prime Minister
Now the British Tories have spoken, Queen Elizabeth has confirmed, and Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister of the UK. We will now see if Mr. Johnson can Brexit, or will he follow the failure of the last two of his predecessors and possibly, God forbid, default to a Jeremy Corbin-led Labor government. He […]
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