American Citizenship

Some informed comments from Mark Steyn about being a citizen in the USA: Citizenship is about allegiance. We benefit from our rights as citizens of the state and in return we accept our duties as citizens of the state. And

What Do Leftists Really Believe?

They proclaim to believe in high moral virtues.  They designate anyone who doesn’t support their policies as deplorable.  Yet, they always appear to avoid practicing what they preach.  Hypocrisy is a central tenant of the true practice of Leftism. If

Ohio State Football

We went to the Ohio State (#6) vs Penn State (#2) game yesterday in Columbus and saw a doozy of a football match-up.  Due to the fact that the Buckeyes had to overcome all sorts of adversity (much of it

European Vacation

We just returned from a great vacation to central Europe… We took a Danube river cruise on Amawaterways and visited numerous cities and countries, including Budapest, Hungary, Bratislava, Slovakia, Vienna, Austria, Regensburg, Germany, and Prague, Czechia. .

The Leftist Brand of Morality

As usual, some great comments from Mark Steyn: Once upon a time, the elites chafed under middle-class morality, and found sly workarounds for their darker appetites. Then came liberation. And in the ruins of bourgeois society a new moral hierarchy

Football and Honor

There have been more interesting comments about the NFL than you can shake a stick at, such as here, here, and here… It doesn’t surprise me that the most cogent observations come courtesy of Victor Davis Hanson: Meanwhile, the NFL

Does Reality Matter Anymore?

We are supposed to be living in this golden age of technology where it provides us with great insights — artificial intelligence, machine learning, and business analytics.   These are activities that are all based on dealing with large amounts of