What kind of mayors allow violent demonstrators to destroy their cities in piecemeal fashion with protracted rioting? What kind of governors allow cities in their state to burn similarly at the hands of rioters? What kind of elected…

This week, I thought we’d take a respite from the Chinese coronavirus, communist agitators, ginned-up charges of racism and juvenile public-policy proposals, and examine a couple of items that made news over the last few weeks. These garnered…

Last Saturday in Atlanta, 8-year-old Secoriea Turner was killed while riding in a car with her mother and a family friend who was driving. According to police, as the driver attempted to enter a parking lot where a…

It’s admittedly somewhat dispiriting – the idea that we’re going into the 244th anniversary of Independence Day with so little to celebrate in the context of our nation’s current status and future. For some, our annual Independence Day…

At the risk of focusing on the symptom rather than the disease itself, I’m going to address the need for a reform of police procedures in our nation. There’s little doubt that the reader will be aware of…

Over the last few days, we’ve heard a few conservative commentators discussing the lack of pushback we’re seeing from Republican lawmakers and so-called conservative leaders against recent efforts to advance a radical socialist agenda on the part of…

A few weeks ago, I asked the question of whether 2020 would wind up representing “The Summer of stupidity” and, at this juncture, it seems to be shaping up quite nicely. The truth is that I’ve never done very…

There are two key factors contributing to the exaggerated response of some of our citizens following the killing of black Minnesota resident George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25. By this, I am…

“If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.” – Joe Biden, May 22, 2020 It was a bit difficult for me to justify expounding upon the topic that follows.…

As I’ve managed to chronicle since the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, certain circumstances have prompted a lot of people to reveal their true colors, as it were. Many of these revelations can be summed up in two…

In 2010, I had occasion to briefly visit my old elementary school in New York. At one point, I came upon a huge and rather dazzling mural in a stairwell that depicted President Barack Hussein Obama alongside Rev.…

As the reader will likely have noticed, there’s a common theme playing out in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the part of some of our elected officials. Here, I refer to the emergence of little tin…

With all of the furor over social distancing, widespread fear, conspiracy theories and opportunistic political grandstanding attendant to the COVID-19 pandemic vying for our attention, just above the radar, we’re hearing calls for investigations into how the novel coronavirus was…

Last week in this space, I highlighted an object lesson in the stupidity attendant to people of color embracing the left’s racialist orthodoxy in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. People of color are obviously not the only group…

As Americans observe social distancing guidelines and quarantines during the coronavirus pandemic, it is important that we acknowledge the efforts and the dedication of those who are laboring against the virus, whether those in public service or health…

With the specter of the coronavirus pandemic looming, we are getting to experience some of the pitfalls of having extremely high population densities in our major urban areas. While we can’t boast some of the high populations of…

During the impeachment proceedings held against President Donald Trump earlier this year, I was at first tempted to refer to the high-profile House Democrats who were driving the process (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam…