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WHAT ARE STUDENTS LEARNING IN SCHOOL THESE DAYS?

Well, in my opinion, at George Washington University, not much. A few weeks ago, the Young America’s Foundation, interviewed some students there, and the video shows the results. Only 6 out of 30 students knew that we’d be commemorating 9/11 the following week. How could any 18-22 year old NOT know about 9/11? My 6-year […]

REMEMBERING 9/11

Last Christmas, I had the opportunity to visit the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero.  It was a very moving and emotional experience for me.  Thinking back on my visit still brings tears to my eyes. We shall never forget We shall keep this day, We shall keep the events and the tears In our minds, […]

REMEMBERING 9/11

Not many Americans can forget exactly where we were on September 11, 2001.  I received a call from a friend who simply said, “turn on your tv.”  By the time I did, here on the west coast, the horror had already unfolded and I spent much of the day, zombie-like, in front of my computer, […]

…AND JUSTICE FOR ALL?

                                         There’s a lot about the Department of Justice that I just don’t get.  The main thing I don’t get, though, is Eric Holder, the Attorney General.  In the last two years, he’s done a lot of very strange and stupid things. Most recently, the DOJ decided to try terrorist Ahmed Ghailani in […]

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS: THE 21ST CENTURY BULLY

You may recall the early Charles Atlas advertisements.  The typical scenario presented a skinny young man (usually accompanied by a female companion) being threatened by a bully. The bully pushes down the “97-pound weakling” and the girlfriend joins in the derision.  This embarrassment makes the young man go home and order the Atlas book on […]