Howard Roark Archives
The Buffalo mass-murder rampage is a tragedy that has become all too familiar to Americans in recent years, and the fact that the shooter declared himself to be a white supremacist made a terrible situation even worse. Heeding their mantra to never allow a crisis to go to waste, Democrats immediately pounced on this horrific […]
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Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman-philosopher who died in 1983, demonstrated an incredible prescience during his lifetime, which included this gem: “There is a widespread feeling that our economic system and our civilization are nearing their end. … In the 1970s many people see life drained of meaning, and there is hardly a certitude left.” Given his […]
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The Sufi poet Jalaluddin Rumi once wrote that even Jesus fled from the fool, saying, “I can make the blind see, the deaf hear, the lame run and raise the dead, but I cannot turn the fool away from his folly.” His words are every bit as relevant today as they were 800 years ago, […]
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Back in January, I wrote an article conjecturing that Democrat power brokers would soon be letting Joe Biden know that it’s time for him to step aside. The only reason they haven’t already done so is that they first have to find a way to get rid of Kringey Kamala. The question is, what can […]
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The most recent Real Clear Politics poll shows Joe Biden with a disapproval rating of 53.8 percent and only 41 percent approval, which, understandably, has Republicans celebrating. But before they pop the cork on the champagne, it might be wise to ask the question, who in the world are the 41 percent who say they […]
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The way the media is now covering the Hunter Biden laptop story, you’d think it was breaking news. But, of course, everyone — including those in the mainstream media who insisted for two years that it was nothing more than Russian disinformation — has known all along that the story was true. Nevertheless, no one […]
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As I listen to media folks obsess over the “slap heard round the world” at the Oscars, my memory takes me back to a 1988 “60 Minutes” segment about jazz legend Miles Davis. Davis’ ominous demeanor had interviewer Harry Reasoner squirming in his chair. There was, however, one thing Davis said during that interview that […]
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Unless I missed it, I don’t recall any Republican in the House or Senate, not to mention any potential Republican presidential candidate or conservative media commentator, addressing two questions that I believe millions of Americans would like to have answered: If Republicans get back into power, what are they going to do about the millions […]
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