Posted on January 28, 2019 by Robert Ringer
An acquaintance of mine recently asked me if I took media darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seriously? Without hesitation, I answered in the affirmative. Let me explain why. In full disclosure, I admit I have a soft spot for AOC. She’s an adorable little girl with sparkling eyes and boundless energy. Sure, she’s undeniably a moron, but […]
Posted on January 22, 2019 by Robert Ringer
Those of us who were around to witness the big bang of the Victimization Trap are still amazed by how thoroughly entrenched it has become. In the early going, it was pretty much just a handful of hippies to whom no well-bathed person paid much attention. I always thought the Haight-Ashbury kids were kind of […]
Posted on January 15, 2019 by Robert Ringer
With child star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a large portion of the Democratic Party now openly promoting socialism/communism, it’s a good time to take a look at its polar opposite, individualism. Liberals insist that individualism is a “selfish” philosophy devoid of compassion. But is it? To address this claim, let’s begin at the beginning and examine […]
Posted on January 7, 2019 by Robert Ringer
It puzzles me why everyone is so shocked that Mitt Romney came out of the starting gate bashing President Trump. Anyone who heard his infamous attack on then candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican primaries should not have been surprised. In my article “A Final Word on the 2018 Midterms,” published the day before […]
Posted on December 27, 2018 by Robert Ringer
Americans are easy prey when it comes to being distracted by the political theater in Washington. It is this attraction to non-issues (e.g., the so-called government shutdown) that prevents them from focusing on the issues that really matter. Of course, people’s ideas about what constitutes freedom can vary widely, depending upon whether they view the […]
Posted on December 24, 2018 by Robert Ringer
The average low-information voter, who depends on getting his news from the FNM, is trembling in his shoes right now because the life-ending government shutdown he has heard so much about has finally arrived. How in the world can the United States possibly survive such a calamity? But let’s get serious: Every reasonably well-informed individual […]
Posted on December 13, 2018 by Robert Ringer
In an interview with a German newspaper, Tucker Carlson undoubtedly caused a lot of Trump supporters to flinch when he spoke frankly about what he sees as the president’s shortcomings. Right out of the starting gate, he stated that he intensely dislikes Trump’s self-aggrandizement and boasting. Tucker is not alone on this one. Those of […]
Posted on December 5, 2018 by Robert Ringer
As I’m sure you are aware, Chief Justice John Roberts, apparently campaigning for the title of swing vote on the Supreme Court, recently blurted out: “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges. What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do […]
Posted on November 27, 2018 by Robert Ringer
The lost decade of the sixties brought relativism up to a whole new level, as millions of young people were relieved to discover that lying is a perfectly acceptable alternative to truth telling. The tone was set by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, along with underlings like Robert McNamara, Henry Cabot Lodge, and […]
Posted on November 13, 2018 by Robert Ringer
Okay, we made it through the midterms with no blue wave – not even close — but I’m still a bit disappointed by the results. The House wasn’t a surprise, though I did believe that Republicans could pull out a victory. As to the Senate, I felt that Republicans had a good chance of picking […]
