In August of 2019, CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked Joe Biden, “So, to gun owners out there who say, well, a Biden administration means they’re going to come for my guns?” Biden replied, “Bingo! You’re right, if you have an assault weapon.” On September 13, 2019, then-Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke said, …
Category: Columns
Jul 07 2017
History favors Reynolds in match against Corbett
Important historical precedents provide an intriguing backdrop to the recently announced challenge to Gov. Kim Reynolds by Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett, the former speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives.
May 11 2017
HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL: FEDERAL CONCEALED-CARRY IS NEEDED NOW
On May 1, a black separatist named Kendrex White stabbed three white men and an Asian on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, in what’s been described as a hate crime. One of White’s victims, freshman Harrison Brown, died.
Apr 17 2017
Ron’s Older Brother Was No Cypher
J. Neil “Moon” Reagan helped to line up his younger brother’s employment with General Electric and as the host of TV’s “Death Valley Days.” In Frank Gannon’s review (Bookshelf, Feb. 5) of the otherwise excellent book “The Reagan Enigma: 1964-1980” by Thomas C. Reed, the late President’s brother, J. Neil Reagan, is “dismissed as a …
May 11 2016
JFK’s United States is as gone as his party
John F. Kennedy would’ve been 99 on May 29. Had he lived as long as his mother and grandmother, he’d still be with us. But the America he so proudly served – as a Navy officer in World War II, in Congress and as president – is now a different country. The lives of many …
Feb 09 2015
Politics by mob must end
On Jan. 19 protesters throughout the U.S. hijacked the Martin Luther King holiday. Instead of honoring Dr. King, they disrupted commerce in several major cities. In November and December 2014, looting by rioters angry at racially diverse grand juries for not indicting cops in Missouri and New York were facilitated by a lack of leadership.