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A Modest Proposal or Two

| November 8, 2025 | 31 Comments
A Modest Proposal or Two

I don’t normally do a late column but a couple of things caught my attention. First, the only DFAC (Dining Facility) on Ft. Leavenworth is closed due to the shutdown. A) this points to a major flaw in the “let the civilians run it” – unlike soldiers who can be ordered to work with deferred […]

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New York Times Opinion: Trump’s domestic deployments harms the military

| August 17, 2025 | 39 Comments
New York Times Opinion: Trump’s domestic deployments harms the military

David French, a New York Times Opinion Columnist, penned an article “warning” about the dangers of President Donald Trump’s deploying the National Guard into US Cities. French opined that domestic deployments like the one to Los Angeles and the one in Washington D.C. risked military cohesion and morale, pushed the military beyond its training, endangered […]

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Big Beautiful Bill encourages self-sufficiency and reduces fraud

| July 26, 2025 | 45 Comments
Big Beautiful Bill encourages self-sufficiency and reduces fraud

One part of the Big Beautiful Bill is the change made to work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Nearly one eighth of the U.S. population benefits from SNAP, and many of these beneficiaries are abled bodied and capable of working. Despite this reality, many able-bodied beneficiaries are not working in conjunction with […]

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to the US to face charges

| June 7, 2025 | 37 Comments
Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to the US to face charges

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal alien associated with MS-13, has returned to the United States to face federal charges related to human trafficking. If convicted, he could be sentenced to prison and returned to El Salvador. This is not exactly what the left was demanding. They were hoping that Garcia would be returned so that […]

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US Supreme Court precedence already exists regarding birthright citizenship

| May 23, 2025 | 16 Comments
US Supreme Court precedence already exists regarding birthright citizenship

In 1898, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling on what constituted being born as a US citizen. Wong Kim Ark was born on US soil. However, both his parents were Chinese nationals. After visiting his parents in China, Ark returned just to be barred reentry into the United States. The Supreme Court decided that […]

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Living big and fraudulently courtesy of the American tax dollar

| April 14, 2025 | 8 Comments
Living big and fraudulently courtesy of the American tax dollar

Remember when one of the justifications to change the military retirement to a hybrid one? Something about saving money in the long run? When watching this video, keep in mind the arguments you may have come across advocating reductions of veteran and military benefits. DOGE is on the right track; the elites opposed to it […]

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Over 5 million illegal aliens issued Social Security numbers

| April 1, 2025 | 22 Comments
Over 5 million illegal aliens issued Social Security numbers

Among the fraud, waste, and abuse that they ran into, DOGE discovered over 5 million Social Security numbers assigned to illegal aliens. These illegal aliens entered the United States during the Biden administration years. Approximately 1.3 million of these individuals were actually receiving Medicaid benefits. DOGE discovered that when it came to application and rewards […]

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Transgender veteran: Trump’s removing transgendered troops is ‘reckless and dangerous’

| March 11, 2025 | 66 Comments
Transgender veteran: Trump’s removing transgendered troops is ‘reckless and dangerous’

Alleria Stanley, a transgendered woman, penned an opinion article for The Guardian. He took aim at President Donald Trump’s order to have transgendered service members removed from the military. Stanley countered the reasons used for removing transgendered service members from the ranks. He argued that transgenders were twice as likely than the general population to […]

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