Schroeder’s Corner
Those Who Cannot Remember The Past Are Doomed To Repeat It
Alternate title – “There Is No Such Thing As A Free Ride.” Alternate title – “Get Off My Lawn You Young Whippersnapper.” As Democratic primary after Democratic primary has returned communists for congressional candidates, I looked at my wife…
God and Americans – The Hugh Hewitt Show
We’ve seen good Americans and bad Americans. As the political power in this nation derives from the people, so too does its civility and incivility, its nice or not nice status, its morality or lack thereof, its goodness or evil. America is us…
The Solution Is Americans – The Hugh Hewitt Show
Yesterday I noted that America is fundamentally the same as it was 50 years ago, yet the national anniversary celebrations are quite different, this celebraqtion being quite muted compared to the last. I noted that the biggest historical…
The Problem Is Not America, It’s Americans
For those of us old enough to remember the nation’s 200th, the contrast between then and this 250th is truly startling. One is forced to ponder the difference. Given that we have essentially two days to observe this momentous anniversary…
Government Micromanagement – The Hugh Hewitt Show
The Washington Times carried a piece this week about proposed rules changes at EPA over understanding the Clean Air Act. It is stultifying and I spent my professional life dealing with those rules among others. Here is the meat of the matter:…
Do You Understand Now? – The Hugh Hewitt Show
Few questions have baffled my generation more than, “How did a devil like Hitler get power to begin with?” We are the right age to have heard all about WWII from those that lived it, but also to have witnessed the great liberalization of the…
Iran’s Propaganda War – The Hugh Hewitt Show
Iran has lost the war on a military level. Unquestionably. But there is a lot more to winning a war than simply crushing the military. For example, Japan had many soldiers on remote Pacific Islands than continued to fight WWII long after it…
That Which Consumes Us – The Hugh Hewitt Show
We live in a consumeristic society. If you asked me what was the biggest problem the church in America faces, it is that we consume church instead of join it – we go to be entertained instead of to be improved. And many churches, needing…
The WNBA And This Week’s Primaries
This is just a quick thought, not a detailed analysis. Is identity tribalism now everything? The WNBA erupted (again) this week surrounding a controversial play involving Caitlin Clark. She was flagrantly fouled and the league only a day later…
Sometimes Trump Is Right – A Warning
Our world is full of fables about being convinced of untruths. The Emperor Has New Clothes tells us about how easily we can fall prey to con men and how easily groupthink can aid that process. Chicken Little tells us about how easily we can be…