BackboneAmerica

The timing couldn’t be more profound: just one day after California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown is caught on tape (more…)

August 6^th marked the 65^th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.   (more…)

Though the Tea Party movement is not a cohesive entity, its component parts this year have been grappling with a central existential question: To be, or not be, a third party?  (more…)

RNC Chair Michael Steele’s recent comments on Afghanistan – which he derisively called “Obama’s war” while questioning the potential for victory – found pockets of support across the political spectrum.  (more…)

I know I’ve been on an ObamaCare kick for the past few months, and I wouldn’t blame you if you are tired of it by now.  I wish I could abandon it for some other topic (more…)

As “Black Monday” dawned to the realization that the fraud-filled spectacle of “ObamaCare” has finally passed the House of Representatives, (more…)

You know something is fundamentally wrong when the United States is playing hardball with its only ally in the Mid-East (outside of Iraq — thank you, George Bush!) (more…)

Last night I watched my first Oscars telecast since at least 2004.  I will admit to having developed a profound distaste for the event during the Bush years, (more…)

You might remember last year when Whole Foods CEO John Mackey sparked a furor among progressives for having the temerity to exercise his First Amendment rights (more…)

I was first inspired to start blogging back in the summer of  2005 in the wake of the July 7 terror attack in London.  (more…)

This great country — and I do mean EXCEPTIONAL — is in the grips of a domestic enemy. (more…)

The one health care lesson the Congress should have learned in crafting their “reform” bill is the most fundamental tenet of medicine: do no harm. (more…)

Three agonizing months of deliberation, analysis and internal debate in the White House and this is the best they can do? (more…)

What do you get when you cross a leftist presidential administration with a modern media complex intent on furthering its politically-correct vision of America? (more…)

There has been no doubt for weeks now in my mind that President Obama has been planning a retreat from Afghanistan. All the dithering and hand-wringing (more…)