BackboneAmerica

Except for flipping burgers at Jack-In-The-Box, I earned my first paycheck as a professional actress. My mother put me on the stage (more…)

Recently I attended a wedding of a friend at church, followed by the customary reception. After a delightful meal, some charming (more…)

Jonah Goldberg points out how the left is stringing together two disconnected acts, the killing of abortionist George Tiller (more…)

The left in this country has made much of the big electoral victories that the Democrats won in 2006 and 2008 — and for good reason.  (more…)

Last year I wrote a piece that examined the stark dichotomy in political views between American and Israeli Jews. American Jews vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, (more…)

Barack Obama’s selection of Sonia Sotomayor is par for the course with this president, a man who ascended the presidency on the basis of a compelling personal story (more…)

Fellow conservative blogger Donald Douglas has an interesting post up that cites Robert Bork’s recent book entitled: A Time To Speak:Selected Writings and Arguments. (more…)

What exactly is the connection between NBC and President Obama?  Is it simply a case of mutual love and abiding devotion?  (more…)

When Bill Clinton was elected President in 1992, I could see nothing to cheer about. A friend calmly assured me (more…)

(Denver Post, Jan. 18) You, a captive of the media? No way. Nobody mediates for you. You think independently. You gather your own information and decide for yourself. Me too. We don’t need no media mediating for us, no sir. Yeah, right. In our dreams, maybe, but not in America today. The world is so interconnected, changes so fast, and presents each person with so many choices, that reliance on others for much of our knowledge is inescapable. But which media can we trust, (more…)

One of the things that has always confounded me about many liberals is their arrogance. They are so darn certain they are right that they are unable to entertain any divergent views. (more…)

Americans need to think and talk more about the timeless principles of leadership, principles that also apply equally well to citizenship (more…)

(From PoliticsWest.com) Realization: I’ve been posting less here lately, and more on Facebook and Twitter. The quick shots and impulsive (more…)

This is the season of giving. Nothing except the birth of the Savior (itself a gift) is more distinctive about Christmas than this (more…)

It’s amazingly easily. Just say you want to, and he’ll do the rest. Really, some of these no-godders are caricatures of themselves. (more…)