By Grizz The American Chestnut was once the most important and valuable tree in eastern North America. Now, it is nearly extinct. This is the story of how an invasive species killed off this special tree and, in the process, helped exterminate self-sufficient agrarian life in Appalachia. The American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a hardwood …
In a recent segment connecting the dots between Washington’s wild-eyed foreign adventurism in Ukraine and the domestic war on the middle class, Tucker Carlson explained that the Biden administration had declared “total economic war on a sovereign country,” even though “no American had been killed (and) the United States had not been invaded or attacked.” …
Last week YouTube notified me that my interview with Jim Jatras had been removed. According to my 2021 analytics, 93% of my YouTube viewership is comprised of middle-age males. So I thought that perhaps the cultural renovationists were triggered that this video which was steadily gaining views and garnering likes and comments wasn’t peddling porn …
Jim Jatras is a retired Washington, DC-based attorney, political analyst, and media and government affairs specialist. He formerly served as a senior foreign policy adviser to the US Senate Republican leadership, and before that served as a diplomat in Mexico, the Office of Soviet Union affairs, and the Office of the Under Secretary for Political …
On New Year’s Eve 23 years ago my husband and I fell in love in New York City. We had just met the previous day through mutual friends but we consider the Phish concert we attended at Madison Square Garden on December 31, 1998, as a type of anniversary. After all, the live performance on …
By Carl Jones I was watching a British movie recently about some British soldiers during WW II who were trapped behind enemy lines and trying to get to Dunkirk. The movie, as I said, was made in Britain by a British production company, and throughout the movie the soldiers frequently used the word “ain’t.” This …
War is “by nature revolutionary in its impact upon a people. Its values are antithetical in the extreme to the values of kinship-based society with its consecration of tradition, conventionality, and age or seniority.”— Robert Nisbet Murican citizen, ever wondered how “we” got to the point of ICE agents on horseback being demeaned for actually …
Scott Howard is the author of “The Transgender-Industrial Complex.” The native Nebraskan, whose first-ever book has been predictably banned by Amazon, uncovers the trans phenomenon by fleshing out its revolutionary foundations and wretched aims. Connecting the dots of the players and pawns, Howard demonstrates through impeccable research, and prose that is both advanced and accessible, …
Neil Kumar is a Republican candidate for U.S. Congress, representing Arkansas’s Third District. He is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Sons of the American Revolution, with blood that has been Southern since the 17th century. Kumar, who is a graduate of the University of Chicago and a native Arkansan, has written …
With a rainbow-colored, black-power-fist emoji, Republicans like Texan John Cornyn lecture us that Juneteenth is “a history lesson that must be taught,” while libertarian Rand Paul offers up platitudes that Juneteenth is a celebration of “the inherent freedoms we share as Americans.” Man, do I feel the freedom, y’all! Kristi Noem, a supposed hero of …