THE ROAD TO KYIV On February 22, 2022, Cold War II began with Russian “peacekeepers” pouring into Ukraine. Moreover, the day before, the despotic Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin declared war against Western Civilization in an astonishing exhibition of fiction, ego, paranoia, and vengeance. But for years, Putin has clearly communicated his …
BIDEN BLUNDERS Year One of the Biden presidency has resulted in an America Adrift. My November 2020 essay American Renewal envisioned a cooperative bipartisan era. Firstly, Americans weary of the unorthodox and polarizing Trump years decided upon a familiar, center-left alternative. However, the Biden Administration embraced the ambitious and divisive …
DECEMBER 7, 1941 At Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Imperial Japan awakened America. At that moment, the great republic began its inexorable march toward to genuine exceptionalism. Consequently, America Ascendant, the Rise of American Exceptionalism, documents the events of that fateful morning on Oahu that shaped the rest of …
HISTORIC CROSSROADS America and China have reached an historic crossroads that requires reason but resolve. Consequently, America must confront ideological, economic, military, and pandemic challenges with ardent integrity. Furthermore, the future of enlightened civilization is at risk. Moreover, the ability of America to revive and lead strategic alliances to engage …
AN IMPORTANT TRANSITION NICK HILSCHER Nick Hilscher has been music director of the Glenn Miller Orchestra from 2012 until the pandemic intervened. Previously, Nick and the band kept an exhausting schedule of appearances seemingly nonstop year-round. They have thrilled thousands of ardent fans from coast-to-coast and across the Pacific to …
BEYOND AFGHANISTAN American leadership beyond Afghanistan is necessary for global stability, security and progress. Moreover, President Joseph Biden and his administration must demonstrate competence to restore public trust and respect among allies and adversaries. Firstly, as reported in my recent column The Biden Doctrine, America has arrived at a decisive …
THE BIDEN DOCTRINE It is now midnight, August 31, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The deadline for a mismanaged American withdrawal, arbitrarily set by President Joseph Biden and enforced by the terrorist Taliban, has arrived and the last American soldiers have departed. The Biden Doctrine collapsed on August 26, 2021, when …
INACCURATE REPORTS During August 2020, The Daily Express of London published a report about Glenn Miller’s disappearance with the headline “World War 2 Mystery: Glenn Miller’s plane could be found within a three-mile radius.” The article says that the team at the aviation archeology group TIGHAR “and Dennis Spragg, who …
AMERICANS ASCENDANT JUNE 6, 1944 D-Day had arrived. Following a furious naval bombardment by the largest fleet ever assembled and supported by air forces with complete control of the sky, our fathers and grandfathers stormed the beaches of Normandy at 6:30 a.m. on June 6, 1944. Meanwhile, highly trained Rangers …
THE EXCEPTIONAL AMERICAN “I Like Ike” was the successful 1952 presidential campaign slogan for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the World War II Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, and Cold War commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. On September 17, 2020, the United States of America honored the exceptional American …