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I used to listen to Paul Harvey in the late 1960’s during my lunch break. Those 11:45 to noon broadcasts were simply golden, news reported like nowhere else on earth. From his opening – ”Hello Americans, this is Paul Harvey: stand by for news!” – to his cryptic close – ”Good day!” – Paul Harvey embodied professional broadcast journalism. [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Best Of the Web, People of Note, Video at 3:48 PM UTC
The handful of men who transformed America and the world during the nineteenth century are often vilified as Robber Barons. Commodore Vanderbilt, James J. Hill, steel and iron tycoons Charles Schwab and the Scranton family, all have endured mountains of criticism, reviled as ruthless, greedy, and oppressors of the worst sort. In fact, they ushered in [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as People of Note at 2:51 PM UTC
The video shows portions of a speech given by President George W. Bush to a Joint Session of Congress on September 20, 2001.
Without question, the Presidency of George W. Bush will be a focal point of debate for decades to come. His commitment to America’s security was unwavering, and his steadfastness in the face of bitter opposition [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Best Of the Web, People of Note, Video, War in Iraq, War on Terror at 4:14 PM UTC
Conservatives have lost their champion. Rightly credited with founding the modern conservative movement, William F. Buckley Jr. remained its foremost representative until his death Wednesday at the age of 82.
For more than fifty years Buckley rallied intellectuals and average Americans to the cause of individual liberty and limited government. Unequalled as a thinker and debater, Buckley’s presentations on his [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as People of Note at 7:30 PM UTC
Even casual readers of this blog notice early on that I write from a conservative perspective. Believe it or don’t, I long for the day when many people representing the middle and left of the political spectrum read and interact on this site. Without input from those with varying and opposing views [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Media, People of Note at 1:55 PM UTC
Ward Churchill has been a lightning rod for controversy since his on-line article titled “Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens” gained national attention in 2005. The essay, first posted not long after 9/11, was Mr. Churchill’s attempt to explain why America had been attacked. Our foreign policy was the [...]
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Ethics, Fraud Watch, People of Note at 4:11 PM UTC