For my column on American and world history, read Bruce’s History Lessons. For my mostly conservative take on current politics and public policy read Thinking Out Loud. For historic quotes read Quote of the Week.
Donald Trump is now our 45th president, and I can’t help but compare him to our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. Both men were derided as dangerous simpletons by the intellectual elite, yet both men successfully rode into the White House on a wave of populist anger at the corrupt cronyism...Read More »
This week (Jan. 28) in 1986, the Challenger space shuttle exploded, killing all on board, including Christa McAuliffe, a school teacher who had won a nationwide contest to become the first civilian passenger to ride a shuttle into space. This unprecedented tragedy stunned the nation and set back the space...Read More »
“A conservative is a statesman who is enamored with existing evils. As distinguished from a liberal who wishes to replace them with other evils.” – Ambrose Bierce
...Read More »In a public service announcement that aired on television several of Hollywood’s biggest stars spoke out against gun ownership. Among them were Jamie Foxx and Jeremy Renner. Facing the camera with dead serious expressions they asked how long our country would continue to countenance gun-related violence.
Among the movies Jamie Foxx...Read More »
She wasn’t even prime minister, but merely the head of the opposition Conservative Party in Britain when, this week (Jan. 19) in 1976, Margaret “Maggie” Thatcher gave the speech that would earn her the nickname, “The Iron Lady.”
She gave the speech at a town hall meeting in Kensington, a district...Read More »