Ronald E. Yates's Blog, page 102

Get Ready for Unparalleled Presidential Bashing

I can’t help wondering why Donald Trump decided to run for president. If his long and agonizing battle with 16 other Republican hopefuls during the primaries wasn’t enough, now he has to deal with a mainstream media still seething over its glaring failure to understand the American public’s distaste for Hillary Clinton and its preference ... Read more...

Obama’s Shameful Treachery & Betrayal of Israel

President Obama cannot exit the White House fast enough for Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The problem is, our feckless president still has another 20 days in office and one has a feeling that Obama’s attempts to eviscerate Israel for the Islamic Palestinian settlement are not finished. It began last week when the United ... Read more...

Prognostications for 2017

Predicting what will happen in the New Year is ordinarily a futile exercise, but in President-Elect Donald Trump’s case, there are a couple of prognostications that will, without a doubt, come to pass. First, Trump will be officially inaugurated on January 20—notwithstanding those ludicrous ballot recounts, yowling Democrats, the Russians, and campus “safe places” satiated ... Read more...

In Defense of (Gasp!) White Men

MTV released a video on Monday containing New Year’s resolutions for white men to consider in 2017 and social media customers were quick to condemn the video as “racist” and “pathetic.” For good reason. It is racist, and it is pathetic. In an open entreaty to that ubiquitous liberal malady known as “white guilt, ” ... Read more...

Does a Trump Presidency Mean Hope is Dead?

Last week in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama said that with the Obama’s moving out of the White House and the Trumps moving in, America is a nation where hope is lost. “We feel the difference now,” Michelle Obama said, referring to Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton. “Now we know what not ... Read more...

A “Deplorable” Goes Public

(Note: This is a substantially revised and highly personalized version of an email I recently received from a like-minded American Deplorable. I hope you will find it thought-provoking). I used to think I was just a regular guy, but . . . I was born a white male, which means, whether I like it or not, ... Read more...

Writer’s Block: Some Advice & Antidotes

Anybody who writes, whether amateur or professional, at one time or another, will suffer from the dreaded condition known as WRITER’S BLOCK. It is an unavoidable component of the writing life. Many writers have devised distinctive remedies for this constipation of the brain. They range from running as far away as possible their computers (or ... Read more...

#RRBC WRITER’S CONFERENCE AND BOOK EXPO

Check out the Rave Reviews Book Club annual Writer’s Conference and Book Expo beginning Thursday, Dec. 1, at 1 p.m. PST and running through Saturday, Dec. 3. Use the link to access the conference and expo’s Welcome Page where you will find a vast menu of virtual events and sessions for readers and authors. Sessions include topics ... Read more...

America’s Petulant Post Election Tantrums

It is amazing, no, it is actually depressing and disquieting, that there are people in our country who cannot abide those who have opinions or positions that are in opposition to theirs. These people are typically found on the left flank of the political spectrum and are more commonly known as “leftists and liberals.” If ... Read more...

Happy Veterans Day to My Fellow Vets

Just a quick shout out to all of my fellow veterans who put on the uniform of this country and served. I joined the U.S. Army and spent almost four years on active duty with the Army Security Agency (ASA). It was probably the best thing I ever did. It taught me about leadership, self-discipline, ... Read more...