Ronald E. Yates's Blog, page 13
June 2, 2024
My Retrospective on the Tiananmen Square Massacre Tomorrow
Please join ForeignCorrespondent tomorrow, June 4, for my retrospective on the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, China–a horrendous event that I covered on that date in 1989. In light of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) continued threats against Taiwan, its menacing alliance with Russia and Iran, its antagonistic presence in ...
May 27, 2024
Which Makes Better Soldiers: DEI or Assimilation?
Unlike Gen. Arbuckle, author of the following commentary, I went through basic training for the U.S. Army at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. I was assigned to E Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Training Regiment, or E-3-2. It was October 8, 1962, and we ended basic training on November 29, 1962. It ...
May 19, 2024
Harrison Butker and the Goalposts of Life
Last week, Harrison Butker, the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl champion place kicker, ignited a firestorm of derision from the woke left after he committed the unforgivable sin of speaking honestly and passionately about the dignity of life, masculinity, and motherhood during a college commencement address. Just what did Butker ...
May 16, 2024
The First Casualty in War is the Truth
During the pro-Hamas and anti-Israel demonstrations that have plagued the world for the past few months, protestors have told us that Israeli defense forces have killed some 34,000 Palestinians in a display of unmitigated genocide. Just where do those figures come from? The United Nations is one source. The other ...
May 12, 2024
Long Ago, & Far Away in a Land that Time Forgot
Those who grew up in the 1950s know a few things about that era. For example, we know the 1950s weren’t perfect. What era is? We know opportunity wasn’t always available for minorities, and neither was equality when it came to civil rights or equal pay for women. But we ...
May 9, 2024
The Demise of The Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America are no more. In a total surrender to the cult of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the woke kingpins who control that organization decided this week to take the “Boy” out of Boy Scouts and change its name to “Scouting America.” Roger A. Krone, president and ...
May 6, 2024
Should America Scrap the Electoral College?
With the 2024 presidential election less than six months away, squabbles about how Americans elect their president have begun anew. For those who may have forgotten what they learned in civics classes (if indeed, anybody still learns about civics in today’s schools) presidential elections consist of both a popular vote ...
April 30, 2024
China’s Undeclared War on America
In case anybody in Washington is interested—and that includes our feckless, unwitting president—China is at war with America. Contrary to what many in the corporate and diplomatic worlds tell us, China is NOT our friend. Nor are they some benign but tough commercial competitor. Instead, China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party ...
April 28, 2024
Recalling the Final 24 Hours in the Fall of Saigon
Forty-nine years ago, I was on a U.S. Navy ship headed to the Philippines. It was May 1, and a couple of days before, I was evacuated from a place called Saigon (known today as Ho Chi Minh City) as it fell to Communist North Vietnamese troops. April 29, 1975, ...
Remembering the Final 24 Hours in the Fall of Saigon
Forty-nine years ago, I was on a U.S. Navy ship headed to the Philippines. It was May 1, and a couple of days before, I was evacuated from a place called Saigon (known today as Ho Chi Minh City) as it fell to Communist North Vietnamese troops. April 29, 1975, ...
