Ronald E. Yates's Blog, page 15
March 21, 2024
U.S. No Longer in Top 20 of World’s Happiest Nations
Americans are not a happy people. In fact, according to the latest Gallup World Happiness Report, for the first time in the report’s 12-year history, the U.S. was not among the top 20 happiest nations in the world. I am not surprised. Despite the rosy picture of America our doddering ...
March 19, 2024
Deliver us from the Incessant Madness of Transgenderism
I have never read any of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books. However, as a fellow author who is not in the same league as Ms. Rowling, I have come to appreciate her common sense attitude on the incessant lunacy of transgenderism and the wacky cult it has spawned. Like ...
March 17, 2024
America’s Dishonest State-Sponsored News Media
I have often equated the journalism produced by today’s mainstream media to propaganda. Like the old Soviet Union’s Pravda newspaper and China’s Xinhua news agency, a majority of our news organizations have morphed into little more than state-sponsored media. As was the case with Pravda and Xinhua, our news media ...
March 12, 2024
Did 9/11 Trigger Xenophobia and Islamophobia?
I thought idiotic far-left legislation was mainly confined to California. I was wrong. New York is attempting to one-up California with a new bill that would require K-12 students to learn how the terrorist attacks on 9/11 have contributed to American xenophobia and Islamophobia. The important lesson here is NOT ...
Did 9/11 trigger xenophobia and Islamophobia?
I thought idiotic far-left legislation was mainly confined to California. I was wrong. New York is attempting to one-up California with a new bill that would require K-12 students to learn how the terrorist attacks on 9/11 have contributed to American xenophobia and Islamophobia. The important lesson here is NOT ...
March 10, 2024
Lawyers + Politics = Polarization & Discord
Like many of my fellow students, when I was an undergraduate, I was conflicted about what my major should be. Finally, I narrowed it down to four areas: advertising, veterinary medicine, law, and journalism. After laboring through organic and inorganic chemistry classes, I abandoned a career as a veterinarian. I ...
March 8, 2024
Biden’s “Grumpy Old Man” State of the Union Rant
As I watched Joe Biden deliver his State of the Union Address Thursday, I couldn’t help but be reminded of Dana Carvey’s “Grumpy Old Man” sketches on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s. The Grumpy Old Man would be introduced as a commentator on SNL’s Weekend Edition segment. He would ...
Biden’s “Grumpy Old Man” State of the Union Ran
As I watched Joe Biden deliver his State of the Union Address Thursday, I couldn’t help but be reminded of Dana Carvey’s “Grumpy Old Man” sketches on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s. The Grumpy Old Man would be introduced as a commentator on SNL’s Weekend Edition segment. He would ...
March 3, 2024
“Let them Eat Bugs,” proclaim Climate Cultists
During my career as a foreign correspondent, I often found myself in situations where it would have been impolite or culturally inappropriate to decline food that didn’t seem edible. So I took a deep breath, closed my eyes (sometimes), and ate what was put in front of me. (Usually). Okay, ...
February 27, 2024
The Battle for Western Civilization in our Universities
When I was an undergraduate student at the University of Kansas, a requirement for graduation was a survey/readings course called Western Civilization. Many students loathed that course. I loved it. Okay, no doubt I was an outlier among some of my fellow undergraduates. The two-semester, six-hour “Western “Civ” curriculum consisted ...
