Ronald E. Yates's Blog, page 26
November 14, 2022
Musings in a Writer’s Mind When He Should be Writing
I get a lot of strange emails. Sometimes they contain little bits of wisdom, and when they do, I file them away on my computer for future reference. Today, I want to share some of these musings with you. Perhaps you will find them interesting. Perhaps not. In any case, ...
November 11, 2022
Some Facts About Book Publishing and a Little Shameless Self-Promotion
And now, for a little shameless self-promotion. My books are now available worldwide on the Book Marketing Global Network. Here’s the link: https://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.co... In my journey as an author, I have discovered that the easy part is writing a book, while the toughest element is promoting and marketing it. The ...
November 9, 2022
Happy Veterans Day to my Fellow Vets
Tomorrow is Veterans Day. Given that only 1-2 percent of the people of this nation ever put on a uniform, I am not sure Americans have any idea just why Veterans Day is a holiday. Yes, it means schools and most government offices are closed. But it means a lot ...
November 8, 2022
Vote by Mail: Turning the Clock Backwards
When I observe what is happening to America—the country where I grew up, in which I was educated, and where I served in the U.S. Army—I am appalled. Crime, violence, looting. This is NOT the country I know and love. This is an aberration, a disfigurement of our Republic. America’s ...
November 4, 2022
America’s Worst Big City Mayor?
Is Lori Lightfoot the nation’s worst big city mayor? Please allow me to answer that question. YES! WITHOUT A DOUBT! She has taken a great city—a place I where earned my chops as a reporter—and turned it into a crime-filled cesspool. Way to go, Lori! But don’t take my word ...
November 2, 2022
Are We Becoming Nazi Germany?
A while back, I posted a commentary about the similarities between government overreach in America and the methods the Nazi Party used to control Germany beginning in the 1930s. With the critical midterm elections just a few days away, I took a look at that post and decided it might ...
November 1, 2022
Is Hypocrisy the New Name of the Democrat Party?
As the nation prepares to vote in the upcoming midterm elections, I couldn’t help recalling a couple of years ago when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stormed around the Capitol building purging it of all things reminiscent of the Confederacy. That prompted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to wonder if Pelosi ...
October 31, 2022
Marxism in the Classroom = Riots in the Streets
I am reposting a commentary from Clare M. Lopez, who is the Vice President for Research and Analysis at the Center for Security Policy and a Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research. In her excellent and cogent observations, she explains the strategy by socialists and communists to ...
October 30, 2022
19th Century Newspaper Editors Imagine Newspapers of the Future
A while back, I wrote a blog post that discussed how people in the past predicted the future, and I promised a sequel. Here it is, with another sequel to follow. Back in 1895, several prominent newspaper editors were asked to speculate on what newspapers would look like in the ...
October 27, 2022
A record 1.8 million Immigrants are living in the U.S. since the Biden mob took power
Congratulations, Joe Biden. New Census Bureau numbers show that a record 1.8 million illegal immigrants are living in the United States since you gained access to the White House. What does that mean? Well, it means we are seeing a surge in the ratio of foreign-born to native-born residents, reports ...
