Ronald E. Yates's Blog, page 37
April 10, 2022
White Privilege? The Facts Tell a Different Story
We hear a lot about how “white privilege” is a dominant issue in America today—that, and the racism such alleged privilege portends. According to the white privilege zealots, whites are prosperous and reside at the top of the economic heap, while minorities in America are struggling and barely surviving at ...
April 8, 2022
Interview with the Online Book Club
I am pleased to share this interview that I did a while back with Sarah Creeley of the Online Book Club. I hope you find it thought-provoking. Today’s chat with Sarah features Ronald E. Yates, author of The Lost Years of Billy Battles, Book #3 of the Finding Billy Battles ...
April 7, 2022
Blacks, Crime, and White Guilt
I am reposting this slightly updated article by journalist Shari Goodman. She makes many inconvenient, but valid points in this piece about the irrationality and absurdity of “white guilt”–of which I (and millions of other “European-Americans”) have none. Zilch. Zero. Nada. The inane notion of “victimhood” in our country is ...
April 5, 2022
Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
In case you missed this! My Alma Mater made some news yesterday!
April 4, 2022
Editorial Mea Culpas and Another Casualty at the Gray Lady
In the past week or so the NYT, the Washington Post, and CNN seem to have found some measure of journalistic integrity and are issuing long-overdue mea culpas for their collective decisions to protect a cerebrally diminished Joe Biden at all costs while ignoring the palpable misconduct of the Biden ...
March 31, 2022
Some Inconvenient Truths about Slavery in America
A while back, Steve Baldwin, former California Assemblyman and former Executive Director of the Council for National Policy, and I co-authored a piece on the realities of Slavery in America as well as the idea of paying reparations to millions of African-American descendants of enslaved Americans. It is an ongoing ...
March 30, 2022
Why do Americans overestimate the size & power of minority groups?
From millionaires to Muslims, small subgroups of the population seem much larger to many Americans. Why? Part of the answer is attributable to the media—both news and entertainment. Have you noticed, for example, that in almost EVERY film and EVERY commercial, there MUST be at least one or two of ...
March 29, 2022
“America has a free speech problem:” The New York Times
The other day I read a story that said the New York Times was lamenting the steady decline of freedom of speech in America. I did a double-take. Was that correct? Or was this a typo? I checked out the editorial in the Times. Sure enough, the editorial board of ...
March 25, 2022
Study Says All Stories Conform to One of Six Plots
It had to happen. A few years ago scientists analyzed more than 1,700 stories from classics like Romeo and Juliet to modern tales like Harry Potter and identified six core plots that form the building blocks of all complex narratives. Okay, now bear with me. Things get rather technical at ...
March 24, 2022
Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing: Annotated
At least once every year I find it useful to take a look at the late Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing. It is sage advice from a master. Every writer should read these rules and remember them. I’m doing my part by posting them here for your edification and ...
