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by John D. Turner

2024

23 Nov 2024 - Why I Proudly Voted For Donald J. Trump
11 Aug 2024 - Proud to be weird
31 May 2024 - United States of America: Banana Republic

2020

27 Nov 2020 - Age of Miracles Not Over!
5 Oct 2020 - Dishonest "Journalism"
21 Aug 2020 - Stranger Things
31 May 2020 - We're Back In Space! But Will We Stay There?
22 May 2020 - What happened to 'Flattening the Curve'?
9 May 2020 - Has San Antonio Seceded from the United States of America?
29 Apr 2020 - A Law I would like to see
24 Apr 2020 - Tired of the Media

2019

28 Jun 2019 - Morning Joe in Mourning
18 Feb 2019 - China Announces New Space-based Solar Power Initiative

2017

31 Dec 2017 - Closing Remarks
14 Oct 2017 - Secede! - Take Two
18 May 2017 - Where there's Smoke, there's Smoke
7 Mar 2017 - Stand Up For Jeff!
2 Feb 2017 - Second Civil War Brewing?

2016

14 Dec 2016 - Great Expectations
27 Nov 2016 - 2016 Election: It Ain't Over Yet
16 Nov 2016 - 'Deplorables' Win: Left Appalled
6 Oct 2016 - Would you voluntarily pay more tax than you have to?
24 Sep 2016 - Hillary: The Democrats' Bob Dole?
27 Aug 2016 - Hillary Landslide?
21 Jul 2016 - Ted Cruz Revealed: Conditional man of his word
16 Jul 2016 - BREXIT - Done Deal? Perhaps not
12 Jun 2016 - Sea Change Ahead - The United States charts a new course
25 May 2016 - Bathroom Blues
24 Apr 2016 - Secede!
13 Apr 2016 - Why all the angst in Colorado?
25 Mar 2016 - Code Language
15 Mar 2016 - Play with the cards you are dealt, or fold and go home
29 Feb 2016 - Would You Marry a Robot?
11 Feb 2016 - Troglodyte
20 Jan 2016 - Fundamental Transformation Part 2: The Disarming of America
1 Jan 2016 - Fundamental Transformation Part 1: A Nation of Laws becomes a Nation of Selective Enforcement

2015

22 Dec 2015 - Even if so, so what?
10 Dec 2015 - No Fly No Buy? Why?
4 Dec 2015 - New "Mass Shooting"
27 Nov 2015 - A Living Wage; Who Pays?
11 Nov 2015 - Article the First
23 Oct 2015 - Hillary Unscathed
3 Oct 2015 - Trump: Republican version of Barack Obama?
15 Aug 2015 - Which Democrat will be our next President?
25 Jul 2015 - The American Cultural Revolution
6 Jul 2015 - Obergefell - the aftermath
20 Jun 2015 - Racial Mutability?
2 Jun 2015 - Lip Service to Poverty? Also Sprach Obama...
20 May 2015 - Older perhaps, but wiser?
19 Apr 2015 - I was a 'Free-Range' kid
2 Apr 2015 - Your 'Convenience' is not an option
6 Mar 2015 - Republicans? Why bother..."
2 Feb 2015 - No Degree? Oh No!
11 Jan 2015 - A tax by any other name would be a fee

2014

13 Dec 2014 - Laying the foundation for 2016?
7 Dec 2014 - Better Late than Never?
6 Nov 2014 - The results are in-mostly
3 Nov 2014 - Don't count your ballots before they are cast
25 Oct 2014 - Should the government continue to make our money?
16 Oct 2014 - Constitution Under Assault - Again
22 Sep 2014 - Environmental impact of the Internet
5 Sep 2014 - Everyone wants to be a porn star, apparently
30 Aug 2014 - Burger King in Whopper of a Controversy
14 Aug 2014 - Is there any expectation of privacy anymore?
3 Aug 2014 - What's with all the talk of Impeachment lately?
19 Jul 2014 - What Rough Beast?
27 Jun 2014 - The Children's Crusade
8 Jun 2014 - We stand at a crossroads
2 Jun 2014 - Democrat Candidate Alan Webber: Racist?
21 May 2014 - What's the Worst that can Happen?
7 May 2014 - Am I a racist if I don't like Mexican food?
20 Apr 2014 - The United States pretend space program
11 Apr 2014 - Squirrel!
24 Mar 2014 - What is going on in Crimea and why should we care?
10 Mar 2014 - And the Republican nominee for 2016 is...
31 Jan 2014 - Football is a sport best watched at home
18 Jan 2014 - Is the GOP Doomed to Self-Destruct?

2013

23 Nov 2013 - The Imperial Presidency
5 Nov 2013 - Will the "Real" Republicans Please Stand Up?
19 Oct 2013 - The President's 'Clean Bill'
9 Oct 2013 - Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining
26 Sep 2013 - Mental Illness as a tool to abolish firearm ownership
14 Aug 2013 - It's good to be the King; it sucks to be the Peasants
23 Jul 2013 - Texas changes rules on abortion: world as the left knows it comes to an end
6 Jul 2013 - Time out for midterm elections
12 Jun 2013 - You have forgotten your place...
6 Jun 2013 - I am confused - how is this stealing?
16 May 2013 - The Obama Administration: More like Tricky Dick than Smilin' Jimmy
2 May 2013 - So What?
28 Apr 2013 - The $3 million retirement cap: Foot in the door?
19 Apr 2013 - David Sirota gets half his wish
12 Apr 2013 - Should your Doctor decide if you can have a gun?
25 Mar 2013 - Sequestration is here.
22 Feb 2013 - Be careful what you ask for - yu might just get it
6 Feb 2013 - We don't want what you are selling
20 Jan 2013 - What is an Assault Weapon?
4 Jan 2013 - A Tale of Two Rights

2012

18 Dec 2012 - Arm the Teachers
7 Nov 2012 - The Face of the New America
31 Oct 2012 - Third Time's the Charm
18 Oct 2012 - Obamanomics
24 Sep 2012 - Once Upon a Time in America
12 Sep 2012 - "Mainstream" Democrats: - The big lie?
25 Aug 2012 - Polygamy in America: It's not just coming, it's already here
10 Aug 2012 - Do Conservatives Really Want to Win?
1 Aug 2012 - You didn't really earn that...
20 Jul 2012 - One small step...
29 Jun 2012 - The Death of America: Can She Be Reborn?
25 Jun 2012 - Leaking Secrets is Treason
6 Jun 2012 - Fast Track to Nowhere
21 May 2012 - Do as I say, not as I do
27 Apr 2012 - Teaching Johnny to be dependent
23 Apr 2012 - Lecturing the Supremes
29 Mar 2012 - What Should Government Pay For?; The Fluke Testimony, Part 4
19 Mar 2012 - What is Insurance?; The Fluke Testimony, Part 3
14 Mar 2012 - Social Engineering: Manipulating Public Opinion; The Fluke Testimony, Part 2
9 Mar 2012 - Who is Sandra Fluke?; The Fluke Testimony, Part 1
21 Feb 2012 - What Are Republicans Thinking?
9 Feb 2012 - The End of the Dream?
2 Feb 2012 - Mitt Romney pays tithes! Oh no!
26 Jan 2012 - Newt? I certainly hope not!
16 Jan 2012 - The Kinder, Gentler Newt?
7 Jan 2012 - Doing Less with Less

2011

31 Dec 2011 - Romney?
23 Dec 2011 - I have met the rich, and they are us
17 Dec 2011 - You may be a Racist if...
7 Dec 2011 - Will the last candidate standing please turn off the lights?
11 Nov 2011 - Global Climate Change: Par For The Course
15 Oct 2011 - Blessed are they...
29 Sep 2011 - Why I like Herman Cain
20 Sep 2011 - NASA: Nasty Antisocial Space Aliens
7 Sep 2011 - Law of Unintended Consequences
23 Aug 2011 - Barack Obama: Oreo Cookie?"
9 Aug 2011 - Where's the Buck?
7 Aug 2011 - Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: Incoherent
14 Jul 2011 - Choice and Accountability
20 Jun 2011 - Why Public Employee Unions Are Evil
3 Jun 2011 - All Your Money Are Belong To Us
20 May 2011 - Venezuelan Missile Crisis?
8 May 2011 - Who are the "Rich?"
19 Apr 2011 - Budget Nonsense
13 Apr 2011 - SNAFU in Libya
22 Mar 2011 - Where's the Timetable?
14 Mar 2011 - Government Shutdown Looms: So What?
5 Mar 2011 - Run Away! Run Away!
18 Feb 2011 - Primarily Unbalanced: Putting lipstick on the pig
7 Feb 2011 - National Anthem Discord
31 Jan 2011 - Happy Days Are Here Again! Or Are They?
6 Jan 2011 - They won: Now what?

2010

10 Dec 2010 - What is a Terrorist?
22 Nov 2010 - Flying the Unfriendly Skies
16 Nov 2010 - Sloppy Charlie
26 Oct 2010 - Enemy of the State
10 Oct 2010 - Glenn Beck: Not a religious movement
1 Oct 2010 - OK to build, not OK to speak
28 Sep 2010 - Cinco de Mayo
12 Sep 2010 - Common Cause
4 Sep 2010 - Glenn Beck: Progressives' worst nightmare
28 Aug 2010 - NASA: Not About Space Anymore
19 Aug 2010 - Clean Slate
22 Jul 2010 - Are You A Racist?
23 Jun 2010 - The Challenge of Energy: Part 2
1 Jun 2010 - The Challenge of Energy: Part 1
13 May 2010 - What if?
25 Apr 2010 - Ridicule, Marginalize, Lie, and Deny
12 Apr 2010 - Feint Right, Hit Left
24 Mar 2010 - Health Care Vote: Suicidal for Democrats, or Not?
21 Feb 2010 - Ann Coulter and Brit Hume: What exactly did they do wrong?
6 Feb 2010 - To Support and Defend the Constitution
14 Jan 2010 - By their Fruits ye shall know them

2009

26 Dec 2009 - No good deed goes unpunished
26 Nov 2009 - Bow? Wow!
11 Nov 2009 - Major Nidal Malik Hasan: Not a Terrorist
4 Nov 2009 - New Health Care Bill; same song, second verse. a little bit louder and a little bit worse
15 Oct 2009 - 'You are only a man...'
13 Sep 2009 - Fed up, not Wee Weed up (whatever that means)
24 Aug 2009 - Abandoning the High Frontier
10 Aug 2009 - Cash for Clunkers
31 Jul 2009 - TANSTAAFL
14 Jul 2009 - Stimulus II: The Sequel
6 Jul 2009 - What it means to be Mormon, Part 6
18 Jun 2009 - A Czar for all reasons
31 May 2009 - The unFair Tax
15 May 2009 - A tax for all seasons
29 Apr 2009 - To flee or to fly in a flu
16 Apr 2009 - The San Antonio Tea Party
20 Mar 2009 - Is there a plot to end America as we know it?
17 Mar 2009 - The United Kingdom: Nothing special to Obama Administration
1 Mar 2009 - Taxing the Rich
24 Feb 2009 - What are they thinking? - Part 3
10 Feb 2009 - What are they thinking? - Part 2
8 Feb 2009 - What are they thinking? - Part 1
29 Jan 2009 - Is it really a rule if you don't have to follow it?

2008

29 Oct 2008 - Random Synaptic Firings
8 Oct 2008 - Market Meltdown
25 Sep 2008 - Actions Speak Louder Than Words
9 Sep 2008 - Sarah!
2 Sep 2008 - McCain's August Surprise
26 Aug 2008 - Marching Through Georgia
20 Jul 2008 - Space: Do we care any longer?
14 Jul 2008 - How much is too much; how little is enough?
19 Jun 2008 - Displaying their true colors
10 Jun 2008 - Democrat Energy Policy - Blame everyone and do nothing
25 May 2008 - The rush to national suicide
15 May 2008 - Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
3 May 2008 - Will the real Barak Obama please stand up
26 Apr 2008 - Then They Came for the FLDS...
11 Apr 2008 - Foot in mouth disease
5 Apr 2008 - Thomas Sowell for VP
25 Mar 2008 - China and the Art of War, Part 4
11 Mar 2008 - Brother Obama's Traveling Salvation Show
1 Mar 2008 - Change
17 Feb 2008 - For Sale: United States of America
12 Feb 2008 - Why I will not vote for McCain
2 Feb 2008 - I would buy a used car from this man
30 Jan 2008 - Giuliani is out - why isn't Huckabee?
22 Jan 2008 - Still in the lead, Still not the front runner
16 Jan 2008- OK, he won - now what?
12 Jan 2008- Who's on first?
2 Jan 2008 - Power from space: It's raining soup out there; all we need is a bowl and a spoon!

2007

17 Dec 2007 - Republican YouTube Debate: Liberal Bias on Parade
22 Nov 2007 - Fiddling while Home burns
9 Nov 2007 - More things to worry about - The state of the economy
29 Oct 2007 - What it means to be Mormon, Part 5
24 Oct 2007 - More meaningless blather on Social Security
19 Oct 2007 - What it means to be Mormon, Part 4
14 Oct 2007 - What it means to be Mormon, Part 3
4 Oct 2007 - What it means to be Mormon, Part 2
27 Sep 2007 - What it means to be Mormon, Part 1
1 Sep 2007 - New Ways to Feel Good About Yourself
3 Aug 2007 - The conspiracy against John Edwards
24 Jul 2007 - Conquest By Assimilation
17 Jul 2007 - Energy Self-Sufficiency
5 Jul 2007 - Another Fourth of July to Remmeber: Danielle sings at Sea World
26 Jun 2007 - China and the Art of War - Part 3
20 Jun 2007 - Why it makes sense to join the Reserve - Even if you have to pay back your VSP
28 Feb 2007 - Is everyone going insane?
9 Feb 2007 - A Perk Whose Time Has Come - To Go
6 Jan 2007 - Global Warming is real - on Mars!

2006

27 Dec 2006 - The Importance of Truth: Information Warfare as the Ultimate Weapon
26 Nov 2006 - China and the Art of War - Part 2
18 Nov 2006 - The View Ahead: Global Warming
10 Nov 2006 - A Face in search of a Nose
1 Nov 2006 - If you're a loser - you can join the military!
21 Oct 2006 - Peacefully Lethal Indiscretions
5 Oct 2006 - Fish or Cut Bait
27 Sep 2006 - The enemy of my enemy is my friend?
15 Sep 2006 - Ignorant of History, and Unaware of it
2 Sep 2006 - Whither now, Ernesto? Global warming, anyone?
30 Aug 2006 - Things that drive me crazy
9 Aug 2006 - How About an Energy Policy, Please?
2 Aug 2006 - Pope Benedict XVI
5 Jul 2006 - A Fourth of July to Remember
18 Jun 2006 - The Death of Zarqawi - Just another opportunity to bash Bush
24 May 2006 - Is the time right for a new political party?
6 May 2006 - A Day Without Immigrants
22 Apr 2006 - The Cost of Defense
13 Apr 2006 - Today We March, Tomorrow We Vote!
6 Apr 2006 - Immigration Protests - Fort Sumter of our times?
12 Mar 2006 - China and the Art of War - Part 1
21 Feb 2006 - Some thoughts on China and Taiwan
2 Feb 2006 - Tell me something I don't know...
23 Jan 2006 - Damn It Jim, I'm a Conservative not a Republican!
13 Jan 2006 - Energy Blues

2005

9 Dec 2005 - Sitting around the Holiday Tree on Santamas
29 Nov 2005 - A Timetable is not an Exit Strategy
8 Nov 2005 - The New (Non) Tax Reform
20 Oct 2005 - Where have all the Christians Gone?
10 Aug 2005 - Information Warfare - The battle for hearts and minds
10 May 2005 - Why We Are In Iraq - Part III
26 Apr 2005 - A House of the Lord
2 Apr 2005 - Terri is Dead
14 Feb 2005 - Privatization of Social Security - What's the beef?

2004

30 Dec 2004 - The Christmas Tree is not a Christian symbol
30 Nov 2004 - The level of hysteria is growing...
11 Nov 2004 - What's in a name?
11 Oct 2004 - Lets Pretend...
16 Sep 2004 - I Just Don't Care
23 Aug 2004 - It's George Bush's Fault
9 Aug 2004 - Why This Election Year Is So Important
2 Jul 2004 - Why We Are In Iraq - Part II
25 May 2004 - Is Congress too small?
12 May 2004 - Abuse - Certainly; But Torture?
29 Apr 2004 - Campaign Finance Reform End Run
30 Mar 2004 - Why We Are In Iraq - Part I
15 Mar 2004 - Terrorists win big in Spanish Elections
12 Feb 2004 - Only a Guardsman
3 Feb 2004 - The Breast of a Nation
15 Jan 2004 - Mission to Mars - Future or Fantasy?

2003

22 Dec 2003 - Freedom of Speech - Not!
10 Dec 2003 - A Dime's Worth of Difference
1 Nov 2003 - Sometimes an Election is Just an Election
6 Oct 2003 - Compromising Principle for Expediency
3 Oct 2003 - Rush to Judgement
11 Aug 2003 - Turning A Blind Eye Towards Illegality
30 Apr 2003 - The Dixie Chicks: Freedom of Speech Issue? - Not!
18 Mar 2003 - Anti-war, or anti-Bush?
2 Feb 2003 - Columbia: Ad Requiem, Ad Astra
30 Jan 2003 - Christmas in January

2002

17 Dec 2002 - Trent's Lot
15 Sep 2002 - 9-11: Remembering, from a year beyond
10 Aug 2002 - School Vouchers--What's all the hullaballoo?
13 Jul 2002 - For My Wife
22 Jun 2002 - 911 a "New York thing"?
13 May 2002 - The State Convention
15 Apr 2002 - Some Facts Concerning Israel and Palestine
16 Mar 2002 - The State Senatorial Convention
29 Jan 2002 - The Precinct Convention
7 Jan 2002 - Besides Voting, What Else Can I Do?

2001

17 Dec 2001 - Feinstein Strikes Again
26 Nov 2001 - Slavery and the Founders
12 Nov 2001 - Back to his roots
8 Oct 2001 - Prosecuting the war on terrorism
1 Oct 2001 - Extremeism in the defense of Liberty is no vice...or is it?
24 Sep 2001 - Do you feel safer now?
17 Sep 2001 - A Day Which Will Live in Infamy
10 Sep 2001 - Paying for the sins of the fathers
3 Sep 2001 - What It Means To Be An American
20 Aug 2001 - The Color of White
13 Aug 2001 - Dubya's Latest Compromise
6 Aug 2001 - Big Brother Is Watching
30 Jul 2001 - Wickedness Never Was Happiness
16 Jul 2001 - Called to Serve
9 Jul 2001 - In Defense of Homeschooling
2 Jul 2001 - Ecological Conservatives
25 Jun 2001 - The Tax Cut That Wasn't
18 Jun 2001 - What Would Jesus Drive?
11 Jun 2001 - The Politics of Personal Destruction
4 Jun 2001 - Thinking Outside the Box
28 May 2001 - Political Parties and For Whom Shall I Vote
21 May 2001 - Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor
14 May 2001 - We Hold These Truths...