One Commoner’s Opinion

Here is a quartet of recent articles I submitted for Op-Ed’s with my local newspaper, but rejected as being too strident/controversial. When people are dying and an entire society is at risk, I think we can afford controversy. The only issue should be what can we do to fix the problem and safeguard the community. My opinions may sound harsh, but the crux of the argument is, would they be effective? If so, should we...

Searching For Peace Of Mind

By most estimates there are several million Muslims already living in America, perhaps many more. Now this president wants to allow 10,000 to 200,000 Syrian refugees to come, who will undergo a questionable vetting process at best. As a concerned citizen, and in light of the recent terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Ca., along with many others going back at least 6 or 7 years to the Fort Hood massacre, which contrary to this...

Self Inflicted Mayhem

The horrible tragedy in San Bernardino could have been avoided. I say this because the two gun-wielding maniacs who committed this atrocity were easily identifiable by their ethnicity and religion, but due to political correctness and our gullible acceptance of all cultures, they walked in, bought guns and ammo. No problem. This is insane! Gun laws work for the most part, but they can’t detect future homicidal...