In 1981, there was a film called Chariots of Fire. The movie is based on the true story of two British athletes competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Englishman Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross), who is Jewish, overcomes anti-Semitism
I am sick of speeches, I am sick of promises, I am sick of hearing the same old rhetoric: The State of the Union with all the applause and heads nodding in agreement or disagreement — the ping pong of
While we get bombarded with the white noise of politics, this is what’s happening: In short, China is a top-tier strategic threat to the United States, and its ideology of predatory state mercantilism constitutes one of the greatest challenges to
My Dear Readers, Happy New Year, and I hope you all have a blessed 2010. I wrote the following article and it deals with one of the most crucial issues of our day. I may have been excessive in supplying
So I wake up groggy and after getting my morning green tea — yeah, I seem to be going through that phase — coffee doesn’t go well with global warming. Anyway, I start the computer and begin my ritual of
Dear Friends — Take a few moments and look at this video. The gentleman is Dr. Bob Basso, a friend of mine, and he is Thomas Paine. His first videos, which ran over a year ago, took on viral proportions.
Dear Friends, Several months ago I wrote a piece for the Washington Times entitled “Pets Are Family Too.” I am pleased to say the bill has been placed before Congress–It is called the HAPPY Act. I ask for your enthusiastic
From time to time I feel like presenting a piece that should be read. This is one of them — sent to me by a very close friend in Congress. Obama’s Cairo Message: Limited Audience, Limited Impact 1. President Barack
On March 26, I was watching the Kids’ Choice Awards with my 8-year-old twins on Viacom’s Nickelodeon, which for 30 years has been the No. 1 entertainment brand for kids. It was dedicated to the Big Green Help environmental campaign
I would like to introduce my cousin Michael Rulle. My mother and his father were brother and sister, and his father, Uncle Mike, shaped a lot of our political ideas, though we thought he may have been the anti-christ, as
Tonight was a shining night – a night brought to us by humble, sincere men, in honor of men and women whose humility, courage, and selfless acts light up the darkness that sometimes surrounds us. Acts, that have defined each