Author Archives: Glen Franklin Koontz

“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!” –the official slogan of the French Revolution. Today is Bastille Day, France’s national holiday.  On July 14, 1789, during the French Revolution, Parisians stormed the Bastille, a fortress and prison, in search of armaments with which to fortify themselves against the royalists.  The French celebrated throwing off the yoke of the royalists,Continue reading “JULY 14, 2026”

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” –Søren Kierkegaard. The U.S. Department of Justice placed Oregon on notice that officials who refused to remove illegal aliens from the voter rolls, or who aided illegal aliens in voting, would be criminally prosecuted. YES! Unbelievably, Senator Ron Wyden (D. Or.) protested thisContinue reading “JULY 13, 2026”

During this period of Ordinary Time, Christians will be reading at Sunday Mass from S. Paul’s letter to the Christians at Rome. We might remember that S. Paul had neither founded the Church at Rome nor had he yet had the occasion to visit. However, as he writes in his epistle, he “longs to beContinue reading “JULY 12, 2026”

“From this Nation’s founding until the last few decades of the 20th century—a period that spans the enactment of all three election-day statutes—having an ‘election’ on a particular day meant completing ballot collection on that day.  Not only is today’s decision inconsistent with statutory text, legal context, historical practice, and precedent; it also threatens toContinue reading “JULY 11, 2026”

“I don’t care if Monday’s blue, Tuesday’s gray and Wednesday too.  Thursday I don’t care about you.  It’s Friday I’m in love.” –The Cure. “When you leave work on Friday, leave work.  Don’t let technology follow you throughout your weekend (answering text messages and emails) take a break you will be more refreshed to beginContinue reading “JULY 10, 2026”

“Only socialism can solve decades of capitalist mismanagement in the US. Our newly elected leaders will fight for the working class — not for crumbs.” –statement by the Democrat Socialists of America. When in history has socialism ever benefitted the “working class”? The answer is “never”. “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharingContinue reading “JULY 9, 2026”

“People do not expect to find chastity in a whorehouse.  Why, then, do they expect to find honesty and humanity in government, a congeries of institutions whose modus operandi consists of lying, cheating, stealing, and if need be, murdering those who resist?” –H.L. Mencken. Is anyone out there having fun? On vacation? Playing tennis orContinue reading “JULY 8, 2026”

“Paying reparations is an admission of the crime.  But it’s not an admission of the crime of a handful of bad apples or a few years of bad policy.  It is the crime of the entire existence of the United States.” –Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of the faux history, known as The 1619 Project. This isContinue reading “JULY 7, 2026”

“In all the chronicles of the ages, never before has any nation celebrated so magnificent a triumph as this one.  At 250 years, America is the oldest republic on earth.  We are the freest people on earth.  We have the most righteous and enduring Constitution on earth.  We are the strongest and most powerful countryContinue reading “JULY 6, 2026”

“I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free.” –Lee Greenwood. Ford left early this morning, flying out of Dulles Airport, back to Texas. He seemed to enjoy his time in Northern Virginia. We would be happy to welcome him back for another visit. Dudley particularly liked Ford. Ford paid himContinue reading “JULY 5, 2026”