Author Archives: Glen Franklin Koontz

The remaining living Israeli hostages were released yesterday. After 738 days in a living Hell, they were reunited with their families. Thanks Be To God! The Observations was, and remains, skeptical that Hamas would adhere to President Trump’s peace plan. And it might not. History suggests that it will not. But yesterday, and today, andContinue reading “OCTOBER 14, 2025”

“Each October, Americans confront a paradox.  We commemorate Christopher Columbus, a man long hailed as the greatest explorer of the Age of Discovery, while increasingly vilifying him as a symbol of colonial oppression.  Statues fall, cities rename streets, and Columbus Day gives way to Indigenous Peoples’ Day.  But beneath this cultural shift lies a deeperContinue reading “OCTOBER 13, 2025”

GOOD MORNING MEGHAN! Best wishes for your continued happiness, and many blessings on your marriage. English, Holland, and I wish your family well! Meghan is Frank’s beautiful daughter. The proud father is traveling to Florida for this joyous family occasion. Travel safely, Frank! “On balance, he‘s a better person to be attorney general.” –Representative NancyContinue reading “OCTOBER 10, 2025”

Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones (D.) cancelled a fundraiser to be held at the home of author David Baldacci, and refunded all the attendees’ donations. Whoa! When was the last time a politician gave money back? And is there anyone out there who did not realize that David Baldacci was a Leftist? Anyone? TheContinue reading “OCTOBER 9, 2025”

“If those guys [Republicans] die before me, I will go to their funerals to piss on their graves to send them out awash in something.” –Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones (D.), who may be the most vile, foul mouthed Democrat in the United States.  And that is saying something!   Why won’t Jay JonesContinue reading “OCTOBER 8, 2025”

IT REALLY SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD. In Portland, Oregon, a federal judge ruled that the federal government could not federalize the Oregon National Guard in order to protect the local ICE Detention Facility. The judge found that the protests were “mostly peaceful”. The facts belie this finding. For more than 100 nights, anti-ICE protestorsContinue reading “OCTOBER 7, 2025”

GOOD MORNING HOLLAND KOONTZ! Thank you for taking good care of your Mother! English returned last night from Dallas, Texas. She flew down on Friday evening to visit Holland. The 2 of them bopped around SMU, Boulevarding before the game with Syracuse, and then cheering on the Mustangs to victory. The merriment continued on throughContinue reading “OCTOBER 6, 2025”

The silliness in Washington, D.C. continues. It is times like this that I wish I lived somewhere else. On the other hand, with a government shutdown, there is less traffic. That alone is worth tolerating the silliness. And if we are fortunate, maybe some of these Democrat bureaucrats will abandon Northern Virginia for their ancestralContinue reading “OCTOBER 3, 2025”

“The most likely outcome [of the federal government shutdown] is that Democrats will come to regret having just walked into a trap.” —Washington Post Editorial Board (October 1, 2025). The federal government has shut down, and it is all the Democrats’ fault. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D. N.Y.) and Senator Charles Schumer (D. N.Y.) are leadingContinue reading “OCTOBER 2, 2025”

“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne. “Yet, I can face the winter with calm. I suppose I had forgotten what it was really like. I had been thinking of the winter asContinue reading “OCTOBER 1, 2025”