Author Archives: Glen Franklin Koontz

As promised, below is some analysis relating to the current negotiations with Iran. I have tried to provide some balance, with some criticism, and some praise. There are 4 articles in total. I hope that they put current events into some perspective. Enjoy! America’s failure to understand totalitarian regimes could be fatal Trump’s attempt atContinue reading “JUNE 24, 2026”

“The reported MOU with Iran smacks of the kind of appeasement that we saw during the Obama years, the kind of appeasement that Joe Biden tried to accomplish and was ignored by the Iranians, and the kind of appeasement we categorically rejected during the first Trump administration.” –former Vice-President Mike Pence. The Observations has purposely avoidedContinue reading “JUNE 23, 2026”

“A golfer needs a loving wife to whom he can describe the day’s play through the long evening.” –P.G. Wodehouse. I am very fortunate to have English as a “loving wife”. Because she grew up around golf, occasionally plays golf, enjoys golf, and watched the U.S. Open with me over the last 4 days. CongratulationsContinue reading “JUNE 22, 2026”

“Here’s irony for you . . . The driver goes the shortest distance when you throw it.  The putter flies farthest, followed by the sand wedge.” –Tommy Bolt, winner of the 1958 U.S. Open. Eighteen (18) holes to go. After 3 rounds, Wyndham Clark still leads. I do not wish him to win. He behavedContinue reading “JUNE 21, 2026”

“I’ve never had a coach in my life. When I find one who can beat me, then I’ll listen.” –Lee Trevino, winner of the 1968 and 1971 U.S. Opens. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is a founding member of the United States Golf Association (1 of 5). It is the very first incorporated golf club inContinue reading “JUNE 20, 2026”

“Don’t play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.” –Harry Vardon, 6 time British Open champion, and winner of the 1900 U.S. Open championship. The first day of the U.S. Open was an overcast, windy affair, with cool temperatures. There was a 2 hour delay due to heavy fog. Though the USGA setContinue reading “JUNE 19, 2026”

“But in the end, it’s still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can’t shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you’ve missed the point.” –-the late Payne Stewart, winner of the 1991 and 1999 U.S. Opens. The U.S. Open begins today at Shinnecock Hills GolfContinue reading “JUNE 18, 2026”

“Why have we had such a decline in moral climate?  I submit to you that a major factor has been a change in the philosophy which has been dominant, a change from belief in individual responsibility to belief in social responsibility.  If you adopt the view that a man is not responsible for his ownContinue reading “JUNE 17, 2026”

“In the end, legitimacy is not inherited.  It is earned. It does not arise from ancestry, mythology, chronology, or blood.  It arises from competence, justice, liberty, opportunity, and the rule of law.  The question is not who was here first.  The question has always been, and will always be, who governs well.” –Tyler Durden, IndigenousContinue reading “JUNE 16, 2026”

“Go ahead and do the impossible.  It’s worth the look on the faces of those who said you couldn’t.” –Walter Bagehot. As I drove to Mass yesterday morning, I passed Boss Freeman’s Folly in downtown Winchester, Virginia. For more than 10 years, there has been the most unsightly and expensive vacant lot in front ofContinue reading “JUNE 15, 2026”