DENNIS PATRICK: ARE VOTERS SENSIBLE?
Every four years, during the presidential campaign season, voters supposedly evaluate the candidates. But who evaluates the voters? Polls over the last twenty-five years confirm a disturbingly low level of…...
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Wednesday, June 03, 2026
Thursday, May 28, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: WHY WORK?—A SATIRE
Why work? Good question. When fifty percent of the American population pays no taxes and the other fifty percent support them, this begs the question: Why work? Why not live…...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: MEMORIAL DAY – A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
On Memorial Day we honor our men and women who served their country in the military and who have passed on to their final reward. Following September 11, 2001, a…...
Thursday, May 14, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS
First things first. To speak of demography, the word must be defined. Demography is the statistical study of human populations. It focuses on measuring and analyzing characteristics such as population…...
Saturday, May 09, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: A UNIQUE DEVOTIONAL
Try these challenges -- Name the famous jazz artist kidnapped at gun point and forced to play music at Al Capone’s birthday party. Name the composer who wrote a new…...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: THE MOON AND THE MAN
In 2026, Artemis II carried the first crewed mission beyond low earth orbit to the moon since Apollo 11 landed astronauts on the moon in 1969. Fifty-seven years elapsed on…...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: CHANGING AMERICA’S STRUCTURE
May Day! News brings stories of Marxist rioting and hooliganism in cities around the world. Cities like Moscow where Communism found its roots still hold massive celebrations. Communist leaders wanted…...
Thursday, April 16, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: ELECTION LITIGATION
Over the years Judicial Watch performed a valuable service to America in part by bringing lawsuits against states over their failure to keep correct voter registration lists. The lawsuits and…...
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: THE NO KINGS FARCE
Face it. No Kings protests are a series of demonstrations against the second administration of President Donald Trump. Nationwide and international events were held on June 14, 2025, October 18,…...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: EASTER’S PRAISE
Easter offers a time to reflect on the many blessings flowing from Christianity. Here are a few of those blessings. --Set up a multitude of hospitals from the Middle…...
Thursday, March 26, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: SAVE AMERICA ACT AND STOPPPING FRAUD
Let’s talk about voter fraud. A bill titled The SAVE America Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) is a U.S. federal elections bill introduced into the 119th Congress in January 2026.…...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: ECCENTRIC BOOK LOVERS
Ahhh -- books! We often take for granted the bound volumes of printed words. For true book lovers, the printed word brings hours of musing, joy, and fascination. Books offer…...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: ISLAM – A BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY
As an undergraduate in college, I took part in a School-to-Work project for one of my professors. He assigned a bibliographic essay on a particular topic. A bibliographic essay is…...
Wednesday, March 04, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: “THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS”
I spend a lot of time reading these days. At the risk of sounding wonkish, I must highlight one more book worth discussing. That would be Samuel P. Huntington’s (1927-2008)…...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: BLACK HISTORY MONTH – A SIDE NOTE
An odd nod to Black History Month – odd because the following two gents would never be nominated by liberal Black history proponents. These two influential Blacks taught me what…...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: FROM TOYS TO TARGETS—DRONE EVOLUTION
Getting older does have advantages. With modes of technology advancing so rapidly, it becomes possible for folks my age to see the birth of technologies forward into their maturity. Take…...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: SCHWEIZER’S INVISIBLE COUP
My last two columns addressed different aspects of illegal immigration. But why stop there? Consider a third view probing the world of illegals. How many times have we heard politicians…...
Wednesday, February 04, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: FUNDING ANTI-ICE PROTESTS
How popular are the anti–Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests in the US? A leading China analyst, Gordon Chang, warns that the increasing surge of protests across the US may…...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: IMMIGRATION JUDGE FIASCO
On December 30, 2025, ABC News reported more than 100 immigration judges were fired nationwide during 2025 - something that may affect the immigration backlog in the near term. Jeremiah…...
Thursday, January 22, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: ILLEGAL ALIEN ROUNDUP
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency exists to fulfill a specific mission. That mission is to protect the United States through immigration enforcement and criminal investigations, with an…...
Thursday, January 15, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: LAUGHING AT THE LIBS
This column could easily have been titled “Grist for Ridicule”. There is a way to deal with liberal-progressive change agents who would force their aberrant views on us. Laugh at…...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026
DENNIS PATRICK: BEING SITUATIONALLY AWARE
I came across an article the other day by David DeMay in The American Thinker written December 21, 2025, titled “Why America Must Relearn Situational Awareness”. I know this…...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
DENNIS PATRICK: HOPE FOR A NEW YEAR
Somewhere it has been said that a person will identify with the Four Stages of Christmas between childhood and adulthood: I believed in Santa Claus. I believed my parents were…...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
DENNIS PATRICK: THE CAROLS OF CHRISTMAS
Jingle Bells, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer greet Christmas shoppers in their hustle and bustle. Excitement builds to a crescendo. But after Christmas the commotion subsides. What then?…...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
DENNIS PATRICK: FITNESS FOR LIFE
As the holidays beckon some folks are grudgingly considering physical fitness in their New Years resolutions. The over-50 crowd may feel like a million bucks and want to prove it.…...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
DENNIS PATRICK: BOOKS MAKE GREAT GIFTS
Christmas ‘tis the season for giving! What better way to say “I love you” than with the gift of a book? As a prerequisite, a recipient should harbor a…...
Wednesday, December 03, 2025
DENNIS PATRICK: IT’S BACK - RANKED CHOICE VOTING
Want to hear about the 2026 and 2028 election fiascos in-the-making? Save this page for reference. Democrat activists advocate for adopting ranked choice voting (RCV) in future Democrat primaries. RCV…...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
DENNIS PATRICK: SQUANTO, SAMOSET, AND MASSASOIT
The Thanksgiving story never gets old. Unfortunately, the facts are not well known. Most people have heard the names Samoset and Squanto. But who were they? The English Pilgrims, products…...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
DENNIS PATRICK: LA NIÑA – HERE WE GO AGAIN
You think the weather last winter and spring was memorable? Prepare for more of the same. Old Man Winter has us in his cross hairs. Gather your heavy coats, mittens,…...
Thursday, November 06, 2025
DENNIS PATRICK: VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE
Here are a few lines saluting veterans on Veterans Day. They are taken from Rudyard Kipling and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Hearts of veterans everywhere will recognize the impressions, nostalgia, and…...
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