Dennis Patrick
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on March 22, 2023 at 07:20 am
Another Saint Patrick’s Day has come and gone and with it the frills and falderal of superficiality. However, for descendants of the Irish who know their history, Saint Patrick’s Day…...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on March 15, 2023 at 07:43 am
English long ago established itself as a rich, versatile, and descriptive language. I used to tell my granddaughter, “Play with words. But when you are done, clean them off and…...
Wednesday, March 08, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on March 8, 2023 at 10:23 pm
This old story has been told before but it always bears repeating. Daylight savings time (DST) represents a bi-partisan legislative effort providing for an artificial determination of time, a hodgepodge…...
Wednesday, March 01, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on March 1, 2023 at 10:17 am
What follows is meant to provoke thought and discussion. Between August 1964 and February 1973, during the Vietnam era, more than 1.8 million men were drafted. Currently, there is no…...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on February 22, 2023 at 11:32 am
This week I caught myself gazing lackadaisically out of the window with a cup of coffee in hand. Spring, the eventual conqueror, will soon break forth in all her glory.…...
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on February 15, 2023 at 08:24 am
The tax man’s near, and soon is here, and all must pay their due; From each his wealth will extract a pelf -- oh my, it makes us blue. Some…...
Thursday, February 09, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on February 9, 2023 at 09:02 am
Quietly dawns the day -- Valentine’s Day -- awakening tender thoughts of love. As if a prelude to spring, affectionate hearts begin to warm. Without dramatic fanfare, how does one…...
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on February 1, 2023 at 09:03 am
We wish our favorite writers would live forever. But alas, they are mortal. Fortunately, their words live on. The great historian, Paul Johnson, passed away on January 12, 2023 at…...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on January 25, 2023 at 04:47 pm
Debt ceiling time rolls around again with all the drama of a Greek tragedy. And the media cabal offers a mesmerizing kaleidoscope of confusing factoids and disinformation. The discussion focuses…...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on January 18, 2023 at 08:43 am
Recently there has been a lot of attention paid to gas stove emissions and to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr. (yes, THAT Trumka, son of…...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on January 11, 2023 at 10:40 am
News flash! Kevin McCarthy finally won the vote for Speaker of the House of Representatives but it didn’t come easy. He finally won on the 15th ballot. Twenty GOP hold-outs…...
Thursday, December 29, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on December 29, 2022 at 06:06 pm
“Ring out the old, ring in the new” even today still rings true. We have once again completed our annual cycle and a new cycle begins. Alfred Lord Tennyson penned…...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on December 21, 2022 at 08:41 am
Christmas, with all the falderal, brings with it everything one would expect for a celebration of the season. Cards and carols, dinners and decorations, gifts and greenery, meals and music…...
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on December 14, 2022 at 10:04 am
A selection of headlines from up-and-coming frank and truthful news sources gives a foretaste of America’s drift toward Third World status. Stories covered by the alternative media share the interests…...
Thursday, December 08, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on December 8, 2022 at 08:51 am
Since the end of the 20th century a crisis atmosphere surrounds the discussion of how to save Social Security. A quote by former Senator Alan Simpson (b. 1931) published by…...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on November 30, 2022 at 09:06 am
Only a few days remain until Santa’s big day. For those lagging behind in their Christmas shopping, time is running out. We are down to crunch time. Good luck ordering…...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on November 23, 2022 at 09:41 am
Christmas ‘tis the season for giving! What better way to say “I love you” than with the gift of a book? A recipient’s prerequisite for receiving a gift book might…...
Thursday, November 17, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on November 17, 2022 at 08:37 am
The Thanksgiving story never gets old. Unfortunately, some aspects are not well known. Most people have heard the names Samoset and Squanto. But, who were they? The English Pilgrims, products…...
Wednesday, November 09, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on November 9, 2022 at 07:41 am
Definition of the US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol: A Democrat-controlled spectacle of a show trial concocted to propagandize the American…...
Tuesday, November 01, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on November 1, 2022 at 08:18 am
Observing the incompetent leadership in the White House, a person may reasonably ask “Who’s really in charge?” Does the mantle fall on the “duly elected” president? Or, in Biden’s cognitively…...
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on October 26, 2022 at 07:02 am
Consider the Founding Fathers and the foundation from which they wrote the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution without the benefit of public education. Now, hold that thought. How we…...
Thursday, October 20, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on October 20, 2022 at 07:01 am
With Halloween upon us, progressive elites continue their attempts to scare Americans with their manmade climate change prank. Those who buy into this drivel are like little kids listening to…...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on October 12, 2022 at 03:50 am
Defund the police. Cut the force. Criminals prevail. 911 is unreliable. Soros-backed District Attorneys release offenders. We live in an unsafe nation in decline. The national media routinely covers atrocious…...
Thursday, October 06, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on October 6, 2022 at 06:59 am
With harvest underway and kids in school can autumn be far behind? Shorter days and cooler nights signal summer’s end. It’s not too soon to think of autumn as the…...
Thursday, September 29, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on September 29, 2022 at 08:44 am
“School days, school days Dear old Golden Rule days, Readin’ and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic Taught to the tune of the hick’ry stick.” Those were the days. Will Cobb and Gus…...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on September 21, 2022 at 06:27 am
Military wokeness as an ideological movement starts at the top, the White House and the Department of Defense (DoD), before being imposed on the troops. It fills a vacuum in…...
Thursday, September 15, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on September 15, 2022 at 08:49 am
The Passing Scene dedicates this piece to some of a younger generation short on wisdom who are perpetually offended by imaginary transgressions in the name of the “social justice” fairytale.…...
Wednesday, September 07, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on September 7, 2022 at 07:58 am
Recently I read an essay in the “Claremont Review of Books,” a journal published quarterly by the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, a steal for…...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on August 31, 2022 at 07:14 am
President Biden’s administration with its Open Borders policy solidified its partnership with Mexican cartels. Cartels are the Democrat Party’s new best friend making billions of dollars from drugs and human…...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
By
Dennis M. Patrick
on August 24, 2022 at 07:26 am
How should Americans regard the January 6 so-called “insurrection” and the hearings conducted by the very, very select members of the US House of Representatives? The official committee title comes…...
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