DENNIS PATRICK: JOURNALISM’S PARTISAN FARCE
Dominant print and electronic journalism tanked in recent years. That comes as no surprise. Fewer people consume the media “product,” and for good reason. Some journalists distort the news using…...
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Monday, February 07, 2022
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
DENNIS PATRICK: METRICS OF CULTURAL DECLINE
Most of us hold an opinion regarding the state of American culture in the 21st century. Many of us formed our opinion based on sources other than the dominant, albeit…...
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
DENNIS PATRICK: THE DYING CITIZEN
Calling all citizens! Calling all citizens! Come in please! I have just finished reading Victor Davis Hanson’s new book The Dying Citizen. If you read only one book this year,…...
Wednesday, January 05, 2022
DENNIS PATRICK: FAST-FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
Another year of rapid change now gone and with it have passed the hours and days of 2021. Year 2022 dawns presenting another opportunity to see clearly and act…...
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: HAPPY NEW YEAR
In years past, to conclude one more year, The Passing Scene cited with comment Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “Ring Out, Wild Bells.” The same was true of Robert Burns, the Bard…...
Thursday, December 23, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: THE CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS
Christmas – or the “Mass of Christ.” Baby Jesus in a manger surrounded by angels, animals, shepherds, and some very wise men. Great story! Of course the focus is on…...
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: GOODIES GALORE!
When the baking starts, can Christmas be far behind? What a grand prelude to a wonderful season. Home baked goodies make this season one of the favorite times of the…...
Thursday, December 09, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: THE DARK SIDE OF CHRISTMAS
Christmas settles around us. Good cheer resounds in neighborhoods and across the marketplace as the hustle and bustle infects the Shopping Season. Not everyone, however, celebrates the season – and…...
Wednesday, December 01, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: CURMUDGEON’S THANKSGIVING
Column: The Passing Scene By: Dennis M. Patrick Date: November 19, 2021 CURMUDGEON’S THANKSGIVING Ah, for the good old days when Thanksgiving was a time for giving thanks…...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER TURNS 100
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (1921-2021) marks a century of honoring those fallen in war who are known only to God. Throughout 2021 and culminating on Veterans Day Arlington…...
Thursday, November 11, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE
A few lines intended for the veteran on Veterans Day are drawn from Rudyard Kipling and Alfred Lord Tennyson. They speak to the hearts of veterans everywhere – the impressions,…...
Friday, November 05, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: EQUITY VS EQUALITY
Let’s talk “equity” versus “equality.” Previously, The Passing Scene gave glancing overview to these words alluding to a false sense of equivalency between both terms. They do not hold the…...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: ORWELL’S ANIMALS INCARNATE
George Orwell wrote his allegorical novel “Animal Farm” as satire about a society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. The book appears as applicable to American society today as it did when…...
Thursday, October 07, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: COVID OBSERVATIONS
Autumn! A beautiful time of the year to drive across the nation’s midsection after summer’s heat. My bride of 57 years and I made the roundtrip trek between North Dakota…...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: “THE BLACK BOOK OF COMMUNISM”
“The Black Book of Communism” was published in France in 1997 on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. Few scholarly books raise the ire and provoke…...
Friday, September 24, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: TERRORISM REDUX
Terrorist. Someone who uses violent action, or threats of violent action, for political purposes. Terrorists want power over others and intend to do harm to strike fear as a means…...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: RESIGN - OR GET FIRED!
In case you missed it last week, President Joe Biden fired at least 15 members of what are called the Boards of Visitors to America’s military academies. They had been…...
Tuesday, September 07, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: ARE YOU A DOMESTIC TERRORIST?
On June 15, 2021, President Biden announced a new strategy to counter “domestic terrorism.” The strategy includes a series of changes to elevate the federal government's response to an “urgent…...
Friday, August 27, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: BIDEN BYTES
Lewis Carroll published “Through the Looking Glass” (1871) as a sequel to his other novel “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865). Alice enters a bizarre and fanciful world by stepping through…...
Friday, August 20, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: HOGWASH AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Paul R. Ehrlich. Name ring a bell? He is an American biologist who’s 1968 doomsday book “The Population Bomb” sent the journalistic world all atwitter. “In the 1970s hundreds of…...
Friday, August 13, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: YIKES! IT’S CANCER!
Cancer! The very word evokes dread. By qualifying the word with an adjective, the seriousness of the disease seems less severe. “Skin cancer” sounds much less threatening. Maybe the fact…...
Thursday, August 05, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: REBUILDING AMERICA – SOCIALIST STYLE
Anyone monitoring the Congressional sausage factory? Probably not. Probably no more so than monitoring the national debt. Who can fathom these leviathans? One may as well ignore them because the…...
Thursday, July 29, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: SLAVERY NO EXCUSE FOR DESPOTISM
No one should be gullible enough to fall for the bilge called critical race theory (CRT), the “1619 Project,” and reparations for Blacks. Slavery as an ancient despicable practice and…...
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: RESOLVING ELECTION FRAUD
Suspected widespread voter fraud during the 2020 election thrives. Deniers are either misinformed or willfully engage in cover-up. Those recognizing election fraud are shamed as kooks and conspiracy theorists. Boiled…...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: WHAT IF?—CONGRESSMAN TRUMP!
Over the Independence Day Holiday I perused one of my Bibles, the New American Standard Bible version to be precise. Woven throughout its pages is an ancillary theme of American…...
Wednesday, July 07, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: TAXES WON’T SOLVE DEBT
Campaign season is always upon us as politicians ply us with their plans for the economy. Liberal candidates use the same old worn out slogans which translate to “tax the…...
Thursday, July 01, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: HOLD FAST OUR HERITAGE
DENNIS PATRICK: HOLD FAST OUR HERITAGE Fourth of July is upon us and understanding our Christian heritage is vital to preserving our liberty. A person need not be a Christian…...
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: GAMESTOP AND THE ESTABLISHMENT
Membership in the establishment elite conveys more than access to political power and the ability to structure laws for the benefit of the members. It also means reaping financial wealth…...
Thursday, June 17, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: JOURNALISM IN FREEFALL
Look around. Even a blind person can see journalism’s transformation. Who wants to consume junk passed off as “news”? Apparently not the American public. CNN’s ratings are down more than…...
Thursday, June 10, 2021
DENNIS PATRICK: LA NIÑA IT IS
The La Niña of winter and spring 2021 brought drought to the northern plains. Very little winter snow fell. Likewise, scant spring rain. This poses a substantial fire danger. With…...
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