DENNIS PATRICK: THE SAME OLD WEATHER PATTERN
“Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.” So reads a line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. The mariner who shot an albatross…...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: GRADUATING TO A BRAVE NEW WORLD
The earliest use of the term “political correctness” (PC) occurred between two Soviet communist factions, the Stalinists and the Trotskyites. Each sought to establish their dominance by proving they were…...
Friday, May 24, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: EXPERIENCING THE GOLDEN YEARS
On Memorial Day we honor men and women who served their country in the military and who have passed on to their final reward. Over the years Memorial Day expanded…...
Thursday, May 16, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: AMERICA’S CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST
Coup defined: An unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment. An attempt to thwart a constitutionally elected President by an unelected, “non-political” bureaucracy would fit the definition…...
Friday, May 10, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: COMMENCE THE INVESTIGATION OF THE INVESTIGATION
The Passing Scene has shied away from commenting on Robert Mueller’s “Russia” probe until submission of his report to the Attorney General. Mueller’s work is complete and Attorney General William…...
Thursday, May 02, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: CENSUS CITIZENSHIP QUESTION
By this time next year the 2020 census will be underway. In December 2017 the Justice Department asked the Commerce Department to include the following question on the 2020 census.…...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: WHAT WOULD MACHEAVELLLI DO?
Machiavelli. Everyone has heard of him. But, who really knows him? He fits his own maxim. Men are “neither utterly wicked nor perfectly good.” They are all complicated actors at…...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: EASTER 2019
Easter is upon us and it is arguably the most important observation of the Christian calendar surpassing even Christmas. For those who grasp the full significance of Easter – Hallelujah…...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: BALLOT HARVESTING
Add a new term to the election vocabulary – “ballot harvesting.” Take note: As the 2020 campaign season heats up this term will be heard more often. Why? This…...
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: ODE TO THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER
The tax man’s near, and soon is here, and all must pay their due; From each his wealth will extract a pelf, but how? We’ve not a clue. Some taxes…...
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: MEN WITHOUT WOMEN
This is the title of a reasonable essay published in 1978 by Michael Novak wrestling with the appraisal of homosexuality in society. I came across the essay in a volume…...
Thursday, March 21, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: REFLECTING ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Our American government is essentially impervious to debasement but it isn’t perfect. There are duplicitous ways in which our tripartite government might be undermined. One way is through the use…...
Sunday, March 17, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: IDENTITY THEFT REDUX
It will never happen to me. But it did. Twice. Identity (ID) theft is real, ongoing, and knows no bounds. Thieves stole my name, social security number, and birth date.…...
Thursday, March 14, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: BERATING WHITE MEN
Let’s talk about white men – negatively. Why? Because liberals want to “start a conversation.” They allege that white men are a big problem. It is not that white men…...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: IMPACT OF THE SLOW SLIDE TO THE SECULAR
“The Times They Are A-changin’” sang a contemporary troubadour in the 1960s. This issue of The Passing Scene is a bit out of the ordinary. I typically do not write…...
Thursday, February 14, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: SOROS—AGAIN
Why would a very wealthy person who was raised first under Nazism and then under Communism wish to work in opposition to democracy and in favor of authoritarianism? Good question.…...
Thursday, February 07, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: WE’RE SAFE WITH CONGRESS IN RECESS
When in session, congress inserts itself into the life of every American. This is inevitable despite the wishes of the people. So much for the Tenth Amendment to the U.S.…...
Friday, February 01, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: FINANCIAL GUN CONTROL
Weaponize defined: a transitive verb; 1) adapt for use as a weapon; 2) to develop for use as a weapon. If something is weaponized, it is used as a weapon…...
Thursday, January 24, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: THOMAS SOWELL – “BLACK REDNECKS AND WHITE LIBERALS”
Economist Dr. Thomas Sowell’s broad research and deep intellect effectively strikes down long-prevailing assumptions and conventional wisdom about slavery, black education, ghetto culture, and much more in his heavily documented…...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: ECONOMIC IGNORANCE WILL HURT AMERICA
Public schools are known for many things, but teaching economics is not one of them. Whether by design or default, it is no less a debacle. Little wonder that public…...
Thursday, January 10, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: THE MOB – TOOL OF THE LEFT
Something attention-getting in the major stories of 2018 was the circus otherwise known as the Kavanaugh hearings. From all appearances, increasingly the mob is a tool of the left in…...
Monday, January 07, 2019
DENNIS PATRICK: TIME - AND CHANGE - WAIT FOR NO ONE
Another year gone by and with it the hours and days of 2018 have passed forever. A new year dawns and with it comes another chance to redeem our time…...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
DENNIS PATRICK: NEW YEARS EVE 2018
“Ring out the old, ring in the new” even today still rings true. The annual cycle is complete and a new cycle begins. Among one of our favorite poems…...
Saturday, December 22, 2018
DENNIS PATRICK: CHRISTMAS 2018 AND COUNTING
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…...
Thursday, December 06, 2018
DENNIS PATRICK: FOLLOWING THE GO FUND ME MONEY
The old adage: “follow the money” is sometimes easier said than done. Take for example leftist money laundering and the attempt to conceal donors to far left campaigns, causes,…...
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
DENNIS PATRICK: GIVE THE GIFT OF A BOOK
“I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which they were taken.” So said Samuel Johnson, compiler of the 1755 “Dictionary of the…...
Thursday, November 29, 2018
DENNIS PATRICK: THANKSGIVING 2018
Memories. Flashback to Thanksgiving past…. My wife and I lingered over breakfast one cool morning a few days before Thanksgiving. We idly discussed everything and nothing. “I can’t believe…...
Thursday, November 15, 2018
DENNIS PATRICK: ABOLISH ICE? NO DICE!
Time is long overdue to speak in support of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement otherwise known as ICE. These good folks are one of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS)…...
Monday, November 12, 2018
DENNIS PATRICK: CIVILITY GONE MISSING
Where is the civility in our society? What better place to observe widespread acrimony than the political scene. Hillary Clinton states civility can start again when the Democrats retake the…...
Thursday, November 01, 2018
DENNIS PATRICK: HALLOWEEN IN CONTEXT
It’s that time of year when pumpkins metamorphose into jack-o-lanterns and little imps provoke adults to give them candy. Halloween is here again. Is this really a time for celebrating…...
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