DENNIS PATRICK: “WAIST” MANAGEMENT AND CURBING THE “HUNGRIES”
Do you live to eat, or eat to live? With Holidays approaching this is a fitting question. Poor eating habits may reflect unrestrained indulgence or lack of self-discipline. There are…...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: WHAT MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME ABOUT AGING
That parents influence their kids is an understatement. Sometimes they impart lessons intentionally; sometimes not so much. The way they behave may be far more instructive than what they say.…...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: FEARING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COUNTRY YOU LOVE
“I love my country. It is the government I fear.” An old Army friend includes this phrase as his e-mail signature block. The history of governments from the beginning of…...
Thursday, September 08, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: HOLLOWING OUT NATIONAL DEFENSE
Volunteers comprise our armed forces today. There is no draft. If these volunteers no longer have a reason to follow their Commander-in-Chief, officers and NCOs, they can choose to not…...
Thursday, September 01, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: SECRETARY CLINTON’S RACIAL HISTORY
Hillary cannot escape her heritage and the old adage “You are known by the company you keep.” She has kept company with the Democrat party for decades and she is…...
Monday, August 29, 2016
DENNIS PATRTICK: FOLLOW THE CLINTON FOUNDATION MONEY
An old adage explains a lot when determining the ultimate objective in social and political events. Follow the money. So it is in assessing the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton…...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: MAGIC OF PUSH POLLING
Why are political polling results such big news? Does anyone really believe that the numbers this far out reflect the outcome of the elections? More to the point, will polling…...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: DEMOCRAT’S KHAN CON
Hillary Clinton experienced a nice boost in her poll numbers following the Democrat National Convention. One of the reasons is the Democrat National Committee’s (DNC) shameless offering on the altar…...
Friday, August 05, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: INCREADIBLE EDIBLE FOOD
Enough of politics – at least for the moment. With political party conventions behind us, there is time enough to get one’s fill of hardscrabble politics over the next one…...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: TRUMP AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MYTH OF THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE
NEWS FLASH! Washington Post headline -- “Donald Trump Positions Himself as the Voice of the Forgotten Men and Women.” Democrats consistently say they are for the poor, the downtrodden, the…...
Thursday, July 21, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: U.S. MILITARY IS IN TROUBLE
We live in a dangerous world. For the U.S. military who would secure us, things do not go well. Recently, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) identified several…...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: RACIST AMERICA?
What is in a word whose meaning has morphed from legitimate to dishonest? Racism is one such word. The term is so overused, misused and abused that it no longer…...
Wednesday, July 06, 2016
DENNIS PATRCIK: AN OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR JOHN HOEVEN
The 4th of July celebration has come and gone and what a proud festival it was – especially for those of us who were prior military! Those of us who…...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: TIME FOR SOME GOOD OLD FASHIONED DIVERSION
Enough with the vexation and hassle of current events. Lighten up! Get a life -- and do it with humor. Every now and then it is healthy to take a…...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: THE FERGUSON EFFECT AND BLACK LIVES MATTER
Murder rates in many cities skyrocketed in 2015 and 2016. The reason given is the reduction of proactive policing in high crime neighborhoods of many US cities. And, the reason…...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: EXPLORING CURMUDGERY
To their credit, the longer people live the more experiences they accrue. Once upon a time older folks were considered wise by virtue of their accumulated experiences -- assuming they…...
Wednesday, June 08, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: LEARN TO LISTEN – LISTEN TO LEARN
A father exhorts his son, “Hush! Just listen!” A wise man, this father. He coaxed his son to listen to the conversation around them in a restaurant. This is a…...
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS—UNITE !!
Forty-two years ago Charles Fair (1917-2014), at that time a resident scientist with MIT’s Neuroscience Research Program, published a book titled “The New Nonsense: The End of Rational Consensus.” in his…...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: ARE VOTERS RATIONAL?
Every four years during the presidential campaign season it is appropriate to review not only the candidates, but the voters. Polls over the last twenty-five years confirm a disturbingly high…...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: LULLABY OF BIRDLAND
Company is on the way and visitors are arriving even now. First impressions count and it is wise to put the best foot forward. Good hosts welcome guests with open…...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: SOCIAL SECURITY IS NOT AN ENTITLEMENT
Here is a memorable quote by former Senator Alan Simpson as published by CBSNews.com on 8/25/2010 titled, “Social Security is Like a ‘Milk Cow with 310 Million Tits’.” Simpson made…...
Thursday, May 05, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: THE HYPOCRACY OF PRO-LGBT CORPORATIONS
Religious liberty bills in Georgia, Mississippi and North Carolina drew attention – and ire -- from several big corporations in recent weeks. These corporations chose to criticize these states’ religious…...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: FREDERIC BASTIAT LIVES!
Representative Rick Becker recently made a noble attempt to seek the gubernatorial nomination for the Republican Party. Although unsuccessful in his bid, he did make a lasting impression in the…...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: EARTH DAY – THEATER OF THE ABSURD
Just as the manmade global warming hoax has morphed into the less sinister moniker climate change, so too, has Earth Day embarrassingly atrophied into a metaphor for liberal silliness. A…...
Thursday, March 31, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: AN EASTER POSTLUDE
Looking beyond Easter’s jellybeans, peeps and bunnies portends something far more profound to contemplate. One of the oldest poems in the English language brings out the overwhelming significance of Easter…...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: THE CULTURAL DENIGRATION OF MASCULINITY
During the past year high school fight clubs made the news. Some clubs had existed for years. Others were conducted unbeknownst to parents and school officials. As expected, the media…...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: MAKE MARCH SCOTS-IRISH HERITAGE MONTH
St. Patrick’s Day! Here today and gone for a year. People go goofy wearing green for the day and drinking green beer. It’s a good-natured celebration with fun for all.…...
Sunday, March 13, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: REPUBLICAN DEMISE
A serious phenomenon, not unexpected, dominates this presidential campaign season. No, it is not Donald Trump. He is only the symptom of a much deeper problem. The open rebellion of…...
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: REPUBLICAN CONGRESS BETRAYS VOTERS
At the end of October 2015, and under duress from fellow Republicans, John Boehner resigned as Speaker of the House of Representatives. He did not have the support of the…...
Thursday, February 25, 2016
DENNIS PATRICK: THE AMAZING COMMON REDPOLL
I’m always amazed by the birds at my feeders in February. Only the toughest survive the North Dakota winter. My father-in-law once pointed out to me the obvious. Birds, like…...
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