DENNIS M. PATRICK: CYCLING SEASONS
Last week I caught myself gazing lackadaisically out of the kitchen window, cup of coffee in hand. Chickadees and sparrows struggled at the feeders in the wintry world trying to…...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Sunday, March 09, 2014
DENNIS M. PATRICK: NORTH DAKOTA WIND
A newcomer arrived to work in the oil patch. He still was not used to winter when he asked an old timer, "What do you do when the wind isn't…...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
DENNIS M. PATRICK: A CONSCIENCE OBJECTION
The question is “Are Americans more satisfied with their federal government today than they were five years ago?” Listen to the resounding “Nos.” It is insufficient to point to the…...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
DENNIS M. PATRICK: INFORMATION CHAOS
Occasionally, waxing philosophical is worth while.Here are the age-old questions. Who are we? Where are we going? What does our life mean? At first it sounds schmaltzy but it really…...
Monday, February 10, 2014
DENNIS M. PATRICK: THE PERVERSE “FARM” BILL
It's done. Just what the Obama administration wanted -- a "bipartisan farm bill" passed by congress and quickly signed by the president on February 7.Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp…...
Monday, February 03, 2014
DENNIS PATRICK: PAIN INFLICTED BY OBAMACARE
Obamacare has settled over America like a pall. Originally touted as a good thing that would benefit America, Obamacare, in effect, is destroying one of the best health care systems…...
Monday, January 27, 2014
DENNIS M. PATRICK: CHRISTIANITY CHALLENGED
News stories prejudicial to Christianity and to people who embrace Jesus Christ induce an emotional response. Galling, disgusting and a distrust of government come to mind. Looking at today's cultural…...
Monday, January 20, 2014
DENNIS M. PATRICK: AN OLD APPROACH TO EDUCATION
Every few years a new education fad places the nation's children once again in the laboratory of experimentation. Ever since John Dewey offered his philosophy of education the education establishment…...
Monday, January 13, 2014
DENNIS M. PATRICK: IGNORING THE CONSTITUTION
How is it that the president of the United States holds such little regard for the US Constitution -- the Law of the Land? It is curious to note that…...
Monday, January 06, 2014
DENNIS M. PATRICK: HOW FARE OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS?
When annoying circumstances beyond our control make life testy, one good diversion is to take time to observe birds at the feeders. It is easy to forget our own problems…...
Friday, December 27, 2013
DENNIS PATRICK: CHRISTMAS ETERNAL
Christmas, accompanied by excitement, brings with it everything one would expect for a celebration. Cards and carols, dinners and decorations, gifts and greenery, meals and music -- all contribute to…...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: MUSICAL MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS
Jingle Bells, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ring in the ears of shoppers cruising the malls anticipating the excitement of the season. Building to a crescendo by Christmas…...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: WHY I IGNORE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
What used to be the fount of solid journalism, the mainstream media or MSM, has degenerated into second rate advocacy for liberal causes, policies and politicians. Here is a smattering…...
Monday, November 25, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: WORDS LESS HEARD
Words mean things. Words, like people, have a life of their own. They are born, live, work and die. It comes as no surprise that all languages feature change as…...
Monday, November 11, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: ATTACKED BY THE FDA
For those who see no problem with "big government," the latest Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation will be greeted as business as usual. Americans were told on November 7…...
Thursday, November 07, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: HEALTH CARE FRAUD
So, everyone now knows the federal government has inserted itself deeply into the health insurance "market" to force coverage for the thirty-two million uninsured. In doing so, our congress and…...
Monday, October 28, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: LEADING IN THE WILDERNESS
Republican in-fighting goes back a long time. Before Ronald Reagan and before Barry Goldwater there was the Father of Conservatism -- William F. Buckley, Jr. The issue is not Buckley,…...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: A CONTRARIAN VIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT CRISIS
The sixteen-day government shutdown ended. True, Obamacare remains intact with all its warts and pimples. The debt ceiling was raised allowing Obama to spend even more money. He was given…...
Monday, October 07, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: FEAR AND SHAKEDOWN
The only thing standing between American freedom and dictatorship is the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives. Obama's administration is deliberately inflicting maximum pain on the American people in an attempt…...
Friday, September 27, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: OPEN CONGRESS
Good citizens are informed citizens. To that end, true education should aim to produce effective citizens long before offering training for the work force. Likewise, continuing education should advance the…...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: DEFUND OBAMACARE NOW
Put a small-time community organizer up against a senior KGB agent and the KGB agent will win every time. Syria? Forget it. Syria is a distraction compared to America's pending…...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: DECLINE OF A SUPERPOWER
With a little more than six months into the federal cost-cutting measure known as "sequestration" the results are going as expected. Intentionally, or unintentionally, the hollowing out of our armed…...
Tuesday, September 03, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: SYRIA
I have some questions leading up to the US involvement in the next Middle East war. There are a lot of good questions but few good answers. Yes, war. The…...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: THE ESSENTIAL CONSERVATIVE
The noun "conservative" signifies guardian or defender and expresses the essential motive of a conservator. Those foolish enough to slander and excoriate as ignorant buffoons those people who identify themselves…...
Sunday, August 25, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: THE PEOPLE’S POET
What better way to conclude summer's reading program than by browsing through the poems of James Whitcomb Riley. I've written about him before. Few writers capture the sense of nostalgic…...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: IRRATIONAL VOTERS RUNNING AMERICA?
Summer reading often involves considering books in my library that I've read before, in some cases several times before. One such book sparked the idea for this piece. This is…...
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: GRANDPAS WILL BE GRANDPAS
It happens to many men as they grow older, one of those facts of life that come with age. When their kids start having kids these men rise in status.…...
Monday, July 29, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: SLAVE TALK - ENOUGH ALREADY!
The recent acquittal of George Zimmerman (Hispanic) in the death of Trayvon Martin (Black) produced wall-to-wall racial incitement. Not that race ever entered into the courtroom deliberations. Race became a…...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: LOSING OUR GENERALS
Every era produces its outstanding general officers to lead their military. It is hard to conceive of the Civil War without Grant, Sherman and Lee. Likewise, how would America have…...
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
DENNIS M. PATRICK: VALERIE WHO?
Valerie Jarrett's fingerprints are all over the announcement issued Tuesday, July 3, 2013, delaying Obamacare implementation. The Washington publication "The Hill" reported on July 5 that "The Obamas' close friend…...
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