DENNIS M. PATRICK: THE NEW WEALTHY
How fast things change. Take, for example, the beneficiaries of North Dakota’s fledgling oil boom. Six years wrought immense monetary transformation across Mountrail County. Today it is easy to…...
Dennis Patrick
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
DENNIS PATRICK: AMERICA’S WEAKENED MILITARY STRATEGY
On Thursday, January 4, 2012, President Obama announced a new US military strategy guaranteeing deep cuts in national security. The decision to announce the new strategy personally underscores deep divisions…...
Friday, January 06, 2012
DENNIS PATRICK: HOLIDAY DRINKING—A POSTSCRIPT
Alcohol consumption during the Holiday Season climbs precipitously from Thanksgiving through New Years. Office parties, house parties, bars and lounges afford ample opportunity to imbibe. Consequently, Christmas and New…...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: GOOD-BYE 2011!
The old cycle is complete; a new one begins. “Ring out the old, ring in the new” recalls a tradition celebrated for centuries with the turning of the year. …...
Thursday, December 22, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: CHRISTMAS PART II - HISTORY AND MEANING OF THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Jingle Bells, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ring in the ears of shoppers wandering the malls trying to capture the excitement of the season. After building to a…...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: CHRISTMAS PART I - THE BIRTH AND ITS MEANING IN ANCIENT ROME
Christmas celebrates a royal birth, a new beginning, a final reconciliation between Creator and created. Beneath all the Christmas hoopla and folderol, there resides the kernel of truth transcending the…...
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: DEMOCRATS AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA IN COLLUSION
Be careful little eyes what you see. Be careful little ears what you hear. Many of us learned this Sunday School ditty as kids. Life’s early lessons were…...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: AMERICA’S DECLINE - INTENTIONAL OR INEPT?
As early as October 2009 columnist and commentator Charles Krauthammer charged President Obama with embracing America’s decline. Writing in the Weekly Standard, he said, “For America today, decline is not…...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: THE SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING
It’s that time of year again when kids dress up like Plymouth Plantation transplants, adults over indulge and we’re all urged to show gratitude for what we have --…...
Thursday, November 10, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: VETERAN’S DAY 2011
The first topic of conversation when two vets meet for the first time usually involves their shared military experiences. Beyond that, some choose to bind themselves in veterans organizations. What…...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: ALL SAINTS EVE 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…...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: GREED—THE NON SEQUITUR
The big news story capping the headlines has been the spreading Occupy Wall Street (OWS) exhibition. From all appearances, this is the most discombobulated, confused campaign protesting so-called corporate greed.…...
Monday, October 10, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: SOAKING THE RICH WILL CHASE THEM AWAY AND YOU WILL PAY FOR IT!
Soak the rich! Tax the wealthy! Make ‘em pay their fair share! We’ve heard it all before. Finally, this argument bears the fruit of its own foolishness. For all the…...
Friday, October 07, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: THE HEART OF A CONSERVATIVE
Campaign season arrives earlier and earlier, or so it seems. Before a person settles on a candidate, it is wise to understand one’s self and the motive behind the support…...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: OBAMA-AYERS-DOHRN – ARE ALL OF HIS FRIENDS COMMUNISTS?
Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. Recognize the names? No? Too bad. They are good friends and soul mates of President Barack Obama. They hosted Obama’s coming out party in…...
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: DEBT DEBACLE DRAGS ON
By all indications, the US economy is slowly dying. The economy is growing at less than 2%, has almost zero job growth and experiences ever-increasing unemployment. Federal revenue is approaching…...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: DEBT CEILING IMBROGLIO
Grassroots gleanings on the debt ceiling imbroglio may be a dime a dozen but, for the record, here are my two cents worth extracted from the passing scene. The…...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: DEMOCRAT MYTH OF THE LITTLE GUY
Democrats consistently say they are for the poor, the downtrodden, the weak, the “little guy.” Democrats talk the talk and have certainly convinced Americans that they are the party of…...
Monday, July 11, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: FEAR OF THE PHONY DEFAULT
Think about it. The United States, for all the media hype, is not about to default on its financial obligation, that is, the debt to its creditors. No default on…...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: A SKIN CANCER PRIMER
Cancer. Such a powerful word. The very mention of cancer raises concern and alarm. The emotional power of this single word conjures thoughts of deadly malignancies and interminable suffering. …...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: WHEN DEBT BECOMES MONEY
I kicked off my summer reading program with “The Creature from Jekyll Island” by G. Edward Griffin, Appleton, WI: American Opinion (1994). Seasons change but my reading never stops. …...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: THOMAS JEFFERSON, A LEFT WINGER PROGRESSIVE?
Our Founding Fathers collectively possessed incredible wisdom: Ben Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and so many more. Where did they acquire such knowledge and wisdom…...
Thursday, June 09, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: BIRTH OF A GREAT CONSERVATIVE
If left to the Republican establishment, the November 2010 election would not have been a blowout but just another humdrum affair. No electoral upset would have taken place. Fortunately, the…...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: “WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE…”
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE…” So reads a line in Coleridge’s “The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.” The mariner who shot an albatross (symbol of good fortune) brought misfortune to his…...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: CHUCKLING OVER EARTH DAY
Just as global warming morphed into a hoax, so too has Earth Day embarrassingly atrophied into a laughing stock, a joke, a metaphor for liberal silliness.Only a few years ago…...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: AT LAST - THE BIRDS OF SPRING
At last, the sights and sounds of spring arrive. For some, the webcam video of the eagles nest at Decorah, Iowa, might be the epitome of bird watching. The…...
Thursday, May 12, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: WORLD OF GREAT MUSIC
Time for a time out. News, as entertainment, sells. News stories stir and excite emotions of sadness, grief and terror as the 24-hour news cycles of the cable news…...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: NORTH DAKOTA’S CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS
A few years ago North Dakota faced a dire situation. Towns were dying. Legislators were beside themselves watching their “base” shrink. What was a senator, like former senator Byron Dorgan,…...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: BILLIONS AND BILLIONS THAT CONGRESS COULD SAVE
Congress has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. In its addiction to pork, congress displays an insatiable desire to spend other people’s money -- and even more money it…...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: BOOK REVIEW OF “THE RULING CLASS”
“The Ruling Class” by Angelo M. Codevilla is a must read book for anyone wishing to plumb American contemporary undercurrents. This exciting and original essay describes the huge division between…...
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