DENNIS PATRICK: TOTALITARIAN DEMOCRACY
Israeli historian J. L. Talmon coined the term ”totalitarian democracy” in his 1952 book of similar title, “The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy.” He was not the first to use the…...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: THE RISK A WORLD WITHOUT RISK
In the last seventy years regulating risks to health and safety dominated public policy debates. Lamentably, pursuit of improving our lives generally entails risks. Coal mining produced 47 fatalities…...
Thursday, March 17, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: EFFECTS OF A HOMOSEXUALIZED MILITARY
Effective December 2010 openly practicing homosexuals and lesbians may serve in the US Armed Forces. Is this a good idea? Until December the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy restricted…...
Thursday, March 10, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: DEMISE OF A FAD
How peculiar that the United States and Canada still hold faith in multiculturalism while Europeans move to end their love affair with this harmful fad. Leaders across the Atlantic find…...
Monday, February 28, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: UNIONS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICA
America confronts a watershed. As the Middle East burns and the US economy regresses Wisconsin, Indiana, New Jersey and other states struggle to free themselves from public union coercion. Currently,…...
Thursday, February 24, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: REAL CARS VS. GO KARTS
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama called for one million plug-in hybrid and all-electric cars on the road by 2015. He then asked congress for more than…...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: BULLYING AND THE NORTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE
The latest popular cause célèbre drawing attention of the North Dakota legislature is bullying. SB 2167, the anti-bullying legislation, handily passed the North Dakota Senate 34 to 11. Now the…...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: STRATEGIC CHOKE POINTS AND AMERICA’S INTEREST
American naval strategist, Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914), taught that those who control the ocean’s choke points control the world’s shipping. Choke points represent bottlenecks to ocean vessels. Certainly, choke points…...
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: WORDS, JUST WORDS
It seems like only yesterday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Obama gave his famous “Words, Just Words” speech. That was February 16, 2008. “Just words. Just speeches. It’s true that speeches don’t…...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: CELEBRATING ROBERT “RABBIE” BURNS
Wedged between Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday and Black History Month, but far in advance of St. Patrick’s Day, resides an almost-forgotten celebration of a very famous Celtic poet.Robert Burns…...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: TOTALITARIAN AMERICANS
Why do liberals, both Democrats and RINOs (Republicans in Name Only), invariably choose totalitarian solutions to treat real or imagined economic, social and political issues? Don’t they realize Americans resent…...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
DENNIS PATRICK: ONE MAN’S SOLUTION – LIVING COMFORTABLY OFF YOUR FELLOW MAN
Tax season is upon us. Here’s a New Year’s opener using IRS data. FACT: The top 25% of all income earners pay 86% of all federal income taxes. …...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: BIG THANKS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
Thanksgiving is a time for -- what else -- giving thanks. There’s much to be thankful for. Of course there are always the tangible things: home, car, money and such.…...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: EXIT LARRY SUMMERS - OBAMA TEAM SHRINKS
Lawrence H. Summers exits the White House on December 31, 2010. Larry Summers? Who the heck is Larry Summers? Not exactly a household word, that was my reaction…...
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: TRAGEDY OF ECONOMIC ILLITERACY
Once upon a time people who could not read were called “illiterate.” For the most part our schools have solved the reading problem -- sort of. Without a literate population,…...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: MUCH ADO ABOUT THE REGULATION STRANGLE
As 2010 draws to a close, the sun also sets on legislated tax cuts enacted a few years ago. This expiration equates to a massive tax increase on all Americans.…...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: A VIETNAM VETERAN’S REFLECTIONS
Veterans Day is a great time to thank veterans for their service. I know. Friends and family reached out with a word of gratitude for my service to our country.…...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: GREAT DAY FOR A POSTMORTEM
Americans have seen the future from the mountain top of Big Government and they don’t like what they see. The US House elections encompassed the entire United States.…...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ELECTION
A physics professor once told me, “If you don’t ask the right questions, you won’t get the right answers.” November 2 approaches and many political questions hang in the balance.…...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: HATE CRIMES—THOUGHT CRIMES
A year ago this month President Obama signed into law the Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 also known as the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Because the bill…...
Monday, October 04, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: HOSTFEST THIRTY-THREE
Thirty-three years ago a group of Scandinavians from North Dakota sought to celebrate their heritage and values brought from the “old country.” Today the Norsk Hostfest attracts thousands from near…...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: PEASANT MENTALITY
What happens when our national leaders divide rather than unite Americans; when leaders no longer inspire a sense of pride in the people? To put it another way, what happens…...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: HUXLEY V. ORWELL - LOVING OPPRESSION
The evolution of contemporary American culture holds a fascination for many. They can observe the ebb and flow in their own lifetime. In a democracy, or even in a republic,…...
Monday, September 13, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: REAL NEWS GONE MISSING
So much that passes for news these days is utterly inconsequential. It’s no wonder so many people lose interest in the mainstream media. News as entertainment becomes standard fare. Media…...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: BACK TO SCHOOL
“School days, school days Dear old Golden Rule days, Readin’ and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic Taught to the tune of the hick’ry stick.” Those were the days.…...
Friday, August 13, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: AMERICA’S POET—JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
When kids return to school and harvest begins, can autumn be far behind? Shorter days and cooler nights signal summer’s end. It’s not too soon to think of autumn…...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: MY IDENTITY WAS STOLEN!
It will never happen to me. But it did. Identity theft is real, ongoing and knows no bounds. A thief, or thieves, stole my name, social security number and birth…...
Thursday, July 29, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: IS THE DEMISE OF THE MEDIA SUICIDE?
Night settles on the charade of media neutrality and objectivity. News coverage has been anything but neutral. Today the bias is more blatant than ever. Something many of us…...
Monday, July 26, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: TRUE CONSERVATISM
A recent headline last proclaimed: “Conservatives Still Outnumber Moderates, Liberals.” The Gallup/USA Today poll concluded 43% Americans describe themselves as conservative, 35% moderate and 20% liberal. What really caught my…...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
DENNIS PATRICK: MYTHS OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
Freedom from foreign oil has an intrinsic emotional appeal. Alternatively, there is something admirable about a skeptic who, with reasoned observations, challenges conventional wisdom and crowd mentality. As it…...
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