You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Did you know that this week is National Free Speech Week? It is. And, since my freedom of speech allows me to talk about whatever I want, I’m going to talk about censorship. I was emailing yesterday with one
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! The Greatest Generation is a term used to describe Americans who grew up during the Great Depression World War II. These people are our parents and grandparents. There’s no doubt that they were the Greatest Generation. They battled through
You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Every once in a while, I come across some things that need to be talked about but can’t fill an episode on their own. Today I’m going to cover four short items instead of one longer one. Racial Disparity
Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! When George Floyd was killed by a racist white guy, America burned. Yet there was no outrage at all when thirteen U.S. soldiers were killed by a different racist white guy. Let me see if I’ve got this straight.
Over the past few months, I’ve had many conversations that go something like this: Other Person: “I’m going to get vacksinated” Me: “Aren’t you worried about the side effects?” Other Person: “What side effects?” Then we talk a bit and I tell them about the eleven-plus thousand Americans (and counting)
According to BLM activists and Antifa domestic terrorists, all cops are bastards (ACAB). Taken literally, it certainly can’t be true. I mean, what are the odds that every single police officer everywhere came from unwed parents? If I had to venture a guess, I’d say that the chance of that
Yesterday, the US Women’s Soccer Team lost to Sweden 3-0 in their opening match. Contrary to what pundits are saying, this wasn’t a “You go woke, you go broke” situation. No, the US team lost because the team from Sweden simply played better. In reality, both teams knelt before the
On July 11th, the FBI posted a tweet asking people to report signs of “mobilization to violence” and to help prevent “homegrown violent extremism”. The included a link to a document created in 2019 that lists a lot of common-sense ways of telling if someone is potentially going off the
I was talking with a friend of mine the other day about the ridiculous things that people believe. You know, crazy shit like vackseens aren’t killing people, personal pronouns are a good idea and that racist white cops are trying to exterminate black men. I wondered how so many smart
I believe that if you’re going to represent the United States, then you should, at the very least, show some respect for our country. Last week, Gwen Berry, a hammer thrower, turned away from the flag during the playing of our national anthem at the U.S. track and field Olympic