Patriot Update

Articles by David L. Goetsch

• Economics and Human Nature

  Wednesday, May 22, 2013

  Liberals in Congress and the White House are claiming victory because the economy is growing at just under two percent. A two-percent growth rate is enough to claim that the recession is over, and by definition … Continue reading →

  

• Achilles Heel of the Anti-Gun Lobby’s Position

  Monday, May 20, 2013

  I overheard an instructive conversation recently. Two people were discussing gun control. One was espousing the standard liberal position: outlaw assault weapons and limit the size of magazines. He based his argument on the need to … Continue reading →

  

• Are the New Atheists Becoming Desperate?

  Friday, May 17, 2013

  Atheists have always been with us, but historically their leaders have tended to be philosophers rather than activists—academic types who looked down on Christians with arrogant but benign scorn. The names Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre, and … Continue reading →

  

• Environmentalism as a Religion

  Wednesday, May 15, 2013

  Like secular humanism, environmentalism is more than just an ideology, it is a religion. In all societies people exhibit, to greater and lesser extents, a deep inner need for religion. But in many cases, these people … Continue reading →

  

• Obama is an Aberation, Not the New Face of American Politics

  Monday, May 13, 2013

  Losing two presidential elections in a row has put leaders of the mainstream Republican Party in panic mode. As a result, they are rushing ahead in an attempt to re-define themselves. The strategy being debated among … Continue reading →

  

• Liberal Defined: Someone Who Is So Open-Minded His Brain Falls Out

  Friday, May 10, 2013

  Liberals pride themselves on being open-minded or, better said, what they think of as being open-minded. Correspondingly, they deride conservatives for being closed to new ideas that might require them to change their minds. Of course, … Continue reading →

  

• How Republicans Can Get Back in the Game

  Wednesday, May 8, 2013

  Not to put too fine a point on it, but Republicans have been taking a drubbing in national politics since the halcyon days of Ronald Reagan. The low point came in November 2011 with the re-election … Continue reading →

  

• Is the United Nations a Launching Pad for Terrorism?

  Monday, May 6, 2013

  The United Nations has been a monumental failure from its inception. The concept itself makes no sense to anyone other than star-crossed liberals who choose to ignore how human nature and, hence, the world works. The … Continue reading →

  

• Colleges of Education: Scraping the Bottom of the Academic Barrel

  Friday, May 3, 2013

  The problems of public education are well-documented: embarrassingly low scores on internationally-normed tests, high school graduates who cannot read, write, speak, compute, or think at the sixth grade level, and—worse yet—young people who are so thoroughly … Continue reading →

  

• Living the Regulated Life in America

  Wednesday, May 1, 2013

  Did you ever think there would come a time when the government would dictate what size soft drink you could buy? Did you ever think the efficiency of your dishwasher and washing machine would be regulated … Continue reading →

  

• When is Terrorism Not Terrorism

  Monday, April 29, 2013

  Apparently we have a new definition of the term terrorism in America. According to our own government’s definition found in in the Code of Federal Regulations (28 CFR Section 0.85), terrorism is “…the unlawful use of … Continue reading →

  

• Decline of the Family in America

  Friday, April 26, 2013

  The last several decades have not been kind to the family in America. In fact, since the 1970s the family—historically the principal social unit in American society—has been trapped in a steady downhill spiral. Less than … Continue reading →

  

• Things Liberals Refuse to Understand

  Wednesday, April 24, 2013

  Liberals live in a kind of philosophical fantasy world of their own making that is impervious to logic, reason, or facts. Consequently, there are things that any normal sixth-grader with an ounce of common sense would … Continue reading →

  

• When Will A Rational Dialogue on Race Be Possible in America?

  Monday, April 22, 2013

  An incident from my days as a college professor and administrator came to mind recently when I heard a colleague make the comment that “A rational dialogue on race is not yet possible in America.” The … Continue reading →

  

• Note To Liberals: Making Excuses Does Not Help Minorities

  Friday, April 19, 2013

  All Americans—minorities and non-minorities—would benefit if minority students performed better in school at all levels. Few things are more effective at preventing poverty and crime than a commitment to excellence in the classroom by individual students, … Continue reading →

  

Archive

Recent Stories

Recent Columns

Recent Videos

Recent Cartoons