In the early 1980s, I was assigned to the U.S. Navy’s Attack Squadron 83 (VA-83) home-ported in Jacksonville, Florida, and deploying aboard the USS Forrestal (CV-59). Nearly 40 years later, I feel a great sense of pride that an A-7E Corsair II will soon grace Veterans Memorial Park. You see, VA-83 flew the A-7E. The […]
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Destroying the Constitution
President Trump seeks out alliances with the enemies of freedom while insulting and alienating America’s longtime allies. He cozies up to Russia (which I see as perpetrating an act of war since Russia infiltrated the foundation of this nation — free elections), China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Syria. He has openly expresses admiration for […]
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An accurate assessment
Ralph Peters is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel. Until recently, he had been a regular commentator on military affairs for Fox News. He was a reliable and harsh critic of ex-president Obama’s military policies — for example, calling out Obama’s Syria strategy as “inept, ineffective and cowardly.” Peters recently quit Fox, and not with a […]
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Stop the slaughter of the children
How much longer are people going to stare gape-jawed as terrorists with legal weapons of monumental destruction gun down children and not stand up and say, enough? People who love guns more than their children should be forced to watch the video over and over of that classroom under attack by a terrorist with a […]
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Moving on with climate change
Four monster hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean within a span of a few weeks is not enough to dent the alt-right’s (aka Republican Party) mad fantasy denying the fact of climate change. Global warming doesn’t care whether President Donald Trump and the Republicans deny its existence, any more than the tide cared about Canute. It […]
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Trump will make America great?
Donald Trump sold America out to Vladimir Putin and the Russians, forcing the free democracies of Europe into a corner. It’s purported that Trump and his son-in-law “adviser” have financial dealings with the Russians. He has embraced Saudi Arabia, home of the 9/11 murderers, yet he exempts citizens of that nation from his travel ban. […]
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Kippax episode shameful
I am dumbfounded that the professional oversight system for dentists is so riddled with rules and loopholes that it allows someone like Jan Kippax to practice. I have had a run-in with Kippax, much like those already documented in the Sun Journal, with the addition of what I saw as raw blackmail thrown in. There […]
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Trump sold out the nation
It was 1980 and I was stationed on an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean. It was a time when military members were treated with scorn and disrespect by many Americans. I often wondered why I had even bothered to enlist when all it got me was low pay, sneers and belittlement. One day I took […]
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Nation is in peril
The future of this country does not look bright. The choices for president in this election are stark. Do people want a fascist state revolving around a narcissistic megalomaniac who will make up laws (and the “truth”) as he goes along? Or a relentless expansion of the nanny state dictating how people live their lives […]
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Won’t be a part of it
I have tried for a long time to articulate my disgust with the ignorant megalomaniac Donald Trump, running for president under the Republican banner, without resorting to irrational ranting, but I have been unable to do it. Then Douglas Hodgkin came along and did it for me and I thank him for his cool, measured […]