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MACDONALD: A Not So Complicated Relationship

July 6, 2026 Steve MacDonald

I was sitting on the 400-yard range at Londonderry Fish and Game Club, Saturday evening, after sunset, waiting for the fireworks to start. LF&G puts on a display that rivals most towns. It has been our fireworks display of choice since at least COVID. (2020). And I’m good friends with the club President, Rick Olson, … Read more

CARDELLO: We Need the Patriotism We showed After 9/11

July 5, 2026 Ray Cardello

Much of this article I wrote 5 years ago. It still rings true today. Twenty-five years pass so quickly—two and a half decades since we were attacked and unified at the same moment. No time in my lifetime of over seven decades have I seen a wave of patriotism sweep our nation as it did … Read more

CARDELLO: Did the Greatest Generation Set Us Up for Failure

May 20, 2026 Ray Cardello

I am a firm believer in adults taking responsibility for their actions. Too often, you see the excuse for someone’s improprieties as a difficult childhood or growing up in a one-parent household. How about no, regardless of our foundation, we are adults and should know the difference between right and wrong, between moral and immoral. … Read more

Remembering 9/11 Twin towers monument lights Photo by Matteo Catanese on Unsplash

Where Have All The Flags Gone

September 11, 2023 Ray Cardello

I wrote this as a Letter to the Editor in 2006, and now, 17 years later, its meaning still holds true. Our lives since 9/11 have yet to return to normal as some of our liberties have not been restored. There is not a student in K-16 that was alive on that beautiful September morning, so it is imperative to keep the story alive.

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Brittney, Biden, and Star-Spangled Banners

July 6, 2022 Michael Moffett

WNBA star Brittney Griner is experiencing the hell of Russian incarceration. That’s not a unique experience. Tens of millions of human beings suffered and died in Communist gulags and prisons over the past century. While Griner is presumably not being tortured or starved like so many of her prison predecessors, her confinement is surely brutal, … Read more

Despicable Democrats Compare September 11th, 2001 to January 6th, 2021

September 16, 2021

I have long held most Democrats in low regard. It is my firm belief that their ever-leftward dash to full-on communism will be the destruction of our nation, state, and local institutions.

Data Point – Pride in America is Far From Dead

July 6, 2021July 5, 2021 Skip

“Contrary to pundits who say patriotism is a thing of the past, a new survey from Issues & Insights/TIPP finds that 68 of those surveyed profess to be either “very” or “extremely” proud to be Americans.”

Data Point – Is Yours The Most Patriotic State in America; The Least Patriotic?

June 27, 2021 Skip

Much has been made of how the younger generations increasingly see this Country as evil and racist. The Left has poisoned their minds. Told them that the United States was conceived in slavery.

Is This the Fate of Patriotism in America?

June 24, 2021June 23, 2021 Peter Lemiska

In just a few days, we’ll be celebrating Independence Day, traditionally a day of boundless pride in America. But something’s changed in recent years.

Russia vs. America

May 22, 2021 Ed Mosca

THIS. Whom do you want defending you country, your loved ones, your very life? The Russian who loves his country, and spends every waking moment turning himself into an ever more lethal fighting machine for that country. Or the individual who believes that her country is racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, etcetera and that the greatest … Read more

Are we gonna start seeing “Paying your taxes is Patriotic!” again? Shameless

December 20, 2020 Skip

Well, we’re already seeing that with Biden apparently winning the Oval Office (but remember that the political Fat Lady hasn’t sung yet), Democrats are already starting to “fall back in love” with the American flag (KTVU) after 4 years of all-but-despising it because Trump was President (whereas most on the Right ALWAYS are in love … Read more

Is There still Time to Rekindle America’s Spirit of Pride?

September 15, 2020 Peter Lemiska

Americans haven’t always seen eye-to-eye on all issues. From the beginning, long before there were Democrats and Republicans, there were opposing political parties offering contrasting solutions to the problems facing our country.

NH Ranked ‘Most Patriotic State’ in America – Wyoming is Second, Idaho Third…

June 22, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Wallet Hub’s latest US States ranking report is out, and New Hampshire is number one for Patriotism. Let’s take a look at what they think qualifies and how the Granite State managed to grab the top prize.

Looking at the words of the Pledge

December 23, 2019 Ian Underwood

Skip ended his recent piece about the Pledge of Allegiance by saying: ‘Words have meanings but when you don’t know and understand what those words mean…’

So let’s take a closer look at those words, shall we?

Yet another “Man in the Street” interview: Go ahead, college kid, say the Pledge

December 22, 2019 Skip

Pledge of Allegiance (to the United States) – how has this become so controversial? Across the blogosphere, we’ve seen college groups, city councils, Democrat committees, local group, all reject saying what is “I continue to pledge my fealty to the United States.”

a statement of need, a definition of the problem, and who they are solving it for

Consequences of Changing American Values

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Percy Blakeney

The preamble to our Constitution concludes with the words “secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” This is the way the people who wrote our Constitution envision its purpose. A blessing is what is good in the eyes of God. It is a good whose possession properly belongs only to those who … Read more

2019: New Hampshire “Most Patriotic State” in the Nation (How’d Your State Do?)

June 24, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire popping up on a “best of” list is not new. Best for low overall taxes, high quality of life, low poverty, outstanding health outcomes, and more recently, an excellent growing increasingly business-friendly state economy. This number one ranking for Most patriotic seems like another feather in the cap.

603 Summit: “Barbara from Harlem”

April 18, 2019April 17, 2019 Skip

That’s right – the name is “Barbara from Harlem”. No, I have no idea what her last name is – don’t really care as anyone who has ever heard her talk about what America means to her, the values for which it stands, well, nobody cares what her last name is. All they REALLY care … Read more

Thanks, Progressive Democrats – you’re making his words come true

December 31, 2018 Skip

I decided to review the comments that Steve alluded to on the “not a word but just a socially awkward boffin and a topless SJW” 2014 Top post because, well, because I can – it amused me. And this popped up: Which didn’t amuse me at all because of what it has become. No, Joe … Read more

Poll are saying that Democrats are the least patriotic Americans. They’ll hate this little clip

September 26, 2018July 4, 2018 Skip

(H/T: Instapundit)

Can’t get a lot more patriotic than this – and from Hollywood, too! That is, the Hollywood of yore when actors actually (GASP!) served in the US military). As to the Gallup poll: