John David Powell

John David Powell


  • April 18, 2019

    The symbolism of Notre Dame

    The Notre Dame fire goes beyond the obvious symbols of art and architecture, engineering, history, and religion.

  • February 28, 2019

    Chinese Sex Slaves: The Forgotten Immigrants

    Civil rights activists seem to ignore open sex slavery because they do not want to tie human trafficking to enforcement of our nation's immigration laws. 

  • October 30, 2018

    PC police making Halloween really scary

    The PC police and its neighborhood watch patrols will be the scariest creatures roaming the streets.

  • October 17, 2018

    Hate and the religion of politics

    We should not take political rhetoric seriously, just as one should not take seriously the rants of professional wrestlers. 

  • October 9, 2018

    The Holy See's blindness

    The Holy See still does not see that there is no easy way out of this mess. 

  • October 4, 2018

    MSM shock bombshell: Trump is rich

    The shrieking media get more desperate every day to unseat the president.

  • September 26, 2018

    A tawdry, disgusting, and distasteful week

    As the Grateful Dead said, what a long, strange trip it's been.  And dude, the week is only half-over.

  • September 17, 2018

    Shooting holes in agenda journalism

    Lots of folks like to throw around the term “fake news” to describe stories they do not like or stories that are, well, fake. I prefer the term “agenda journalism” because it does not make a judgment on the veracity of the reporting.

  • August 23, 2018

    A New School Year of Reading, Writing, and Crimes against Students

    Students across the country are beginning the school year with enhanced security to prevent on-campus shootings, but school boards are not providing the same level of protection against the most prevalent crime against students: sexual assault by school employees.