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"Charley Reese (born January 19, 1937) is an American syndicated columnist. He is known for his plainspoken manner and his conservative views. He was associated with the Orlando Sentinel from 1971-2001, both as a writer and in various editorial capacities. King Features Syndicate continues to distribute his column which comes out three times each week. ..." |
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Rings of War, 1 Jan 2007
Related Topic: War
"... the problem with undeclared foreign wars. The great majority of Americans are excluded from participation. Politicians start wars, and politicians are the only ones who can end them. The fewer people involved in the war, the less pressure there will be on the politicians to end it. That leaves them free to posture on either side of the issue without actually doing anything." |
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A Magic Day, 21 Oct 2006
Related Topic: Voting
"Before a foreigner can become an American citizen, he has to pass a test about the country's history and its form of government. We should require passing that same test before anyone is issued a voter-registration card. Any native-born American who can't pass a test routinely passed by people from foreign countries doesn't deserve to be allowed the privilege of voting." |
Americans Are No Imperialists, 18 Dec 2006
Related Topic: Imperialism
"I've always argued that the American people are not cut out to be imperialists. We lack the sophistication, the language skills and, to our credit, the ruthlessness that running a global empire requires. Furthermore, our main interests are in our own country. ... For most Americans, there is no place on earth they'd rather be than right here in the U.S." |
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Boogey Bull, 28 Nov 2006
Related Topic: Terrorism
"... since there is no conceivable circumstance where all the terrorists in the world would collect in one convenient killing ground, you will never eliminate terrorists by military means. Terrorism is a product of politics and of injustice, real or perceived. Since human beings have no choice but to act on their perceptions, whether the injustice is real or perceived doesn't matter." |
Bush Broke the Law, 31 Jan 2006
Related Topics: Right Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures, George W. Bush
"What the Bush administration is saying is, to hell with the Bill of Rights. We are changing the standard. No probable cause and no oaths or affirmations are needed. All that is needed is if we personally decide that search and seizure is reasonable. By that standard, no police department in the U.S. would need to bother with search warrants." |
Childhood Ends at Puberty, 15 Apr 2006
Related Topics: Children, Compulsory Education, Benjamin Franklin, Learning
"... we do young people a grave injustice by branding them as children until they are 18. ... Basic education should be finished by the age of 12 or 13. After that, young people should be apprenticed, enrolled in commercial or vocational schools, freed to work or, if they have the IQ for college, enrolled in the university system." |
Clichés, 24 Oct 2007
Related Topic: Iran
Discusses how politicians' clichés are usually the opposite of what they say, in particular with the current situation in Iran
"Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent and successful visit to Iran seems to have so rattled Mr. Bush that he is prattling on about World War III. If he would read the joint statement issued at the end of the meeting, he would see that the meeting was mostly about doing business. ... Putin, who also doesn't want Iran to develop nuclear weapons, said making threats is counterproductive." |
Expensive Ignorance, 25 Nov 2006
Related Topic: Learning
"Maybe 100 years ago, ignorance didn't matter so much, but our margin of safety is gone, and we absolutely cannot expect to maintain this country with yahoos who get their education from television and the movies and those college graduates who are close to being the most expensive functional illiterates in the world." |
First Principles, 24 Mar 2007
Related Topic: Thomas Jefferson
"Thomas Jefferson, in his first inaugural speech, listed what he called 'the essential principles of our government and consequently those which ought to shape its administration.' ... Jefferson said that should we wander from these principles in error or alarm, we should retrace our steps to regain the road that leads to peace, liberty and safety." |
How It All Began, 15 Jan 2007
Related Topics: September 11, 2001, Terrorism
"It all began with one faulty premise. The attack on the World Trade Center was carried out by a single organization, al-Qaida. Hamas had not attacked us; Islamic Jihad had not attacked us; the Taliban had not attacked us; the guerrillas in the Philippines, Somalia, Colombia and wherever else in the world they exist had not attacked us." |
Jefferson Davis, 13 Dec 2006
Related Topic: Jefferson Davis
"Jefferson Davis, one of America's greatest statesmen, said that a question settled by violence would inevitably arise again, though at a different time and in a different form. ... he said: '... We ask no conquest, no aggrandizement ... all we ask is to be let alone; that those who never held power over us shall not now attempt our subjugation by arms.'" |
Loving Ambiguity, 19 Feb 2007
Related Topic: Politics
"I have two phrases that I bet you can't define off the top of your head. They are 'national security' and 'national interests.' Politicians love these phrases precisely because they are both ambiguous and iconic almost in a religious sense. Who, after all, would wish to do anything to harm national security or fail to do what was necessary for our national interests?" |
New Gun-Control Victims, 21 Apr 2007
Related Topic: Right to Keep and Bear Arms
"The operative fact in that shooting, as is usually the case, was that the only person with a gun was the killer. ... It was, by the way, a gun-control law that guaranteed all of the killer's victims would be unarmed. The law says that you can't have a firearm on a school campus. Well, as you can see, the killer paid no attention to the law." |
Obesity Not a Government Problem, 19 Jun 2006
Related Topic: Government
"Anybody who doubts that many Americans have a problem with obesity need only visit an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant. Most of the customers fill their chairs and then some. Nevertheless, it is not a government problem. Freedom means you can have a lot to lose if you want to, and it's nobody's beeswax." |
Original Intent, 3 Jun 2006
Related Topic: Founding Fathers
"If the Founding Fathers were to come back, I doubt if they would recognize the United States today. ... The Founding Fathers were suspicious of government and wary of it. They recognized that government is always the greatest threat to liberty. ... Clearly, the Founding Fathers did not approve of the modern concept, imposed by federal courts, of one man, one vote." |
Responsibility, 10 Apr 2006
Related Topic: Personal Responsibility
"... some folks view the tort system as a trip to Las Vegas or as a lottery. If they are involved in a single-car crash, then it's the car's fault or the road's fault. ... If they get fat or harden their arteries, it's the food industry's fault. ... If they stupidly shoot themselves, it's the gun manufacturer's fault." |
Right and Simple, 30 Dec 2006
Related Topics: War on Drugs, Venezuela
"Our politicians try to shift the blame to the drug cartels, as if they were slipping into the country and forcing cocaine up people's noses at gunpoint. ... How much more insane can it be for courts in this country to routinely give celebrities a slap on the wrist for possession and use of cocaine while the U.S. government encourages a murderous, billion-dollar war in Colombia against the drug cartels?" |
Slipped His Moorings, 9 Sep 2006
Related Topics: George W. Bush, Terrorism
"The president, I believe, is desperate to be what he knows he is not — a great man. He has fantasized that he is a second Winston Churchill leading the forces of democracy in a great crusade against the forces of darkness. The only trouble is, there is nobody out there in the dark." |
Stop the Cannon Fodder, 27 Jan 2007
Related Topics: Children, Iraq, War
"I'm glad that I discouraged all my children from serving in the military, even though I had served. It is important, I believe, to separate the natural and noble feeling of love of country from the present reality. ... Do not hand your precious one-of-a-kind children over to cynical men who will squander their lives without blinking an eye." |
The Central Question, 20 Jan 2007
Related Topic: Freedom of the Press
"Self-government only works if the people have access to the truth. If they are lied to and propagandized instead of informed, then they, in fact, live in a dictatorship, though one carefully disguised by their controllers. That's why Thomas Jefferson said that newspapers that whore for political parties or other interests are no different than newspapers controlled by a government." |
The Empire Is Over, 29 Sep 2007
Related Topic: Imperialism
Compares the current U.S. government to the characters in The Wizard of Oz and discusses the signs of an empire ending
"A friend of mine, a classical scholar, sometimes tells his students, 'No one woke up one morning in 476 A.D. and said, "Gee, I'm in the Dark Ages."' The transition from the heyday of Roman power to a stage of barbarism was a gradual process. We are in a process of change. No one is going to announce on TV that the U.S. is no longer a superpower." |
The Meaning of Free Speech, 18 Mar 2006
Related Topic: Freedom of Speech
"When the Founding Fathers wrote the First Amendment, it was not their intention to protect politically correct speech. It is exactly the purpose of the First Amendment to protect unpopular speech. Read John Stuart Mill's essay 'On Liberty.' The value of freedom is the diversity of opinions and thoughts it encourages." |
What Is the Mission?, 3 Jun 2006
Related Topic: Iraq War (2003)
"Is it to overthrow Saddam Hussein? He's been overthrown ... Is it to allow the Iraqi people to hold elections? They've held three elections ... But if the purpose was to install an elected government, why are we still there? Why are we spending half a billion dollars to build the world's largest embassy ..." |
What People Believe, 20 May 2006
Related Topic: War
"The millions killed in all the wars were nobodies as far as the leaders who sent them into war were concerned. They were cannon fodder. They all shared in common the fact that their political leaders were willing to sacrifice them for greed or ego. ... The dead are known only to the people who loved them." |
Whoa, Walter!, 4 Sep 2006
Related Topics: Walter E. Williams, Middle East
"Walter Williams ... says, "Today's Americans are vastly different from those of my generation who fought the life-and-death struggle of World War II." Whoa, Walter, that's jive, and you know it. You were born in 1936. You were 9 years old when World War II ended. Your generation didn't fight any struggle. You've spent your adult life in academia." |
