From General to Commander in Chief: Dwight D. Eisenhower

No other President with maybe the exceptions of George Washington and Ulysses Grant brought more fame, success, and military genius to the office of President as Dwight Eisenhower. As a result of an overwhelming love from the American people, Dwight David Eisenhower became the thirty-fourth President of the United States in 1953.
Bringing to the presidency [...]

Fellow Americans, I Honor You

This post isn’t about whether you support President Bush or not. This isn’t about whether the war is right or not. This isn’t even about when or how we should pull out. This post is about people.
People you know. Your neighbor. Your coworker. The cashier at the store. The guy at the gas station. The [...]

California Law Update: Lawmakers to Ban Spanking

How many of you are old enough to remember it being legal for teachers and principles to spank students if they were misbehaving? I am not. But I have heard stories. If you misbehaved, you faced the “ruler,” the “yardstick,” or the “paddle.” Abuse? Not hardly. Parents okayed the discipline and even reinforced it at [...]

Small Town Politics, Big Time Impact

I moved to Lancaster, California, four years ago. At that time I was not as involved in politics as I am now. But early on I met Sherry Marquez. Sherry and I had a common bond in that we both had lived in Florida and were Florida State football fans. That got us talking and [...]