Uncommon Common Sense

Hillary Clinton's now famous retort in the Benghazi hearings, "What difference, at this point, does it make?", has been ringing in my ears for almost two years now. Her glib dismissal of the efforts of some in our government to try and find out the what and why of the Benghazi terrorist attack was beneath anyone with the kind of power that affects life and death decisions. That statement was damning enough on its own, but her actions since have been even more cynical. Inadvertently, the self-imagined heiress to be the Democrat nominee for president summed up in that question her entire governing philosophy. Many of us have already lived through the "trailer trash in the White House era" when the nation was assaulted regularly with scandal after scandal of the Clinton administration. There were Bill's multiple dalliances, the Whitewater scandal, Hillary making good in cattle futures, missing FBI files, the epic failure of Hillarycare and of course Monica. I...

At the end of World War II, the world, including much of Germany, was shocked as German prison camps were discovered. The atrocities that were revealed left a sickened and shocked world to vow: "Never again." General Eisenhower, who toured many of the camps personally, had the wisdom and foresight to make sure that a record was made so the world could not deny nor ever forget what took place under the control of evil. The world at large pays homage to those who died in appalling conditions, without reason, simply because they could be labeled as a hated group. Sadly, even as the world gives lip service to the memory of the Holocaust, our memory is fading. Anti-semitism is on the rise again in Europe. Some teachers in the UK are afraid to teach the Holocaust or discuss the Crusades in the context of history for fear of offending the Muslim population. Meanwhile in Asia, another problem exists. The atrocities committed by the Japanese during WWII are less well known but poten...