Author Archives: Stephen W. Browne

Happy New Year 2024

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Stephen W. Browne

Happy New Year everyone, we’re now officially 54 years into the future by my reckoning. How so? In the first science fiction book I read as a kid set in a definite year, “The Door Into Summer” by Robert Heinlein … Continue reading →

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Why I support Israel

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Stephen W. Browne

“I have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.” – Eric Hoffer First of all, no I’m not … Continue reading →

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Israel under attack, more questions than answers

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Stephen W. Browne

Israel is at war again and disturbing questions arise, more than we have answers for. To begin with, why now? The attacks took place a day after Biden released a bunch of money to Iran. Biden supporters rightfully point out … Continue reading →

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When conservatives go for commies

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Stephen W. Browne

One of the most bizarre things to come out of the war in Ukraine is the emergence of conservative women who are “Rootin’ for Putin.” No, I don’t mean the remnant of our home grown commies who miss the Soviet … Continue reading →

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Sound of Freedom a Rorschach test for all sides

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Stephen W. Browne

Sound of Freedom opened July 4 in a limited number of theaters with comparably little advertising and immediately beat out Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Wow. So let’s get some questions out of the way. Is it a … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day weekend exhaustion

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Stephen W. Browne

Memorial Day weekend is a time for somber reflection on the price paid for the freedom and sovereignty of our nation. This year somber reflection felt a lot like sheer exhaustion. I’m in the process of moving to our new … Continue reading →

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Dangers from without and within

Posted on May 24, 2023 by Stephen W. Browne

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? “Who will guard the guards themselves?” – Juvenal There are two things every citizen ought to remind themselves from time to time about intelligence services; that they are absolutely necessary in a dangerous world, and that … Continue reading →

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Crime and tyranny

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Stephen W. Browne

“A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people.” ~Ambrose Bierce Well, one Jordan Neely is dead and the Marine who put him in the fatal chokehold has been identified … Continue reading →

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Humoring delusions

Posted on April 7, 2023 by Stephen W. Browne

Trigger warning, there’s a lot to unpack here and it’s ugly. So if your delicate sensibilities are offended by hard truths turn the page. Last week 28-year-old Audrey Hale shot her way into a private Christian school in Nashville and … Continue reading →

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The Swap

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Stephen W. Browne

In journalism you know you’re doing a good job covering an issue when both sides agree you’re being fair, or both sides hate your guts. I fear one of those times is upon me for what I’m about to say … Continue reading →

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