Christopher Roach – American Greatness

The Power of Courage

Christopher Roach — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 07:00:48 +0000

The iconic photo of Donald Trump standing tall and defiantly after an attempted assassination speaks volumes. It reminds the whole world that Trump is a […]

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Worst of All Worlds . . . For Democrats

Christopher Roach — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 07:00:32 +0000

The time for a political party to deal with a decrepit, elderly figurehead is not after the primaries, in which he won millions of votes […]

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The Surgeon General Takes Aim at Guns

Christopher Roach — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 07:00:55 +0000

President Biden’s monumentally bad debate performance overshadowed some other important developments. Among them, the Surgeon General recently issued a report describing “gun violence” as a […]

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The Presidential Debate Should Expose a Fragile Biden

Christopher Roach — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:00:23 +0000

While sometimes it is unavoidable, lawyers do everything they can not to become witnesses in their own cases. Such a contingency may require new counsel, […]

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Stumbling Into Nuclear War

Christopher Roach — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 07:00:06 +0000

In a story that deserves more attention, Ukraine recently attacked a Russian early warning radar facility designed to detect nuclear attacks. This insane action conferred […]

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Biden and the Left Demonize Trump Supporters

Christopher Roach — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 07:00:42 +0000

In business, they say the customer is always right. This was long true in politics too. No one dared to attack voters, even when they […]

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Trump’s Conviction Signals New Political Era

Christopher Roach — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 07:00:35 +0000

When an elderly relative is dying and the inevitable finally arrives, it still hurts a great deal. From the beginning, I had no faith in […]

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Signs of America’s Declining Power and the Emerging Multipolar World

Christopher Roach — Tue, 28 May 2024 07:00:03 +0000

During Bush’s years as president, Democrats frequently criticized his foreign policy, complaining that he acted like a cowboy, pursuing wars unilaterally without the imprimatur of […]

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A Corrupt Establishment Demands a Loyalty Oath

Christopher Roach — Tue, 21 May 2024 07:00:14 +0000

A memo must have gone out. Because in several prominent newspapers, the same propaganda appeared at nearly the same time. The Washington Post said, “Top […]

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Failure to Prioritize Will Accelerate National Decline

Christopher Roach — Tue, 14 May 2024 07:00:38 +0000

When individuals fail to budget, they often must triage critical needs. The same thing happens with countries. Hence the rolling black-outs and crumbling infrastructure in […]

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Unrepresentative Government

Christopher Roach — Tue, 07 May 2024 07:00:20 +0000

We are in the midst of a presidential campaign year. It’s supposed to be the Super Bowl for political junkies like me. But it feels […]

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Efforts to Control Gaza Protests Threaten Free Speech and Academic Freedom

Christopher Roach — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:00:20 +0000

When I was in college, one of my professors had written her PhD thesis on the cultural aspects of the post-civil-war militias, organizations that would […]

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ATF Rule Change Creates a Trap for the Unwary

Christopher Roach — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:00:35 +0000

On Friday, the 31st anniversary of the massacre of Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, the ATF issued new regulations that make it more difficult to […]

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O.J. Verdict Was Harbinger of Racial Tensions to Come

Christopher Roach — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 07:00:45 +0000

O.J. Simpson is dead, and I can’t say he’ll be missed. He will be remembered chiefly for the brutal murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Simpson, […]

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High Gold Price Points to Sustained Inflation

Christopher Roach — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:00:20 +0000

The economy looms large in the minds of most people and not simply because it is an election year. It affects us directly. We spend […]

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On Things Collapsing

Christopher Roach — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 08:00:32 +0000

The recent collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was profoundly dramatic. It struck a chord because something similar happened in Tampa in […]

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Two-Front Disaster

Christopher Roach — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:00:10 +0000

Most observers who study the world wars conclude that having to fight a two-front war significantly impaired the Germans. These circumstances permitted the allies alternately […]

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Gaza Humanitarian Aid Port is a Terrible Idea

Christopher Roach — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 08:00:08 +0000

Just like people, countries also suffer greatly when they do not learn from their mistakes. While we do not always get to choose where and […]

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Angry Joe Rallies His Partisans

Christopher Roach — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:00:57 +0000

If you missed the State of the Union address last Thursday, you are probably better off. I’m not sure how much these speeches matter, but […]

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What’s So Great About NATO?

Christopher Roach — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 09:00:46 +0000

Donald Trump resumed his role as the “wise fool” in recent, off-the-cuff remarks about NATO. He suggested that free-riding NATO members who do not pay […]

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Biden’s Half-Hearted Border Control Pitch

Christopher Roach — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:00:10 +0000

There are rumors—likely trial balloons—that Joe Biden is about to get serious about controlling the border. Along with inflation and our country’s repeated humiliations on […]

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Navalny’s Death and Western Hypocrisy

Christopher Roach — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:00:27 +0000

Western media and political figures have solved the case! A jailed opposition politician in Russia, Alexander Navalny, has apparently died in prison. How did he […]

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Putin Interview Refutes His Portrayal as a Cartoon Villain

Christopher Roach — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:00:27 +0000

Tucker Carlson’s interview of Vladimir Putin was quite the scoop for the controversial former Fox News commentator. The war in Ukraine has cost the United […]

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Blaming the Victims of a Broken System

Christopher Roach — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 10:00:22 +0000

It is a tale as old as time. Older generations criticize the young, usually following a particular formula. The seniors say that the young are […]

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Fort Sumter on the Border

Christopher Roach — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:00:55 +0000

President Biden has been derelict in his duties to protect our country’s borders. He rescinded sensible policies dissuading illegal immigrants from jumping the fence, and […]

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Ruling Class Disturbance

Christopher Roach — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 10:00:41 +0000

The last few months have been interesting. We have started to see some very public disagreements among the world’s ruling classes. The gathering of elites […]

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A Pointless Republican Primary

Christopher Roach — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:00:19 +0000

President Trump will almost certainly be the Republican nominee. He is far ahead in every primary poll. His supporters originally worried that he would be […]

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Out of Office

Christopher Roach — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:00:07 +0000

Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, has apparently been in the hospital, following complications from a surgery for an unknown ailment. He had the surgery and […]

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American Weakness on Display in the Red Sea

Christopher Roach — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 10:00:23 +0000

The United States used to be the undisputed international shot caller. Twenty years ago, we were number one economically and militarily. There were no real […]

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‘Our Democracy™’ Is the Opposite of Majority Rule

Christopher Roach — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 03:00:13 +0000

The recent decision of the Colorado Supreme Court to bar former President Trump from the ballot is just the latest example of antidemocratic election management […]

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Covid Redux

Christopher Roach — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:00:54 +0000

Life is hard if you do not learn from your mistakes. With Covid, political leaders and public health authorities engaged in a series of missteps, […]

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What are Universities For?

Christopher Roach — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 03:00:50 +0000

There has always been debate about what purpose universities serve, particularly in the United States. The debate traditionally involved the competing virtues of practicality and […]

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Who You Gonna Believe: Your Wallet or Your Lying Eyes?

Christopher Roach — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 03:00:24 +0000

In a romantic relationship, one cannot generally influence his partner’s emotions with rational argument. Feelings are unmediated, unruly, and mostly instinctual things. The same may […]

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Supporting Censorship Will Backfire on the Right

Christopher Roach — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 03:00:37 +0000

Free speech has long been one of the most sacred American values. Until recently, commitment to free speech in general was bipartisan and widespread. Almost […]

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Why Doesn’t the Department of Defense Defend Us?

Christopher Roach — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 03:00:58 +0000

Thomas Friedman recently said something interesting: “The euphoric rampage of Oct. 7 that killed some 1,400 soldiers and civilians has not only hardened Israeli hearts […]

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Collateral Damage as Consolation Prize

Christopher Roach — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 03:00:50 +0000

Something does not quite add up about the current Israeli campaign in Gaza. After being caught flat-footed in a series of low-tech, high-concept terrorist raids, […]

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Immigration is Transforming the Country…For the Worse

Christopher Roach — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 03:00:22 +0000

In the wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel earlier this month, a lot of commentators were shocked and angry to learn that a lot […]

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Gag Order Against Trump Is the Real Threat to Democracy

Christopher Roach — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 03:00:50 +0000

The reason you have not heard of a gag order on par with the one imposed on former President Trump is that it is highly […]

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Just War vs. Decolonization

Christopher Roach — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 03:00:43 +0000

A lot can happen in a week. My last column criticized the neoconservatives’ bloodthirsty cheerleading for killing Russians. It was written and submitted before Hamas’s […]

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A Cruel Bargain

Christopher Roach — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 03:00:48 +0000

In Ukraine, politicians tell us that we are on the side of the angels. They say we are helping the victim of completely unprovoked, naked […]

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No Jobs for White Men

Christopher Roach — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 03:00:13 +0000

A recent Bloomberg investigation reported on a shocking development: “The year after Black Lives Matter protests, the S&P 100 added more than 300,000 jobs — […]

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Is the Draft Coming Back?

Christopher Roach — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 03:00:39 +0000

The military’s move to the All Volunteer Force (AVF) in 1973 amounted to a minor revolution. The draft had remained in place after World War […]

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Symbolic Opposition vs. Effective Political Action

Christopher Roach — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 06:00:40 +0000

Republicans are famous for performing symbolic opposition. They harried Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Benghazi hearings and endless oaths to overturn Obamacare. […]

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Crime and Punishment — January 6 Edition

Christopher Roach — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:00:47 +0000

Criminal sentencing conveys a society’s moral sense. The worst crimes get the death penalty or life without parole. At the other extreme, misdemeanor offenders may […]

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The Third World Revolt

Christopher Roach — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 06:00:58 +0000

Back in my high-school debating days, policy debate teams frequently concluded their arguments with an extreme and somewhat absurd parade of horribles. This was a […]

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Sleepy Joe Mails It In

Christopher Roach — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 03:00:13 +0000

I rarely watch TV, but I check-in occasionally to understand the nonstop propaganda stream influencing normie America. During my visit, I happened to catch Joe […]

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American Self-Government is Falling Apart

Christopher Roach — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 03:00:46 +0000

The American system does not require unanimity. In fact, its design presumes deep disagreement on matters of morality and policy. This is why questions like […]

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No Room for a Heroic Past

Christopher Roach — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 03:00:51 +0000

Like many others, I recently saw the Oppenheimer movie. I am not surprised by its popularity, as it is a movie for adults about a […]

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Trump Indictment Is a Mockery of Common Sense

Christopher Roach — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 05:47:55 +0000

With the Deep State and donor class now united on most items, everyone running for office is supposed to endorse a single, narrow party line or else.

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Government Corruption Helps the Bidens and Hurts Trump

Christopher Roach — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 03:00:12 +0000

The media frequently invokes Trump’s appointment of officials to dismiss the possibility of bias. The media have invoked this defense for FBI Director Christopher Wray, […]

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