Category Archives: Obamacare

Who Broke General Flynn Upon a Wheel?

The decorated three-star general knew where the bodies were buried. So he had to be ruined. By Thaddeus G. McCotter • May 1, 2020 On July 1, 1967, The Times of London published an article by its editor, William Rees-Mogg, titled “Who Breaks a Butterfly upon a Wheel?” The editorial decried the severe sentence handed out to the Rolling Stones’…

Postcards from the Pandemic: Good Faith Frays

Special thanks to Thaddeus G. Mcotter for this contribution! Postcards from the Pandemic: Good Faith Frays  God willing, soon this plague will pass; but the pandemic policy makers’ treatment and its side effects on America’s locked down patients will take longer to heal. At the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the public was willing…

Looking for a Rational, Data-Driven Policy Solution to COVID-19?

Special thanks to former Michigan State Senator: Patrick Colbeck If you are like me, you are tired of the “timeline roulette” approach taken by many of our elected officials regarding how to address COVID-19 pandemic. Michigan, my home state, has been in CCP-style “lockdown” since Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a “Stay at home” Executive Order…

Can We Prepare America for the Next Pandemic?

Can We Prepare America for the Next Pandemic? By Thaddeus G. McCotter March 20, 2020 With every passing moment, nations are establishing precedents for how to contain and ultimately stop a global pandemic. Because the novel coronavirus apparently originated in Wuhan and was immediately covered up by the Chinese Communist Party, the health and welfare…

This liberal went to CPAC. And it was nothing like I expected

Special thanks to Karlyn Borysenko for contributing this piece.  I have a few theories about what made my article about being a Democrat who went to a Trump rally go massively viral. Perhaps it was the novelty of the social justice crazy going on in the knitting community. Perhaps it was the experience of someone successfully overcoming…

Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump: Military Tribunals For Terrorists

From Michael Ingmire, Uncle of Benghazi Victim Sean Smith Special thanks fo Michael Ingmire & Politichicks.com for this contribution.  This letter is written to request a change in the structure of future trials for captured terrorists. To articulate my point, future terrorist trials should return to a Military Tribunal structure. As an uncle of Benghazi victim…

Trapped by the Ghosts of Corrupt Administrations Past

Special thanks to Thaddeus G. McCotter for this contribution It’s little wonder sane people have taken the Left’s messaging strategy regarding impeachment and the Justice Department inspector general’s new report as mere political inanity and mendacity. Government officials, past and present, who fear potential indictment for abuse of power for personal and partisan gain, their…

Michael Ingmire: Progressive Privilege

Special Thanks To Mike Ingmire of Politichicks.com for this contribution!    Tom Petty wrote in the song, “The Last DJ,” the following line that reads in part: “As we celebrate mediocrity…” Petty was writing about the death of real American radio. However, the celebration of mediocrity is inherent in the gaping holes in our current popular and…