JUST PLAIN UGLY: How to ruin a film franchise.

The sneer on Leslye Headland's face tells you all you need to know....

TILTING AT WINDMILLS: The trouble with (many) teachers.

The problem, simply put, is unionization. The purpose of a union is to support the interests of its membership. Students are not members of the union.

Now do you understand?

THIS IS WHY we need President Trump back in the Oval Office.

As I recall the old Soviet Union thought Ronald Reagan was crazy. The Soviet Union is now Russia....

IS IT TIME TO CALL IT THE HARRIS-BIDEN ADMINISTRATION? Did Kamala Harris nearly admit who's really running the country?

Check the curtains in the Oval Office....

RANDOM THOUGHT: I may be old but I got to see the world before it went to shit.

Seen on a T-shirt ad online. I want one.

IF YOU'RE A FAMILY WITH MINOR CHILDREN, get the hell out of California as soon as humanly possible.

OH DEAR GOD, PLEASE NO: The Democrats' 'PLAN C' presidential ticket is Biden-Obama.

RANDOM OBSERVATION: A potato isn't a vegetable but our Potatus is.

THAT'S ALL for this Independence Day special. Normal blogging resumes tomorrow.

WHY DO YOU LOVE YOUR COUNTRY? Susie Moore explains.

REAL AMERICA NEVER FORGETS: It forgives, but never forgets.

THE FOURTH OF JULY: America celebrates a history of freedom won by firearms.

I prefer to live in that "Shining City on a Hill".

IT'S NOT JUST THE SPIRIT OF 1776: July 4th is the anniversary of more than just American independence.

PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE explains the Declaration of Independence. here'sthe gist:

If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.

Now go read the rest.

INDEPENDENCE DAY: Abraham Lincoln explains its meaning (back in 1858; still true today).

UNFORTUNATELY, TOO TRUE: Country singer Craig Morgan says many young people don't apprecciate the freedom this great Nation offers.

MIKE ROWE'S "Something to Stand For" movie trailer. I haven't seen it yet, but I will when it comes to town.

RED STATE presents fireworks.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US: It's OUR day, our US of A day - the day WE took and no one can take from us.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

And let's make it great (again).

It's Independence Day. Celebrate!