A. Dru Kristenev

DNC convention underway, rash of ISIS attacks rock Europe

While broadcasts centered on the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia and crowds jeering the name of their presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton, reports of refugee-instigated attacks in Europe have been given short shrift.

Homegrown terrorism--BLM and Black Panthers. What, not ISIS?

Following the officer-involved shootings of two black individuals in Louisiana and Minnesota, a spate of marches purportedly in support of minority communities has blistered into incendiary rhetoric and, ultimately, deadly assaults on law enforcement. The major incident dominating news cycles for more than a week was the Dallas ambush of 12 police officers where five lost their lives.

Disrupting peace to promote anarchy

Anymore, it's hard to distinguish who is giving the marching orders for disruptive behavior in what has been basically an orderly society. Between the divisive pressure being applied by malcontents as well as rift-oriented national government representatives, the outcome is equally intolerable.

When prosecutors, jurists get political, justice is no longer priority

We have entered a new era of justice. It has, like so many other concepts in America, been redefined to encompass more than law--justice now means what common culture considers "fair." The difference between the two? One is carefully deliberated statutory law standing on a Constitutional base; the other is a feel-good cause validated by emotion, no logic required.

Clamoring for a champion – revisiting ancient Israel's mistake

This past year of presidential jockeying is a tableau painted by an electorate feeling so violated that it has cried out for a champion. The desperation encouraged statesmen and women to enter the contest, but was also an invitation to anyone with a penchant for publicity and power. Motivation behind both the call and some who responded to it should be cause for concern, and how we arrived at this point in history is the question that requires hard answers.

Biggest Coyote on the Planet is our own president

Omar Mateen had a likely purpose in mind when he brought weapons into Pulse, the largest gay bar in Orlando, FL, a purpose that backfired with a vengeance.

When is a church not a church? When Real Estate agents decide, evidently

Planning and zoning commissions that serve every county in this nation are comprised of individuals appointed to their post, often on a volunteer basis. Such is the situation in this rural county in the inland Northwest. Like most regulatory boards, while believing they are serving their neighbors, they are unaccountable to those same neighbors except by elected county commissioners removing them from their seats. The interesting thing is, that this circumstance doesn’t rule out political pressure.

Our vets serve from the frontlines to the supply lines - & we opt for the sidelines?

For many of us, Memorial Day still holds a place in our lives where we honor those who laid down theirs in service of our country… in exchange for their brethren, in fact. 1 John 3:16 gives us the context: “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” KJV

Language shift has produced government worship

Deeper than PC mania that has skewed culture, government role titles have been reconfigured to instill reverence over familiarity. The repetitive wrongful identification of officials has produced a mindset far different from the original intent of government.

Senator Lee tells WH to stay in its own backyard

When the all-encompassing Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation was first proposed in 2013, we addressed this inherent enslavement of every American to federal authority. Does the term “enslavement” hit a raw nerve… good. The article, 21st century Slavery – HUD vs MLK, took the issue of a federal agency dispensing zoning directives for neighborhoods, your neighborhood, to the crux of the problem – the creation of a new federal plantation.

Hiroshima: Obama decries nukes while encouraging nukes

How does an ideologue best make his case against nuclear proliferation in the midst of history's most dangerous political atmosphere because of rogue nations possessing nuclear potential? This oxymoronic narrative of a nuke-free globe has been President Obama's agenda as long as he has occupied the Oval Office and, disastrously, the media bought it and did everything possible to sell it to the American people.

Oil prices in light of oil sands shutdown, oil strike in Israel

A number of seemingly disparate variables are influencing the world's volatile equation of oil and fire, needing just a spark to ignite a conflagration. And one of huge proportions has been blazing well to the north of us in Alberta, consuming the tinder dry landscape surrounding Ft. McMurray, the hub of Canada's oil sands development.

National contest aside, battle to save nation is at home

The onslaught to destroy home rule, replacing state authority with federal overlordship, is being waged with a vengeance by the Administration in D.C. Tenth^th Amendment be damned is Obama's mantra.

UNESCO changes history, denies existence of Jerusalem Temple

Fraught with "deniers" of every stripe, the latest and most egregious is UNre-E-unSCO (as in re-education, unscientific), whose UN resolution wipes away the focal point of ancient Jewish worship, the Temple of God, that graced Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem for 1000 years. Ludicrous as it seems, a body of 58 board members, evidently unschooled in ancient history, decided to clean the slate of time by rejecting the existence of a building proclaimed a wonder of the ancient world because of its extraordinary opulence.

Membership in a political club requires action

All the uproar over caucus protocol, which varies from state to state, only seems to become a focal point when someone believes they’ve been disenfranchised. The reaction is questionable when party function, structure and strata as a club is overlooked.

Discrimination double standard favors big biz over mom and pop

When it comes to political advocacy, the scale is heavily weighted in favor of monster monopolistic business, which may as well be classified as ‘untouchable’ by government standards. Some corporate concerns are so large and have cornered markets that they rival government in coercive might, not that either were conferred such power by the People.

Water: Islam's new target to crush the West

Murderous terror strikes by islamist organizations, mostly related to ISIS, are clear assaults against West-influenced civilization... Paris late last year, San Bernardino at Christmas, Brussels last week, and Lahore, Pakistan on Easter Sunday are all separate fronts in the ongoing war.

NATO's obsolete, negotiating while Brussels burns

NATO is too expensive according to Donald Trump, who first said the United States should withdraw involvement in world leadership then backpedaled, saying that he only meant that the U.S. pays too much to the treaty organization.

Reasoned conviction or angry response

In life we are offered opportunity to choose how we approach challenges despite appearing to be cornered with only one way out. Without weighing the circumstances mindfully, autonomic response will kick in, and it can save or it can kill.

No mystery why Republican ranks grow, Democrat turnout low

Theories abound, thus far, regarding the increased numbers of voters in the republican primaries as compared to the deflating democrat totals. They include everything from democrats not bothering to cast a ballot because Hillary Clinton is the presumptive heir to Obama’s throne, to discontent with their own candidates.