by Col. Bill Spencer, USAF (Ret.) | Sep 11, 2017
Among the more salient statements made during yesterday’s 9-11 Patriots Day observances, was the reminder that “we didn’t ask for this fight” in the war against terrorism. True words indeed. I mean, whoever asks for an attack of any magnitude? But, I’ll take it a step...
by Col. Bill Spencer, USAF (Ret.) | Sep 4, 2017
I haven’t been feeling well the last couple of days. It’s a summer cold. I must have picked it up somewhere because I don’t usually become ill. Around here, I have my schedule and my pursuits. But I’ve been travelling recently and who knows if it’s allergies or I...
by Col. Bill Spencer, USAF (Ret.) | Aug 28, 2017
At least, their steel and resolve. When faced with long odds for victory and national destruction, the British turned to this hymn for encouragement and determination. Conservatives in our own country could sure use some of this same resolution. This short two-minute...
by Col. Bill Spencer, USAF (Ret.) | Aug 18, 2017
We found contentment yesterday in the skies over western Nebraska. We took as many as could go, including my two young granddaughters to see the total eclipse of the sun. It fulfilled a promise I made to myself on March 7, 1970 to never miss another solar eclipse that...
by Col. Bill Spencer, USAF (Ret.) | Aug 14, 2017
When I was studying political science as a cadet at the Academy, I was challenged by my faculty advisor to make predictions. “What good is it,” he would say, “if you study this in order to practice the ‘science’ of politics, and not make predictions? He was right....
