Political and National Issues Essays
All of these essays are related to politic or national issue.
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The first group of essays below are by Bill Neinast, weekly columnist for the Brenham Banner Press. Because they are time sensitive, they are listed in their chronological order.
At the bottom of the page, are political essays by other contributors.
Dear Mr. Congressman
Enough Already!
Hunker Down!
WWDD
The RNC: a Treat
A Sitcom in Charlotte
Get Serious about the War
Spokesperson: Most Difficult Job
Singing Cathy’s Song
What If It Had Been George?
Desperate Men Do Desperate Things
Class Warrior in Chief
What Did He Know and When...
We Need a Graveyard for Sacred Cows
GOP Swan Song?
Class Warriors: the Truth Hurts
The Dust Bowl and the Role of Government
There Are Many Cliffs
The Death Penalty
We Lost the War on Poverty
More Gun Laws a Folly
To Sue or Not to Sue
The Wording Says It All
Culture of Dependence
Trip to the Watermelon Patch
Knee Jerk Reaction
Defense Department Two-Step
Saving the Military
Economically Illiterate
Charity and the Work Ethic
Where Is the Sequester Disaster?
Reviving Monsters
The Cost of Medical Care
A History Lesson: English Only
Slackers and Your Money
The Mouse That Roared
A Day of Infamy
One More Law
The Key Word Is Terrorist
Mission Accomplished
The Buck Stops Here
Hear No Evil, Etc.
CSOPE
Drip, Drip, Drip
Sleep Well
Lie Redefined
PC and History
Joe and Jose
Foreign Policy Mush
Why? Not Who?
Coherent Policy...I Think Not
From Liebenau to Detroit
Blind Hog Finds Acorn
The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure
Red Line Rewrite
Where’s Waldo?
Looming Danger
Alcohol and Drugs: History Repeated
Voting Hypocracy
Our Henny Penny Congress
Affordable Healthcare?
Look Over There
Advertising Pays
Kicking the Can Down the Road and the Texas Model
A Little Good News
Silver Alerts and Pinocchios
I Know Nothing
Viva Independence and Self-Reliance
Perspective on bin Laden’s War
Fewer Toys for the Pentagon
Obamacare Flight
Radical?
Fair?
Republican New Year’s Resolution
Now You’re Concerned?
Unemployment the Texas Way
Beware Solicitation Letters
We Must Not Forget
Political Lies
Dangit!
Let’s Not Make Anyone Uncomfortable
Dropouts and Graduates
The Ditherer
Illegal Aliens
Top Secret
Larry, Moe, and Curley
Charity Starts at Home
Declare Peace in the War on Drugs
Stop Knee Jerk Reactions
Sensible Military Reductions
If It’s Not Broke
What Difference Does It Make
Education: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
Order More Stop Signs
Back to the Issues That Matter
Fairness: Here We Go Again
Less Sports and Entertainment: More Hard News
Uncle Sugar
The Veterans Administration’s Mess
Rights to Entitlements
Workers’ Paradise
United? Nations
An Outstanding President: Obama
Double Agent?
Deja-vu, All Over Again
A Little Middle East History
Surviving the Hydra
Only the Facts M’am
Tomlinson Hill and the Democrats
Both Parties Hypocrites
We’re Already at War
I Know Nothing
Alarm Bells
Radical Change
Ebola: an Imagined Epidemic
It’s Better to...
Make Schools Independent
RRR
Changing Neighborhoods
We’ll Survive
Just the Facts
What Do They Want?
Affordable Care Act?
Been There, Done That
My Crystal Ball
Kudos to President Obama
The Keystone XL Pipeline
Voting Reform Important
Time Marches On
Narcissist-in-Chief
Mideast Treaty Organization
Give Common Core a Chance
War and Luck
Nobody Else Is Doing It?
What If Obama Were President in 1941
Bernie Madoff: Barrack Obama
Global Warming Nuts
Scams
Welcome Back to Munich
A President from the Business World?
Blunderbuss Foreign Policy
The Inheritance Tax
Fair Trial in Baltimore
The Governor and the Military
From General to Personal Welfare
From Independence to Dependency
Finally Some Good News
December 7
The Trump Card
Goodbye Old Flag
Obeying the Law
The Tax Collector or Karl Marx
Good News, Bad News
The Cream Rises to the Top
Kept in the Closet
From Baitzemt to the US
Seig Heil Again?
Abortions Many Aspects
Sauce for the Goose Is Sauce for the Gander
Perspective from Dr. Ben Carson
Modest Proposals for a Conundrum
Snake Oil
The Log in Your Own Eye
Chaos, Dysfunction, Frustration
How Not to Get Your Ass Kicked
Foreign Policy Seek and Find
A Radical by Any Other Name Is Still a Radical
War Requires a Strategy
War Requires a Strategy...Still
Tread Lightly, Voters
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor...
President Clueless about the Misuse of Firearms
Immigration Solved: Enforce Laws on Books
I, Uncle Sam, Resolve...
Tears and Fiddling
Political But Not Correct
Same Tune---Different Verse
A Wake for the Two Parties
A Generational Difference
County Commissioners’ Court Accessible
Do You Want This Thing to Be President?
LaBahia/Washington
Clarification: Supreme Court
Today Is 1984
Be Careful What You Ask For
World War III
Time for a Tune Up
Is “Hello” PC?
Trump on Abortion
Supreme Court Up for Grabs
Keep Your Fingers Crossed
Hobson’s Choice 2016
Get Out of Panic Mode
New Models for Elections
A Country of Immigrants
Nothing to Fear
There Is an Alternative
Texas Needs a Death with Dignity Law
Stupid Response to Orlando
The Worst Commander-in-Chief
The U.S. Army War College
BLM Mirrors KKK
Wars’s Many Faces
Ma and Pa Clinton
Chameleon Trump
SNAFU
Autographed Copy of Jesus Christ
No Best Out There
A New Draft
Hard Decisions
It Must Be True
Federal Government Dysfunctional
Vote for Supremes and Congress
The Republican Party and Silk Purses
Mission Impossible
Enough Already
Ma and Pa Going to the White House?
Henny Penny Democrats
Politically Correct=Political Idiocy
Newton’s Third Law and Politics
Miracles Do Happen
The Business of Government
The Russians Are Coming
What Will Happen in 2017?
Driving Nails into Coffins
Pass in Review!
Will Trump Be Presidential?
A Glimmer of Hope
Flabbergasted Democrats
Part of Our Heritage
DeVos Right Secretary of Education
Rethinking Education
Abortion and Sex Education
The Russians Did It?
Free Speech Not Free
Shaky Standing
Flailing Chickens
Operation Papyrus
And the Winner Is
A New Man in Town
Too Soon Old, too Late Smart
The Land of Oz, USA
News and Facts
Washington County EMS: the Best
Memorial Day---Every Day
Prejudice a Learned Behavior
Emoluments?
Give Henny Penny a Rest
Too Much Trivia
Nuclear North Korea
Fair Taxes
Ignoring Facts
Starving Departments
Time for Another Hoover Commission?
Hate and the KKK
Bad Language: Bad Choice
Waiting with Baited Breath
Hate Knows No Bounds
A Step too Far
The Law Is the Law
Honest Trump
Stuck in the Swamp
Why?
The NFL, Racism, and the President
Politics and Monuments
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
Guns Don’t Kill People...
Yesterday Not All Bad
Racism and the National Anthem
Dear Kneeling Brothers
Sex Will Win
Apples and Oranges
Truth in Advertising
A Better Way
White Privilege to the Trash
Taxes---Same Old Story
County Governance
From the Farms to the Cyberworld
The Scoundrels!
Whistler’s Mother
Pot, Bowl, or Magnet
State Level Term Limits
Murder Is Already Illegal
Truth in Advertising
The National Debt
Paying for Panic
The Train to Crystal City
Brenham, Texas, Has a Professional Theatre
Time’s Up
Trouble
Pro-Lifers or Anti-Abortionists?
Deal Not Bonded
Laws Punish---Not Prevent
Republicans---Don’t Be Hypocrites
Immigration
Our Schools Need Overhaul
Barack Obama...What a Guy!
Facts about Separated Children
We’re Doomed
Emotional Thinkers
Democratic Socialists of America
Casey at the Bat
Talk Softly and Carry a Big Stick
The World Moves On
Trump and the Press
Security Clearance: the Truth
The Washington Playground
Life Is Adaptable
Millennials and Prosperity
OK, We Lost
Do Democrats Have No Shame?
Bring Back the WPA
Senators and Sense
Murder
The Cost of Illegals
Term Limits
Murder Is a Constant
Health Care Not an Entitlement
Thankful for the Constitution
Trump and Media Are Both Guilty
Atrocity Upon Atrocity
Memories
The New Colossus
Pork and the Wall
Wake Up America
21 Months until Election
Birth and Law Suits
President Trump: a Man of His Word
December 7,1941
Bernie Says Medicare for All
The VA: Faceless, Nameless, Unapproachable
We’ve Moved but Little Has Changed
Brain Cells and Democrats
The “Doctor” Needs Guidance
Dems Plotting against Electoral College
Greatest Generation Not to Be Replicated
Chickens and Illegals
Have Faith in Capitalism
Will It Never End?
Aliens on Stage
That’s a Lot of History
Socialists-Democrats
Respect for Country
Naive Socialist-Democrats
Scary Socialist-Democrats
Beating a Dead Horse
Rational Conclusions
Respect for the Law
Thank Your Mentors
Nero’s Fiddling
Red Flag Approach
High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Three Threats to U. S.
In My Shoes
Adapt
“Racism”
Star Chamber
Naive, Uninformed, and
Juvenile
Honoring the Veterans
Old Folks Homes
Washington’s Farce
Our Jury System
What to Worry about
Impeachment: a Christmas Gift
Happy New Decade
It’s What He Does
Nightmares
Now That’s a Nightmare
No Thanks, Dems
Where’s My Present, Kim?
Civics Lessons Needed
The Cat Fight
From Sears to Amazon
Self-Funded...Not So Much
Panic...Really?
The Pandemic and the Economy
The Pandemic and World War II
COVID-19 and Future Wars
It’s a Tough Call
Stop Whining
New Reads and the Death Penalty
The Coming Economic Disaster?
Kamikaze Warfare
Your Grandparents’ Shoes
It’s Not Broken
Black and White Police Brutality
Systemic Police Brutality
What’s the Point?
BLM: What Do They Want?
The Holocaust, Friends, and Slavery
auf wiedersehen Logic
It’s Time to Stop the Nonsense
Applaud the Men in Blue
The Answer: Term Limits
Miraculous Advancements
Lady Liberty
Don’t Believe Everything You Read
History and Experience
The First Amendment
The Supreme Court
What’s behind Proposed Changes?
Four on One
Optimism Ain’t Easy
Medicine Ranks Number 1
The Blue Wave
Election Fraud Nothing New
Thanksgiving Thanks
You Lost---Go Home
Trump Is an Idiot
The Atmosphere Changes: Get Over It
The Days of Self-Reliance
So Here’s the Perspective
The Path to the Workers’ Paradise
Thrown to the Wolves
January 4, 2021: Historical
Eight Levels of Control
Hypocracy and the Southern Border
The Right to Assemble and Petition
Where’s Hunter?
Tax and Spend
1941 Again
Guns and Common Sense
Century of Change
Racist Country?
What’s Next!
Biden’s Policies?
Jack Norton
Three Mistakes
The Ostrich Administration
Auf Wiedersehen
All Other Political or National Issues Essays
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America's Islamic Problem.......... Mick Stratton
Anchor Babies......... Bob Hurt
Behind Closed Doors........
Bobby Joe and Bubba and Fission and Fusion....... John W. Pinkerton
Bobby Joe and Bubba Debrief....... John W. Pinkerton
Bobby Joe, Bubba, and Dylan Mulvaney....... John W. Pinkerton
Bubba and Bobby Joe and Dylan Mulvaney: the
Sequel....... John W. Pinkerton
Bubba and Bobby Joe: Friends....... John W. Pinkerton
Bubba, Bobby Joe, and Waldo....... John W. Pinkerton
Bubba and Bobby Joe Solve a Plethora of Problems....... John W. Pinkerton
Breaking the Code...Maybe........
John W. Pinkerton
Buyer’s Regret........
John W. Pinkerton
Christians Redefined....... John W. Pinkerton
Circle the Wagons....... John W. Pinkerton
Clear Eye on Taiwan....... John W. Pinkerton
Coersion Versus Persuasion........ John W. Pinkerton
Covid and Common Sense........ John W. Pinkerton
Deranged........
John W. Pinkerton
Difficult Problem: Difficult Solutions........
John W. Pinkerton
Economy Blues......... Corky Cummings
Election Year......... Corky Cummings
Equity and Equality....... John W. Pinkerton
European Statue Haters
Extreme Politics........Bill Tune
Good Angel/Bad Angel........ John W. Pinkerton
Good Luck, Dems........ John W. Pinkerton
I Believe in America........ Marc Lockard
I Guess I’m Just a Bad Person........
John W. Pinkerton
I Hate Trump........ John W. Pinkerton
I’m Very, Very Sorry........... John W. Pinkerton
It’s All about the Hair........ John W. Pinkerton
It’s Not All about You........ John W. Pinkerton
It’s a Freakin’ Miracle........ John W. Pinkerton
Just the Facts, Ma’am........Bill Tune
Just Not Funny........ John W. Pinkerton
Justice and Outrage.......... Sherrine Moore
Kryptonite........ John W. Pinkerton
Liberals and ‘Free Speech’........ John W. Pinkerton
Lying........ John W. Pinkerton
Magic Words........ John W. Pinkerton
Not So Fast, Old Friend........ John W. Pinkerton
Sad and Obvious Agenda.......... Sherrine Moore
Okay, I Said It........ John W. Pinkerton
Politics........ John W. Pinkerton
Politics........Chip Hill
Problem Solved........ John W. Pinkerton
Production, Wealth, Politicians, and Greed by Mick Stratton.......... Mick Stratton
Roll Dem Dice........ John W. Pinkerton
Same-Sects Marriage........Bill Tune
Same-Sex Marriage........ John W. Pinkerton
The American People Have Spoken........ John W. Pinkerton
The Battered Wives Club........
The Ol’ Double-L: a Sovereign Nation........
John W. Pinkerton
On Sticking One’s Patriotic Neck Out to Clean Up Government......... Bob Hurt
Trumped........Bill Tune
Trump Is My President........Bill Tune
Trump’s the Devil........ John W. Pinkerton
What a Country!........ John W. Pinkerton
Weaponization of the Federal Government........ John W. Pinkerton
What’s All This Israel Stuff?........ John W. Pinkerton
Who Killed JFK?........ John W. Pinkerton
Ya’ll So Silly........ John W. Pinkerton
You Didn’t Build That!........Marc Lockard
Wishful Thinking........Bill Tune
The Class of 1960 ........ John W. Pinkerton
The Great Divide........ John W. Pinkerton
The Secret..........Russell Cushman
Wealth........Chip Hill
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