Stormfields

We Need a SERIOUS Immigration Debate (TAC)

It’s time for conservatives (and libertarians) to have a VERY serious debate about immigration.  The issue is way too important to leave to emotions and assumptions. As Christians around the world celebrated the arrival of the Three Kings—the… Read More

Free Minds and Free Peoples

Gerald Russello, editor of Kirk’s UNIVERSITY BOOKMAN, kindly asked me to participate in a symposium: how should a conservative think about immigration.  Here’s a link to the whole discussion: http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/conservative-thinking-on-immigration/ Here’s my brief response: When Secretary of State,… Read More

No Safe Spaces: My Ancestors Arrive in Kansas, 1876

An actual description of my great, great, great grandparents arriving in Hays, Kansas: “Their presence is unmistakable; for where they are there is also something else, – a smell so pungent and potent as to make a strong… Read More