The Fireside Post

Feature Article #1

The Army of God, Scott Roeder, and the Right Side of History

Scott Roeder shot and killed late term abortion Doctor George Tiller May, 31, 2009.  No one disputes this fact.  Roeder proudly admitted to the shooting while on trial for murder in Kansas.    Roeder was convicted of murder by a jury of his peers.  Peers, in this case, means twelve people who lived in the county [...]

Ohg Rea Tone | February 4th, 2010 | Continued

Feature Article #2

Obama meets House Republican Conference 1/29/10

President Obama is a very unusual man. He has a striking intelligence – nothing really special about this – there are a lot of smart people. There are lawyers and Medical Doctors and PH.D’s in the House and Senate. Our Government is well populated with intelligence. What strikes us about Obama is his phenomenal patience.

Ohg Rea Tone | January 30th, 2010 | Continued

Feature Article #3

Is A Partisan America About to Lose The Future?

Petty squabbling is consuming The United States Government.  There is gridlock on Capital Hill.  It appears that most people in Congress are running for reelection in 2010 and their message is to blame the other party.  Is this leadership?  Is this the solution to the mounting problems of America?  We need only to look back [...]

Ohg Rea Tone | January 29th, 2010 | Continued

Feature Article #4

Partisanship – Conflicting Opinions or Theological Hatred?

Churchill negotiated a settlement in a Catholic/Protestant Ireland in the 1920’s. He later said that he knew he had been fair because neither party was happy with the results. It seems to us that we can know President Obama has been fair and non-partisan because both the left and the right are protesting his policies.

Ohg Rea Tone | January 28th, 2010 | Continued

Feature Article #5

Make Hay While The Sun Shines

The Democrats thought the sun was shining.  The election of 2008 swept the Democrats back into power in Washington D.C.  – or so they thought.   It now appears that Washington is not so different than Punkin Center, Missouri.  Here in Punkin Center we live and die by old sayings.  The relevant saying aptly applied to [...]

Ohg Rea Tone | January 26th, 2010 | Continued

Feature Article #6

Really Tired of Liberal Complaining

It is just me – or has the left wing of the liberal loonies gone completely Rovian.  You surely remember Karl Rove – the master of negative Rovian Politics (RP’s).  Liberal wackos like Arianna Huffington and Ed Shultz are taking their cues from Mr. Rove.  In rural Missouri parlance it is called: Bitch! Bitch! Bitch!
Are [...]

Ohg Rea Tone | December 28th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #7

The Humble Process of a Confident Barack Obama

President Obama is a confident man, a humble man who does not always have to be right. President Obama easily accepts the input of others – he seeks the input of others.

Ohg Rea Tone | December 23rd, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #8

“the shifting sands of charity… the firm bedrock of law”

Winston Churchill was a young man of twenty two when he gave his first political speech.   He referenced the Government’s Workmen’s Compensation Bill before the Parliament in England.  “He said the bill, ‘removed the question from the shifting sands of charity and placed it on the firm bedrock of law‘.”  (Churchill: A Life, by Gilbert, [...]

Ohg Rea Tone | December 10th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #9

Obama Holds U. S. Military Accountable

President Obama announced a few days ago that he was sending 30,000 more America troops to Afghanistan.  They will be supplemented with around 10,000 NATO troops.  That meets the leaked request from the military.  But the President gave the Generals some goals to meet.  That is very appropriate.
A bunch of blowhard senators  (John McCain and [...]

Ohg Rea Tone | December 3rd, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #10

The Necessity of a Public Trail For Terrorists

Five terrorists are being brought to New York from Gitmo to be tried for masterminding the assault on the World Trade Center in on 911.   This trial must not only happen – it must be very public. Court sanctioned evidence must be presented and tested.  Guilty or innocent – the trial must go on.
The History [...]

Ohg Rea Tone | November 23rd, 2009 | Continued

About this Magazine

This magazine started as a conversation between a father and a son.  You will encounter some of that conversation as you look through the archives, but mostly you will find discourse about a great many subjects  that embracea  great many views about the world.  Take a look around, and see what happens when you dare [...]