Jayme Evans's Past Articles

111 articles

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

published: September 15, 2008

"I graduated in 1979.  The Vietnam War had come to an end.  We weren’t engaged in an active military conflict at that point.  And so, it’s not an option that I ever ...

Conventional Wisdom

published: September 08, 2008

Regardless of which political party you support, in order to gauge where exactly the country would be headed under a particular candidate's leadership, most people would listen to the spe...

How Quickly We Forget

published: September 01, 2008

"Congress is presumed to know the terrain against which it legislates... If Congress can appropriate billions for this aspect of national defense and not know how it is accounted for, then God...

Obama's Strange Choice For Change

published: August 25, 2008

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy... I mean, that's a storybook, man."  - Joe Biden to the New...

Democrats Running on Empty

published: August 18, 2008

Democrats are running a bit lean these days. Some would say they're on nothing more than vapors. Although it seems that proponents of more oil drilling have the upper hand in t...

America Finally Getting Sick of Obama

published: August 11, 2008

Well, it's unanimous. For the first time since this endless election cycle started, it appears that people are finally getting sick and tired of hearing about Barack Obama. Recent n...

Next Time, Kiss Me First

published: August 04, 2008

The fundamental difference between a free nation and one locked in the thumbscrews of tyranny has historically been representative government. As Americans, we belong to a ...

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

published: July 28, 2008

"Hindsight is 20/20, but I think that what I am absolutely convinced of is, at that time, we had to change the political debate because the view of the Bush Administration at that time was one...

Winds of Change

published: July 21, 2008

In these times of economic uncertainty, global terrorism and nationwide tumult, the last thing this country needs is a Commander-In-Chief that has absolutely no military or foreign policy experienc...

Pick Your Battles

published: July 14, 2008

When I was six, I watched as a man insulted my father after dad refused to allow the guy to cut in front him in the bakery line. After a few words were exchanged, I&nb...;

At What Price, Freedom?

published: July 07, 2008

Freedom -Free-dom frē-dəm\ n. The quality or state of being free as a: the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action. b: Liberation from slavery. c: The quality ...