Bob McCarty Writes

In a post almost two months ago, I shared news of Kelly Stewart’s release from the U.S. Military Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth after spending two years behind bars based on an unjust conviction.  In the same post, I mentioned speaking to Stewart by phone the day he left the prison and that I was [...]

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The piece below, written by a retired U.S. Navy SEAL friend of mine, first appeared in a post published Dec. 2, 2009, one day after President Barack Obama outlined his new strategy for waging his surge-and-retreat style of war in Afghanistan and six days before I published the charges faced by three Navy [...]

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Much like a broken clock that gets things right at least twice a day, my liberal cartoonist friend, David Donar at Political Graffiti, got things right when he sketched out the cartoon below.  It meshes the political correctness that prompted NewSouth Books to publish a new version of Mark Twain’s classic novel, “The Adventures of [...]

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Congressional candidate and retired Army Lt. Col. Allen West (R-Fla.) will be among the speakers headlining the Leavenworth 10 Freedom Ride taking place this weekend in Leavenworth, Kan. The mission of the event, according to event organizers, is to wholly support and work toward the release of “The Leavenworth 10,” a group of soldiers/Marines incarcerated [...]

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Only days after Gov. Jan Brewer (R) signed into law Arizona’s tough new immigration measure, I expect officials at Hertz® Car Rental will be forced to decide whether or not they should pull a new television commercial from the airwaves.  After all, it appears to say, “BUYCOTT ARIZONA!” The television commercial features an obviously-in-love 20-somethings [...]

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Appearing on Fox News Channel, retired Army Col. Ralph Peters described the recently-released Department of Defense report on the shootings at Fort Hood as a “whitewash” of a report that never asked the question, “Why did this happen?” Peters, author of “The War After Armageddon,” blamed the pervasive climate of political correctness in the Army [...]

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EDITOR’S NOTE: President Barack Obama outlined his new strategy for waging his surge-and-retreat style of war in Afghanistan Tuesday night.  Because that strategy will involve the expedited deployment of 30,000 more troops under the cloud of an announced timetable for withdrawal, I’m eager to offer the important guest post below.  Written by a friend, it’s [...]

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