FLOWER MOUND, TX — January 22, 2020 — People often ask; why are Democrats and media so vicious toward President Trump if he’s doing so much to improve our country? After all, they reason, they’re Americans too, so, what do they have to gain by trying to stop him? That leads them to conclude that there must be something wrong …
By BOB WEIR
MLK – The Conscience of a Nation
By BOB WEIR
FLOWER MOUND, TX — January 19, 2020 — Every year, during the celebration of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, I’m reminded of a dreadful day so many years ago. April 4, 1968 is a day I’ll never forget. I was working the four-to-midnight shift with my partner, Leroy Spivey, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. We were …
By BOB WEIR
America Is A Racist Country
By BOB WEIR
Weir Only Human FLOWER MOUND, TX —December 29, 2019 —Thirty-eight years ago, a police officer was brutally murdered on the cold, dark streets of Philadelphia. Patrolman Daniel Faulkner, making a routine traffic stop at about three o’clock on the morning of December 9, 1981, was knocked to the ground and shot several times in his upper body and face. Four …
By BOB WEIR
Denton County, Texas Sheriff Murphree Declares his County “Bill of Rights Protected”
By BOB WEIR
Weir Only Human The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, ratified on December 15, 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, reads: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” Such language has created considerable debate regarding the amendment’s intended scope. Nevertheless, it …
By BOB WEIR
Cultural Decline In the Age of Tolerance
By BOB WEIR
Weir Only Human I recall a social gathering I attended several years ago in which the subject of abortion arose. A woman asked if the idea of terminating a pregnancy after 24 weeks would become that slippery slope we’ve often heard about. Before you could say “Amen,” another woman retorted caustically, “Well now, aren’t you the intolerant one!” I could …
By BOB WEIR
The Sense of Faith
By BOB WEIR
Weir Only Human FLOWER MOUND, TX — Suppose you were born blind. You had the other 4 senses, but, have never been able to grasp the concept of sight. You’ve reached the age of adulthood and throughout your young life, those around you have tried to explain what it’s like to be able to “see” the world. Yet, the idea …
By BOB WEIR