Ronald E. Yates

Boss Newsom’s Empire of Waste, Fraud & Mismanagement

Ronald E. Yates — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:30 +0000

While many Americans may worry about how California Gov. Gavin Newsom might “Cali-fornicate” America should he manage to gain access to the White House in 2018, those of us who live in this mismanaged, Democrat-ruled dung-show are keenly aware that Gov. “Hair Gel” has already relentlessly trashed the “Golden State.” ...

Understanding College Athletics Today: How “Amateur” Athletes Are Becoming Millionaires

Ronald E. Yates — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:00:22 +0000

March Madness is done. Monday night, the Michigan Wolverines held off the UConn Huskies for the NCAA basketball title, and college free agency, otherwise known as “The Transfer Portal,” is now open and active. Let the bidding wars begin as leading players jockey for top dollar—sometimes as high as $3 ...

Today’s No Kings, Pro-Iran Quislings: A Reminder of America’s Vietnam War Turncoats

Ronald E. Yates — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:27 +0000

I thought I had seen the last of traitorous Americans cursing our soldiers or calling for them to be killed when the last American combat troops were pulled out of Vietnam following the 1973 Paris Peace Treaty. After the disgusting display by anti-American, pro-Iran thugs in Philadelphia and the perfidious ...

Finally, the International Olympic Committee Comes to its Senses

Ronald E. Yates — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:00:23 +0000

There is hope for women’s sports—at last. The IOC just announced a new policy that excludes transgender men (biological males) from the female category at the Olympic Games. That means we won’t have to watch women getting pummeled and mauled by men claiming to be women in Olympic boxing or ...

America’s New Immigrants: Assimilation & Americanization Not Required

Ronald E. Yates — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:00:01 +0000

A couple of things occurred to me while I was watching the World Baseball Classic championship game last week between the United States and Venezuela. The game was being played at the Florida Marlins stadium in Miami, which, when I last checked, was an American city. Yet, judging from the ...

For Fellow Authors and Nascent Scribblers (Part 2): Dealing With the Dreaded Rejection Letter

Ronald E. Yates — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:00:10 +0000

If there is one thing most authors have in common, besides the sheer agony that sometimes accompanies the writing process, it is the dreaded Rejection Letter from an agent or publisher. I don’t know who got this one from Harlequin, but it had to be devastating for whoever received it. ...

For Fellow Authors & Nascent Scribblers (Part 1): How to Deal with a Negative Book Review

Ronald E. Yates — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:00:03 +0000

There is an old adage that says “any publicity is good publicity–even if it is bad.” Why? Because the objective is to get people talking about you and your book. If you are like me, you don’t believe a lot of the negative reviews I see on sites like Amazon, ...

Iranian Drones to Destroy California? Too Late. Democrats have already done it

Ronald E. Yates — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:00:03 +0000

Recently, I heard the news that Iran may try to destroy California with drones. I had to laugh at that. Aren’t the Iranians aware that Supreme Leader Gavin Newsom and his gang of socialist Democrats have already done that? Don’t they know that the state’s 39 million serfs, aka inhabitants, ...

The Properly Equipped War Correspondent, ca. 1905

Ronald Yates — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:00:54 +0000

The third book in my Finding Billy Battles trilogy begins in the early 1900s, and I find myself still deeply immersed in the lifestyle and routine of that period. Because my central character, William Battles, is (among other things) a journalist who spends time covering (and participating in) conflicts in ...

The Death of Freedom in Hong Kong

Ronald E. Yates — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:00:18 +0000

(In June 2020, I posted the following column about Hong Kong. The reason for the post was that on May 22 of that year, China’s government in Beijing announced that it would allow mainland state security agencies to operate officially in Hong Kong, effectively allowing Beijing to impose national security ...