Ronald E. Yates

Recalling Tiananmen Square: A Massacre that Foretold China’s Ingrained Malevolence

Ronald E. Yates — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

During President Trump’s state visit to China last month, I wondered if he would be allowed to stroll through Tiananmen Square, a place that 37 years ago was awash with the blood and bodies of thousands of Chinese students and workers who were engaged in anti-government, pro-democracy demonstrations. That night, ...

A Retrospective on the Tiananmen Square Massacre Tomorrow

Ronald E. Yates — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:00:24 +0000

Considering the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) continued threats against Taiwan, its menacing alliance with Russia and Iran, its unsuccessful attempts to dominate in Venezuela, Brazil, and a few other Latin American nations, and the thousands of spies and military operatives China dispatched to our nation during the feckless Biden Administration, ...

Where Have America’s Men Gone?

Ronald E. Yates — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:00:55 +0000

I read an essay the other day stating that a new Department of Labor report on men found that the American labor force is missing about 7 million men who would otherwise be working. This means close to one-third of all men of working age are not included in the ...

Who Writes Better? Men or Women?

Ronald E. Yates — Mon, 25 May 2026 04:00:22 +0000

A while back, I published a post about a poll that asked the question: “Who writes better? Men or Women?” What a hazardous, if not lethal, question. The poll was produced by Grammarly.com, a proofreading software program for word processors such as Microsoft Word. As you might expect, its conclusions ...

A Lesson on Gun Control & the Second Amendment from Wounded Knee

Ronald E. Yates — Wed, 20 May 2026 04:00:51 +0000

Recently, I received an email from a reader reminding me that while America will celebrate its 250th birthday this July 4, this year is also the 135th anniversary of the murder of 297 Lakota Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. These ...

America’s Media are Suffering from a Crisis of Competence

Ronald E. Yates — Fri, 15 May 2026 04:00:27 +0000

In a recent email exchange with one of my Substack subscribers, I was asked if I think the independent media (such as the Substack community I am building) can provide a “de-escalation” space that legacy media has largely abandoned. I am not optimistic about today’s independent media. Most of its ...

Thoughts on the Racial & Ethnic Transformation of America

Ronald E. Yates — Mon, 11 May 2026 04:00:27 +0000

Writing about race and the rapidly shifting racial complexion and composition of America is a dangerous exercise. No matter how you discuss it or describe it, if you are white, you are almost certain to be called a racist by easily triggered leftists who prefer that you keep silent about ...

Is Diversity Our Strength, or Our Weakness?

Ronald E. Yates — Mon, 04 May 2026 04:00:26 +0000

I have never believed the leftist maxim that insists diversity is “our strength.” Instead, I see it as divisive, with our nation being split into cultural, ethnic, racial, religious, and political tribes who are essentially at war with one another. How is that a “strength?” How can we be a ...

After The Fall of Saigon: A Retrospective

Ronald Yates — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:56 +0000

(This is a follow-up to the story I posted yesterday on the 51st anniversary of the Fall of Saigon in 1975. ) After several dozen others and I were evacuated on April 29th, 1975, from the hulking Military Assistance Command-Vietnam building at Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut airbase, I filed my ...

The Fall of Saigon: A Personal Recollection 51 Years Later

Ronald Yates — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:00:54 +0000

Fifty-one years ago today, I was scrambling aboard a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion heavy-lift helicopter with some 70 or so other terrified people. We were being evacuated from Saigon as it fell to invading Communist North Vietnamese troops. April 29, 1975, is a day I will never forget, ...