STORIES ARE GOLD: A Movie Review of “Woman in Gold”
By Diane Rufino, March 26, 2018 There are many personal stories throughout history that teach us the depths of tragedies, triumphs, war, innovation, and discovery. We learn about events in history...
View ArticleOBERGEFELL v. HODGES: An Example of the Very Real Tendency of the Federal...
Photo credit: Photo is from FreakingNews.com) by Diane Rufino, March 26, 2018 We are all used to the accusations that a certain Executive Action is unconstitutional or a federal law is...
View ArticleKeep the Second Amendment Secure in North Carolina
by Diane Rufino, March 27, 2018 My appreciation of the Second Amendment and gratitude for the wisdom and insistence of our Founders and for the States who insisted that it was necessary to be included...
View ArticleKeep the Second Amendment Secure in North Carolina
by Diane Rufino, March 27, 2018 My appreciation of the Second Amendment and gratitude for the wisdom and insistence of our Founders and for the States who insisted that it was necessary to be included...
View ArticleA Proposed State Sovereignty Resolution to Re-Assert the Tenth and Second...
by Diane Rufino, February 21, 2018 The following is a proposed State Sovereignty Resolution that I wrote and proposed to my legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly. I feel very strongly...
View ArticleIt’s Worse Than Watergate
by Diane Rufino, Feb. 4, 2018 The Nunes Memo highlights just how easy it is to spy on an American citizen, and even a candidate for the highest office of the land, when the administration in DC is...
View ArticleGovernment Control of the People – the Progressive Scheme: Making Useful...
by Diane Rufino, April 5, 2018 Saul Alinsky, the Godfather of the “Community-Organizing” movement and prophet of the progressive movement, wrote a book that many involved in grassroots politics are...
View ArticleSay Hello to My Little Friend !
Two days ago, I rescued this adorable hopper from my pool. While he was drying off, I took some pics of him. In this pic, with his hand raised, it looked like he was waving Hello to me. And then I...
View ArticleIn Loving Memory of my Father
by Diane Rufino, April 24, 2018 Last week I lost my father. We buried him on Wednesday, April 18, in an intimate, quiet ceremony. It was the hardest thing I’ve had to do in my life so far. How do you...
View ArticleDuty, Honor, Country: A Life Spent Devoted to His Country
(Photo credit: LIFE magazine) by Diane Rufino, May 24, 2018 Cleaning out Dad’s apartment, I took notice, probably for the first time, of an excerpt of a speech that he had displayed in his room. The...
View ArticleOn the Eve of South Carolina’s Decision to Leave the Union, Northern Editor...
by Diane Rufino, May 7, 2018 Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Daily Tribune, was the embodiment of the North. In an editorial for the paper on December 17, 1860 (three days before South Carolina...
View ArticleThe Right of Secession, as Reserved by the States in their Ratification of...
by Diane Rufino, June 1, 2018 Louisiana voted to secede from the Union on January 26, 1861. Shortly thereafter, her senators, Judah P. Benjamin and John Slidell, resigned their positions in the US...
View ArticleFootball Players Abusing Their Forum and Disappointing Team Fans (No White...
by Diane Rufino, June 8, 2018 A few years ago, the talk of the media was professional football player Tim Tebow. He took a knee, not during the National Anthem and not in protest of any sort. He took...
View ArticleRobert DeNiro at the Tony Awards: Another Member of the So-Called...
(WT News photo) by Diane Rufino, June 11, 2018 At the Tony Awards last night, Robert DeNiro delighted the audience with these words: “I’m gonna say one thing: F— Trump!” As he spoke, he clenched his...
View ArticleSorry Dinesh D’Souza: Your Comparison of Trump to Abraham Lincoln Evidences a...
by Diane Rufino, June 15, 2018 Dinesh D’Souza’s latest movie is an excellent example of the kind of hogwash that writers and historians can put out there when there is a gross misunderstanding of our...
View ArticleIMMIGRATION: A Pawn in the Bigger Political Game
(Picture Credit: Breitbart Texas, 2014) by Diane Rufino, June 21, 2018 In 2014, Breitbart Texas (reported Brandon Darby) broke the story of how child border crossers were being crammed into...
View ArticleIMPEACH MAD MAX !! (Maxine Waters)
by Diane Rufino, June 24, 2018 Maxine Waters needs to be impeached and removed from Congress. Her actions are detestable and unconscionable, and her conduct is unethical and un-American and unbecoming...
View ArticleNext to the Democratic Party, the Entertainment Industry is the Largest Hate...
by Diane Rufino, June 24, 2018 I made this meme this morning. With all the extreme haters in Hollywierd and in the Entertainment Industry – Robert DeNiro, Meryl Streep, Barbra Streisand. Jimmy Kimmel,...
View ArticleWe May be Great, But Can We Also Be Good?
by Diane Rufino, June 25, 2018 I’ve been really troubled by all the hate and all the vitriol and all the race-baiting coming from the likes of Maxine Waters and coming from those in...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban!
by Diane Rufino, June 26, 2018 Today, the Supreme Court handed down its “opinion” in the case challenging Trump’s Travel Ban (Trump v. Hawaii), and it rejected the decision of the uber liberal 9th...
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