The Right Stuff: Biden boys represent a family affair

By Roger Oberbeck

Roger Oberbeck: The Right Stuff: Published April 25, 2022 The Joe Biden family has contracted with Chinese citizen businessmen who have direct ties to those at the very top of China’s Intelligence Agency. These are men with business relationships with Biden’s son, Hunter, and the president’s brother, James, involving sums as listed.

• Che Feng: $20 million – business partner with former vice minister of state security. • Ye Jiaming: $5 million – Founder of CEFC, a China energy firm. • Li Ming: $188,617 Gemini investments. • Zhao Xuejun: $5 million – Co-founder of Harvest Global Investments with daughter of former minister of state security. • Patrick Ho: $1 million – CEFC top executive.

And let’s not forget the alleged gift of more than $3 million to Hunter from the wife of Moscow’s former mayor.[...read more]

The Right Stuff: Great power, character a rarity but necessary

By Jim McCully

Jim McCully: The Right Stuff: Published April 18, 2022 I am quite disappointed with President Biden compared to former President Trump. One of our greatest, President Abraham Lincoln, said: “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

In America, nothing compares to the power and prestige of the President of the United States (POTUS). We have other powerful leaders in our Congress, and the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). However, POTUS sets the nation’s tone. Americans have taken party identification to such extremes that what we called bi-partisanship, has become the exception rather than the rule. We citizens have no one to blame but ourselves as we, with one notable exception (SCOTUS), voted these people into power.[...read more]

The Right Stuff: Follow the leader? I think not

By Earl Heal April 11, 2022 | Posted in Local Opinion Columnists

Earl Heal: The Right Stuff The United States of America is confronted with obviously weak leadership while simultaneously facing several severe challenging world issues.

Government officials of democracies have historically faced stressful situations frequently wherein statesmen make decisions to strengthen the state while politicians will make self-serving decisions to maintain their power. Hopefully statesman and politicians will address these issues together and make needed corrections. The first major problem is immigration. Since 1965, American immigration law has been based on “progressive justice” – reunification of families, protecting refugees, promoting diversity and, secondarily, admitting immigrants with skills that are valuable to our economy. Prior to 1965, laws were designed to build economic and cultural strength by examining immigrants’ education, health, absence of criminal activity and financial stability. Since 1965, Congress has been both unwilling and unable to make significant changes in the law. Laws are established by Congress, but the executive branch is totally responsibility for enforcement.[...read more]