Author Archives: The Publisher

About The Publisher

A veteran of Viet Nam, student of history (both American and film), Jeffrey Bennett has been broadcasting for over twenty-eight years as host of Perspectives on America, and later - 'Life, Liberty & All That Jazz.' Jeff is considered the voice of reason on the alternative media - providing a unique and distinctive broadcast style, including topics such as health and wellness, news, political satire - with a twist, education and editorial commentary on current events through the teaching of history. In addition, Jeff publishes The Federal Observer - a daily on-line publication, which co-authored and spear-headed a petition, which ultimately caused new legislation to be signed by President George W. Bush within 450 days of the events that rocked our world on September 11, 2001.

A Tale Of Two Political Parties

While Trump and Republicans are generating results, Democrats offer nothing but negativity. It is caused by the epidemic that is contagious among Democrats, Trump Derangement Syndrome;

In America today, our two major political parties are moving in opposite directions. For Republicans, it might be the “best of times.” Under the leadership of President Donald Trump, the GOP is feeling confident.

Republicans have a strong chance to retain control of the Congress in 2026 midterm elections despite the party out of power traditionally gaining many new seats.

This political environment is different. President Trump has had an incredibly successful first nine months of his second term and this will help

After four years of no border security under the previous administration, it has been secured, and zero illegal aliens have been released into the country in the past fourmonths. Additionally, almost 500,000 illegal aliens have been deported, while another 1.6 million noncitizens have self-deported. Continue reading

Female Student Organizes Protest Against California’s Pro-Trans Bathroom Policy

Some female high school students in Anaheim, California, recently held a protest against their school for allowing biological males into their bathrooms.

A good number of Esperanza High School students carried signs depicting their opposition of the policy early this month, reported California Family Council (CFC). Led by junior Lesley Ledesma, they staged a walkout after finding out the school administration is allowing a biological male to use the girls restroom.

Sophia Lorey, outreach coordinator of the CFC, said Ledesma wanted to point out the injustice of the school policy and what California is forcing on girls. Continue reading

As Sex Offender Prepares for Trial, District Does Little to Protect Students

An investigative reporter says a registered sex offender corresponded with a Virginia school board member about what he deemed “offensive treatment” while using women’s locker rooms.

Through public records requests, Kendall Tietz says Arlington Public Schools provided Defending Education documents about Richard “Riki” Cox, a tier III sex offender who reportedly visited a number of female private spaces in 2024.

He has admitted to using the women’s locker rooms at Arlington’s Washington Liberty High School, Wakefield High School, and Barcroft Sports and Fitness Center, as well as in Fairfax County Planet Fitness locations and Fairfax County’s Oakmont Rec Center, Audrey Moore Rec, and Franconia Rec Center. Continue reading

Smith: Trump’s AI Agenda Threatens America and Individual Liberty

All President Trump can ever really seem to think about is dollar signs in everything he does, and that’s all well and fine, as far as it goes. But he and his ilk are so focused on making money, no matter how and no matter the actual overall cost to the average American that he is essentially now championing an AI initiative that serves the wealthy of America a whole hell of a lot more than the middle class and the poor – I don’t care how he explains it all away and tries to characterize it as a thing that will “Make America Great Again“. Continue reading

Pope Leo Urges Bishops to Rise Up Against Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Pope Leo has taken a more direct stance against the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies, urging U.S. bishops to publicly advocate for migrants and refugees. In a meeting with U.S. bishops and social workers from the U.S.-Mexico border, the Pope expressed deep concern over the impact of the administration’s deportation efforts. His comments reflect an escalating feud with the Trump administration, as the Pope questions whether such policies align with Catholic values. Continue reading

Stansbury: Can Schoolteachers be Trusted?

Public schools depend on a degree of consensus from parents and taxpayers regarding the basics of what their students are being taught. This trust is especially important in these chaotic times when many parents across the country have discovered that their schools are teaching children in a way contrary to their family and religious values by indoctrinating them with creepy views on gender and sexuality. Continue reading

Senate Again Rejects Bills to Reopen Government as Parties Aim to Shift Blame

Each party appears to believe public opinion favors its side, as the federal shutdown enters its ninth day.

                  ‘Modern Politigencia’

The Senate on Oct. 9 defeated for a seventh time two continuing resolutions to temporarily extend federal funding, as Republicans and Democrats present differing versions of the cause of the federal government shutdown.

The shutdown began on Oct. 1 after spending authority for the federal government expired, causing the suspension of all but essential services.

Republicans presented a continuing resolution that would extend current funding through Nov. 21. That resolution passed the House on Sept. 19. Continue reading

Dickens: What If… We’re One Nation Under Siege?

What If… We were on the Highway to Hell?

With libel and outrage, partisan political party specific, of course…

After all, we are at war. And all’s fair in love and war…

This is democracy reimagined, redefined, remitted, but not requested. Continue reading

Jane Goodall Helped Humans Understand Their Place in the World

FILE – Primatologist Jane Goodall kisses Pola, a 14-months-old chimpanzee baby from the Budapest Zoo, that she symbolically adopted in Budapest, Hungary, on Dec. 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky, File)

Outside the Field Museum in Chicago, a bronze sculpture by artist Marla Friedman captures a moment a friendship was made.

It’s called “The Red Palm Nut.” A young woman sits barefoot on the ground, reaching out her hand to a chimpanzee, who sits about a yard away. And he lightly, seemingly shyly, takes her human fingers into his own. A bright, red palm nut has dropped on the soil between them.

The woman in the sculpture is the great primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall, at the moment she first earned the trust of a wild chimp. “He reached out and he took and dropped that palm nut,” she later remembered.

“But then very gently squeezed my fingers and that’s how chimpanzees reassure each other. So in that moment we understood each other without the use of human words, the language of gestures.” Continue reading

Whispers in the Wind: Jane Goodall’s Final Words and Lasting Legacy

Over my own lifetime, I have had a huge appreciation for this world we’ve been handed to steward and do with as we wish. And it’s always been my wish that we as humans across the globe always wish and choose wisely, if only that all life survives and thrives.

This isn’t a communist or capitalist – left-right – issue, since the health of the Earth and our environment has a marked, significant effect on all life on the planet, and it’s just pure old, good and simple common-sense that we should all do our utmost best to keep the environment as pure and clean as possible for the sake of future generations and humanity overall.

But curiously, if one does their due diligence, one will find that historically, it is the developed, capitalist nations of the globe that have the best track record for protecting wildlife and the environment.

The following is a tribute to one of the most amazing women I have never had the opportunity to meet, a lady I would have given my eye-teeth to have met in my early manhood days. She is the sort of lady who provides inspiration to all to be better than the person you were yesterday, to do better for those you may leave behind upon your own death. ~ J.O.S.  Continue reading

Whitehead ~ Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution

“When they came in the middle of the night, they terrorized the families that were living there. There were children who were without clothing, they were zip tied, taken outside at 3 o’clock in the morning. A senior resident, an American citizen with no warrants, was taken outside and handcuffed for three hours. Doors were blown off their hinges, walls were broken through, immigration agents coming from Black Hawk helicopters … This is America.” ~ Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson

When the government can label anyone or anything an enemy in order to wage war, we are all in danger.

That danger is no longer theoretical. Continue reading

Bennett: …Bridges, not Walls!

For an usual reason… I have been unable to sleep tonight – and something began to take over my brain and the thought processes would not shut down. I began to review some of my older writings – and what you are about to read struck me so hard that I could not shut it down. You will note the date of my original publication… things don’t always change. ~ J. Bennett, Editor

October 9, 2018 ~ This has been an unusual 24 hours in my life… I could not sleep well last night, but…

On and off throughout the day while working on-line I find that I must return to music to calm my anxiety – and believe me – with all of the hate and the anger that we are all witnessing in this nation today – my anxiety grows. But this time it was not music which affected me… Last night I visited several web-pages dealing with Trump’s day on Earth yesterday. One event was the official White House welcoming of Judge Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. The second event was the President speaking before a major police organization.

The majority of the comments posted (in a Facebook format) while the events continued, were of a uplifting, positive and congratulatory type, but they were also spattered with notes and messages of HATE, and I thought to myself, ‘doesn’t it ever stop?‘ When does the hate go away? Continue reading

McCullough: Where’s the Downside?

The political class in Washington wants you to believe the sky is falling. Every time the government nears a shutdown, Democrats screech that America is about to collapse. Yet the last few weeks have proven the exact opposite. Public opinion is not with them, and they know it.

Why? Because ordinary Americans aren’t stupid. They see what Democrats are fighting for, and it isn’t safer streets, secure borders, or more freedom. It’s more “free stuff.” The Democrats have gone to the wall to preserve and expand subsidies for the Affordable Care Act – a program that feels “free” only because taxpayers are forced to underwrite it. When politicians scream that a shutdown will “harm” Americans, what they mean is it will interrupt the handouts that keep their coalition addicted to government dependence. Continue reading

Trump Isn’t Embarrassing Himself…

He’s Embarrassing America!

He drags America onto the world stage, shouts like a carnival barker, and dares anyone to call him out. Too often, no one does.

                                                                                      Illustration by Abdelafatah Mukhtar

Every time I see a headline or a YouTube video that says, “Trump embarrasses himself by…” it irks me a little. Not because Trump doesn’t make a fool of himself — he always does — but because is it even possible for him to get embarrassed? Embarrassment requires self-awareness. It requires an understanding of social standards, the recognition that you’ve fallen short of them, and the capacity to cringe at yourself.

Trump doesn’t express any of these traits. He barrels through life like a man who believes the world is his open mic, and the crowd is obligated to applaud no matter how stale the jokes are. Embarrassment implies an internal governor that makes you stop and think, “Oh, maybe I shouldn’t have said that.” Trump is missing that chip. He is an indictment on the United States of America, and not just as a president but as a mirror of the worst parts of us — anti-intellectualism, cruelty as entertainment, and the delusion that bluster equals brilliance. Continue reading

Johnson: Can’t Sit Still Pop a Pill (Part 3)

But wait there’s more… It was not just Ritalin and Adderall being prescribed for so-called learning and behavior disorder but also Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI’s) were becoming popular. I was on the Colorado State Board of Education when the Columbine massacre happened. One of my fellow board member’s daughter went to Columbine and was hiding from Eric and Dylin (the shooters) in the library closet. She had phoned her dad as it was happening.

This massacre ripped our hearts out. I felt obligated to do some research which revealed that in school shootings, before Columbine, every shooter I could get information on was already receiving some form of psychological counseling and was on one or more psychiatric drug. Eric Harris was prescribed Luvox (fluvoxamine) for depression and was in counseling as part of a juvenile diversion program. Toxicology reports confirmed Luvox in his system at the time of the shooting. His counseling involved a psychiatrist who prescribed the medication. Continue reading

Smith: Flushing Out America’s Treasonous Communist Snakes

For all reasonable Americans who are still capable of using logic and facts in tandem with existing U.S. legal code, they will be unable to come to any other conclusion other than finding the events from 2016 to the present as directed and guided through Democrat criminal complicity, to be nothing less than treason against the United States and the American people.

Handing down a judgement and punishment may be an entirely different dynamic though, given his fate will be in the hands of people who will more than likely be Democrat Party minions, but should they dare to be so misdirected as to let him go without any punishment whatsoever, it will be a slap in the face of all America. Continue reading

DeWeese: The Charlie Kirk Affect – A New Chance to Rebuild the Republic

Change the debate and rebuild the Republic of our Founders so every generation will have the hope and joy of true liberty, just as Charlie envisioned;

Phill Magakoe/AFP

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is one of the greatest outrages most Americans have ever faced. Especially our younger generations! It has also been one of the greatest outpourings of emotion, outrage, and determination the nation, and perhaps the world, have ever experienced.

We are not dealing with confused Democrats who simply have bad ideas

The Charlie Kirk murder exposed one very specific fact. We are not dealing with confused Democrats who simply have bad ideas. Finally, people are beginning to see the evil forces that you and I have been warning about. They have an agenda that is designed to destroy our society of freedom, and they will go to any extreme to win. Continue reading

Growing Number of Republicans Pessimistic About Direction of the Country

Republicans’ outlook on the direction of the country has soured dramatically, according to a new AP-NORC poll that was conducted shortly after last week’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The share of Republicans who see the country headed in the right direction has fallen sharply in recent months, according to the September survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Today, only about half in the GOP see the nation on the right course, down from 70% in June. The shift is even more glaring among Republican women and the party’s under-45 crowd. Continue reading