The Conservative Sage

As long as many of us have been alive middle east turmoil has been as normal Christmas, Halloween and the 4th of July. It has also been just as frequent. After vanquishing Osama bin Ladin it appeared that America had gained the upper hand in the war on terror. These terror groups have the uncanny ability to reconstitute and remerge more dangerous. Islamic State in Iraq and Syria or (ISIS) a Sunni terrorist group which has a stated goal of forming an Islamic caliphate across those two nations. Heavily armed and well funded, ISIS has rampaged through Iraq, murdering thousands of Shiites, Christians and other ethnic minorities. ISIS has attracted fighters from Europe, the U.S. and other European countries to join their Jihad. Just two months ago, the world was focused on Nigerian terrorist group Boko haram's kidnapping of 200 school girls. Just as ruthless as ISSI is Boko Haram which rampages through villages killing hundreds of men women and chil...

Recently a USA Today front page featured a glaring headline: Testosterone Valley. The article referred to Silicon Valley as a "exclusive boys club" citing its lack of diversity. The article also pointed out that blacks, and Hispanics make up less than 4% of tech jobs in silicon valley. Racial extortionist Jesse Jackson has once again begun his shakedown of corporate America by requesting diversity records of tech giants Google, Facebook, Twitter and others. This has shined an unwanted spotlight on the tech industry's lack of diversity. However, there is something else awry in America. This week, USA  basketball  roster for next weeks Olympic basketball tournament in Rio. The 12 man roster doesn include a single white player. A check of the rosters for the past USA basketball teams reveals a total of 6 whites have made USA basketball rosters since 1994! Which represents less than 10% of the total number of players. This troubling ...

There are many clichés that we all grow up with. Some of them are true and some are just simply tradition and not very useful. One such example is this "conversation" that blacks must reportedly have with our children as opposed to non black parents regarding police interaction. This topic has been renewed in light of the Michael Brown shooting by a police officer in Ferguson Missouri. There notion that the police are afraid of black men, see them as violent, dangerous and therefore certain protocols should be understood when encountering them to avoid being shot and/or killed. What is more dangerous is the message itself. One that tells young black men that it is law enforcement that is the greatest threat to their lives. Although police misconduct is as real as that of any other profession, the number of lives of black men snuffed out by other black men is incomparable to that by police officers. The mainstream med...

What has emerged from the current unrest in Ferguson Missouri is tragic for those who recognize it, and just as tragic for those who do not. The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson has been under siege for the past ten days after unarmed 18 year old teen Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson after he and a friend were walking in the street. A video surveillance tape later surfaced which allegedly shows Brown committing a strong arm robbery at a local corner store minutes before his shooting. Protestors have clashed with police who have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds. Unfortunately rouge elements have exploited Browns death to engage in criminal activity. This counterproductive behavior also has another deleterious effect, it affirms stereotypes. Hundreds of black youths descended upon convenience stores, gas stations and other establishments stealing items such as shoes, clothes, cigarette...

One of the more notable moments of the Obama-Romney debates was when the two argued about Romney's assertion that America's #1 geopolitical foe was Russia. The President dismissed this notion by mockingly stating that "the 1980's called and they want their foreign policy back". Just add that to the ever growing list of President Obama's miscalculations. Sarah Palin was characteristically ridiculed several years ago for what today seems prophetic. She stated that Vladimir Putin would enter Ukraine on Obama's watch. One can only speculate what the coverage would have been the media were balanced with regard to Palin. Now Romney appears to be the Cassandra. Just last week Putin landed in Cuba to meet with Raul Castro and discussed plans for the two nations to re-establish economic and military ties. Most alarmingly, the discussions include the possible building of military bases there. There are also talks of bases in Nicaragua and Venez...

As Israel's military operations continue in Gaza, once again the worlds left has taken to the streets with chants of "genocide". Israel launched a ground operation nearly one month ago to destroy Hamas' network of tunnels which were used to carry out terror attacks inside Israel. The global media projects images of the destruction in Gaza along with tearful wails of relatives carrying dead bodies of children. Although any human being with a semblance of a conscience is disturbed when women and children are killed, Hamas bears the brunt of responsibility for using it citizens as human shields in order to win the propaganda war. However why does the left only care about women and children when Israel is involved? Hollywood celebrities, entertainers and professional athletes and taken to their Twitter accounts with calls of "Free Palestine". Some like actress Penelope Cruz have accused Israel of Genocide. Others have called for an Israel boycott. A...