This is your best editorial, John. Outstanding! I knew Obama was a lying, cheating buzzard when he just won the 2008 election and said, "I will not lie to the American people." I knew that was a lie right there.

My wife and I are bicyclists. I pull a dog trailer. Before the election, I had stuck on the NRA bumper sticker, "Defend Freedom, Defeat Obama" on the trailer. Well, this woman bicyclist passed me and said, "Hooray, Obama!" My wife said, "Yeah, if you want four more years of shet." The woman flipped us the bird. I caught up to her at the stoplight and asked, "Why do liberals always swear or give the finger in an argument?" Anyway, we were biking and arguing as we rode down the street. "What about Benghazi?" I asked. "They're politicizing it," she replied. That's how liberals think. If the truth is inconvenient or hurts the Democrats, they blame Republicans for being political. I'm afraid it will take a nuclear bomb falling on liberal land to wake them up.

After the Gabby Giffords shooting, all the liberals were blaming the conservatives and guns. Palin came on Fox News and gave a very good speech, laying blame on Loughner and only Loughner. In that video, she looked damned presidential to me. (What I can't understand is why Giffords, who had received death threats, or members of her staff were not carrying a concealed weapon. If you receive threats, don't shrug them off.)

I say it's time to bring back execution for convicted murderers. And I mean hanging, firing squad, or electric chair. Lethal injection is too easy. Also, exile all anarchists to Somalia, communists to North Korea, and marxists to Cuba. If you don't appreciate the grandeur of America and capitalism, then leave!

Great last sentence! I love it!

I was a physics major (Ph.D., 1979), so the left wing liberalism was kept to a minimum. After all, I was only interested in physics then (and, oh, women). I had little interaction with the liberal arts (Are you surprised there are so many liberals? They don't call it conservative arts.) Perhaps, in those days, there wasn't so much liberal indoctrination. I can't speak about today's campuses.

Great article! Love it! We should give people a political IQ test before they're allowed to move into conservative areas. I live in WA state; it used to be red, then all the liberal Californians, and even Northeasterners, moved in. Our U.S. Senators and governor are decided by King County (Seattle area). I'd like to see a state electoral college. Give each county in the state so many votes. At least, that way, the rest of the state can override the King County vote.

He was a force for good as president because he had great principles to stand on. He is modest, considerate, self-deprecating, and humorous. He was not Napoleonic as Obama is. People castigate W for going into Iraq, but they cannot say with clarity what the world would have been like today if Saddam Hussein were still alive. (I would say more terrorism and weapons of mass destruction; yes, American troops did find chemical weapons there.) W was right, people yearn to be free. Whether the common men and women can reform their religious society to allow that freedom remains to be seen.

Well done, Mark. Heartfelt! The liberals seem to forget that conservatives (gun owners) also felt a sense of shock and horror on Dec. 14, 2012. It was a sad day in American history. Only one thing could have prevented the Newtown slaughter and that would have been to arm teachers. They are the last line of defense. If you cannot or will not protect the children by arming teachers, then I'm afraid more such slaughters will occur again. As will this debate.

I'm not a parent, but others have told me that having their children involved in some type of sports helps. On a personal note, running and bicycling have helped me immeasurably because of the pure joy such exercise brings. Fitness also brings confidence and self-esteem, two qualities not found in abundance when you are young.

When I was a kid, my parents always made me do my homework first. No TV until the homework was done! I admit that I did enjoy school, especially math, science, and English. I went on to earn a B.S. in physics, entered the Marine Corps, and then to graduate school to earn a Ph.D. in physics. Oh, I'm Asian American. All of this brings to mind one of the paradigms in the Corps of old. The officers always made sure the horses and mules were fed first, then the enlisted men, finally the officers. In the same vein, homework first, then play. That's how you get ahead in the world.