Category Archives: Current Events (More than 1,000 previous editorials!)

With the election of ‘outsider’ president Donald Trump liberals all over America now are suggesting that they might run for president in 2020 even when they have no political experience. The latest is software billionaire Mark Cuban (his family name … Continue reading →

There is a known psychological phenomenon in which Person A, knowing that he/she is inferior to Person B, relentlessly criticizes Person B, often lying about him/her or grossly exaggerating in order to try to bring him/her down. This is now … Continue reading →

There is an elite website called The Hill which generally covers news stories from Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. But it sometimes ventures into larger thematic essays like one by Reid Wilson called Fury fuels the modern political climate in … Continue reading →

Here is a Nikitas3.com commentary from the archive explaining how nuclear power is infinitely safer than bicycling, jogging and backpacking, with the numbers to prove it. Warning: You may be shocked to read the truth! Environmentalist lunatics take heed! [Translate]

President Trump is continuing to crack down seriously on illegal immigrants. This is leading to a significant drop in illegal immigration and also is leading some illegals to leave the US. More are certain to follow after a story like … Continue reading →

First, good for president Trump for treating the Las Vegas murders in a mature manner rather than immediately seeking to make political gain, as Obama did repeatedly with such events. And now for today’s commentary: The mass political assassination of … Continue reading →

To understand the huge problem now facing the National Football League (NFL) you must understand the hard-left socialists who have taken control of the Democrat party. These socialists live and breathe for political power. Otherwise they have nothing; they are … Continue reading →

Click here to see a commentary from the Nikitas3.com archive showing the exhibit of Ancient Greek art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. [Translate]

President Trump made the best speech of his presidency at the United Nations on September 19. Here are excerpts from the speech with a Nikitas3.com comment after each excerpt: Trump said: Fortunately, the United States has done very well since … Continue reading →

First, here is a quick word about the 2016 election: Hillary Clinton just keeps whining about losing. Her new book is over the top. Even Democrats are sick of hearing it, and her crying shows four things: *We have never … Continue reading →

First, here is a quick word about terrorism: A group of 300 ISIS terrorists, along with their wives and children recently were fleeing on 17 buses from Syria into Iraq after cutting a deal with local terror groups for safe … Continue reading →

The Commerce Department reported that the Gross Domestic Product grew at a 3% rate in the April-June quarter of 2017. This is great news for president Trump. The economy was stagnant during Obama’s presidency, averaging an abysmal 1.5% growth over … Continue reading →

Here are two stunning figures: The Top 1% of taxpayers pays 39% of federal taxes. Meanwhile the bottom 50% pays 3% of federal taxes. These might sound like made-up figures, but they are not. And they mean that roughly 80 … Continue reading →

(This is a multi-part commentary covering a variety of issues.) First, look at this from Fox News: Massachusetts state lottery officials named Mavis L. Wanczyk of Chicopee as the winner of the $758.7 million Powerball Thursday in a press conference. … Continue reading →

Nikitas3.com has been a persistent critic of the war in Afghanistan. Nikitas3.com has called for years for US withdrawal so that no more blood or treasure is squandered in that faraway, impoverished, backward and lawless wasteland that conquered even the … Continue reading →

Dark forces on the political left are attacking our freedoms. They include masked thugs and killers who are using the excuse of allegedly “protecting” us from harm in order to taunt, provoke, attack and inflict harm and violence on others, … Continue reading →

For decades now, the media have glamorized environmentalism even though the “solutions” offered by the ‘greenies’ always harm both the economy and the environment too. For instance, the ‘greenies’ are conducting a crusade to halt the construction of, and even … Continue reading →

The Democrat party is in serious political trouble and they know it. In the most recent example the governor of West Virginia switched from Democrat to Republican, giving Republicans a whopping 34 out of 50 governorships. Would Jim Justice have … Continue reading →

Modern-day liberals believe that the world can be made perfect if we work hard enough, and that it is the failures of man that prevent the world from being ideal. And that Democrats, liberals, socialists and leftists have the ideas, … Continue reading →

Democrat West Virginia governor Jim Justice has switched to the Republican party. This is yet another blow to the Democrat party. This means that Republicans now have 34 governors out of 50 states, while Democrats have only 16. Justice’s switch … Continue reading →

We all have heard the term “drop dead”, referring to someone whom we do not like, or who has angered us. Well, Nikitas3.com has said this often about many politicians including Obama, Hillary, Biden, Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, John Boehner, ‘Miss … Continue reading →

Here is a Nikitas3.com Arts column from way back in 2012. It concerns a famous art history text that many of us have seen in our educational careers. [Translate]

This is a December 2015 Nikitas3.com editorial offering ways to halt Islamic terrorism in the US. It is still pertinent today. [Translate]

(This is a multi-part commentary covering several issues.) Conservatives are not on the ‘Right’ – We are Centrists Over and over and over for decades we have heard conservatives called “right wingers” and “far right”. This is false. We are … Continue reading →

(This is a multi-part commentary covering a variety of issues.) Two of the very liberal states that voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election – Connecticut and Illinois – also have the most severe financial problems in all … Continue reading →

A few months ago it was announced that Barack Hussein Obama was going to get a $60 million advance for a book about his presidency. This is by far the most that any ex-president has received for a book. The … Continue reading →

Here is a Nikitas3.com commentary from March 2, 2016 about the inefficiency of public rail-based transit systems. It is still relevant today. [Translate]

We all would hope that certain people would tone down their extremist rhetoric in light of the shooting of Republican congressman Steve Scalise on June 14. But Democrats seem to be ratcheting up their incitement. As expected. A Democrat political … Continue reading →

(This is a composite commentary covering a variety of issues.) Breitbart.com recently reported: The “very fake news” scandal that is engulfing CNN inside and outside the left-wing network now reaches its highest levels as even CNN president Jeff Zucker is … Continue reading →

President Trump should fire independent counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller was appointed under false pretenses. He was hired to investigate Trump collusion with Russia, which is a fake story. Now Mueller appears to be dropping that narrative and is allegedly going … Continue reading →

The Virginia shooter has been named as James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. He is now dead. Hodgkinson was a leftist, a labor unionist, a rabid Bernie Sanders supporter and an extremist anti-pipeline environmentalist. … Continue reading →

First, here is a quick note of congratulations to Vermont’s Republican governor Phil Scott for vetoing legal marijuana in his state. Good job, governor. We need more courageous people like you. Scott said that people should have freedom to do … Continue reading →

Fired FBI director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee today, Thursday May 8. The testimony provided no evidence that president Trump acted to block Comey’s actions on a variety of issues, including alleged Russian interference in the 2016 … Continue reading →

Here is an excerpt from Fox News: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that “the past few days” have shown her that European Union nations must maintain friendships with the United States and Great Britain, but also put “our destiny … Continue reading →

There was a ‘special’ election on May 25 in Montana for a US House seat. Republican Greg Gianforte won the seat easily after he allegedly decked a reporter for being too aggressive in questioning him. Yet there is no proof … Continue reading →

President Trump met with Pope Francis on Wednesday in a meeting that showed the president in a good light. Unfortunately Francis is a bad pope. He is a leftist militant, he had a communist mentor in his youth, and he … Continue reading →

Melania Trump is certainly warming to her role as First Lady. It seemed that she was not too thrilled at first that president Trump had been elected, but now let us just say that she is playing her new role … Continue reading →

While the US media create a false narrative that president Trump and Trump supporters are anti-Semitic, that is the opposite of the truth. The vehement anti-Semitism in the United States has its home on left-wing, pro-Palestinian college campuses, and among … Continue reading →

On his first foreign trip, starting in the Middle East, president Trump is acting like a truly global figure. First, he acted like a genuine American leader by greeting the leaders of Saudi Arabia standing up straight and shaking hands, … Continue reading →

There was a “news” story out there that said that president Trump sought to halt an FBI investigation into general Michael Flynn. And we Trump supporters were supposed to be terrified that the Democrats were finally going to nail the … Continue reading →

An anti-gun liberal recently posted an internet article about terrorism that is totally misleading and inaccurate. To paraphrase, he said that a few dozen deaths per year in America from terrorism is small compared to the 15,000 gun homicides annually … Continue reading →

Democrat US senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in California on June 5, 1968. His killer was an anti-Israel militant named Sirhan Sirhan who was born in Palestine and was a citizen of the nation of Jordan (which is next … Continue reading →

Here is a Nikitas3.com commentary from September 2016 about the negative effects when government sets artificially high minimum wages. [Translate]

President Trump has decided to put an end to decades of threats and intimidation by communist North Korea. He is not going to kick the can down the road until the road ends with North Korea armed with both nuclear … Continue reading →

Here is a Golden Rule of politics that you can take to the bank: When Democrats or leftists call conservatives evil, it is Democrats and leftists themselves who are infinitely more guilty of that evil. Example: White people are constantly … Continue reading →

If you want to know more about how president Trump’s executive order on “sanctuary cities” applies, look at the letter further down from Republican US congressman Steve King of Iowa to the Des Moines, Iowa school board after the board … Continue reading →

Nikitas3.com believes that president Trump is on the way to a successful first term. Even at this early stage Nikitas3.com predicts that Trump will be re-elected in 2020. Here are 23 reasons that he will win: *He will be the … Continue reading →

Nikitas3.com predicts that communist China will move toward liberty under Donald Trump’s presidency. And you may wonder: How can I make such a brash prediction? Answer: Because of the president’s granddaughter, that’s how. Five-year-old Arabella Kushner serenaded Chinese president Xi … Continue reading →

Here is an excerpt from the Washington Post that appears to prove that the Trump campaign indeed was “wiretapped”: The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, … Continue reading →

First, here is a quick word about a special congressional election from Fox News: Kansas state Treasurer Ron Estes held off a stronger-than-expected challenge from Democratic civil rights attorney James Thompson Tuesday night as the GOP won the first special … Continue reading →

Accolades are pouring in from around the world and around the United States for president Trump’s bombing of an air base in Syria. It is being characterized as a bold, confident and swift action against an evil state that used … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the newest associate justice of the United States Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch on his confirmation. He is just what our nation needs – someone who will interpret our laws according to the Constitution rather than create new laws … Continue reading →

President Trump launched an attack on a Syrian air base with 59 cruise missiles largely destroying the facility. Nikitas3.com wonders: Why is he doing this? Oh, certainly we are all supposed to be indignant that Syria killed 100 civilians in … Continue reading →

The growing revelations about the surveillance of president Trump and his team by the Obama administration during the campaign of 2016 is a huge story that could make Watergate look like a dust speck. Precisely as the Democrats are trying … Continue reading →

Nikitas3.com predicts that Hillary Clinton will run for president again in 2020. The reason is simple: The Clintons think that only they can save the world, and they need to be in the spotlight constantly to tell us how to … Continue reading →

Fox News recently reported: A criminal investigation into IT (information technology) contractors employed by dozens of House Democrats is sparking broader concerns about continuing access to sensitive government emails, amid new allegations of illicit activity beyond Capitol Hill. The investigation … Continue reading →

Liberals become fanatics about everything. For instance, they fanatically hate cigarettes and have done so for 50 years. Or they harp incessantly on ‘global warming’ even though their claims can be easily debunked. Liberals despise Christians and are waging a … Continue reading →

Democrats are gloating over the failure of the Obamacare repeal bill. But friends, do not fret. President Trump is a tenacious and smart man. He will get the job done. Obamacare was a program that Democrats talked about implementing for … Continue reading →

The Sun newspaper in the UK reported about the March 22 terror attack in London: Officials have now said the lone wolf maniac was inspired by “Islamic terrorism” and had been investigated for violent extremism by MI5 before he mowed … Continue reading →

First, here is a note about the London terror attack. After the attack there was a photo on the internet which showed the suspect with a dark Salafi Muslim beard (no mustache. Salafis are ultra-conservative) and hair, and a Middle … Continue reading →

Look at this from Breitbart.com if you want to see a huge problem in our country: Ever ready to spout off about things political, Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire Mark Cuban now wants to shore up Obamacare, pushing the idea … Continue reading →

First, here is a quick and encouraging word about the economy from The Gateway Pundit: On January 20th, the day of President Trump’s Inauguration, the US Debt stood at $19,947 billion. As of March 16th, the most recent date for … Continue reading →

The theft of a laptop computer from the car of a Secret Service agent is downright alarming. Here are some details from the New York Daily News, with a Nikitas3.com comment after each: Daily News reports: Authorities are frantically searching … Continue reading →

First, a quick word about the Hawaii judge who placed a temporary restraining order on president Trump’s revised executive order on visitors from six terror-infested nations: This is nothing more than judicial sabotage. Trump has every right to ban foreigners … Continue reading →

Another big revelation about president Trump did a total boomerang on the liberals who released it. The Trump tax return fiasco is a laughable disclosure. After more than a year of claims that Trump never paid taxes or was hiding … Continue reading →

President Trump intends to slash the federal Environmental Protection Agency budget by about 25% or $2 billion. Good. That cut will mean that we will be on the way to more people having jobs (a good thing) and a cleaner … Continue reading →

Here is a Nikitas3.com editorial from April 26, 2016 that still is pertinent today. [Translate]

The tough talk on illegal immigration from president Trump already is having its desired effect. Fox News reported: The number of people illegally crossing the U.S. southern border has dropped 40 percent in President Trump’s first full month in office, … Continue reading →

President Trump is preparing to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, but this awful law should be repealed and nothing should be passed to “replace” it. It is time for America to go totally in the other direction to really solve the … Continue reading →

Here are the appalling statistics about the war in Afghanistan: 2,386 US military deaths, along with 20,049 injured and more than $1 trillion spent on a war that we could never win and can never win. Nikitas3.com is calling for … Continue reading →

When the news came out Saturday morning March 4 that president Trump was alleging that Barack Obama had wiretapped him during the campaign it sounded to the Mainstream Media like yet another situation where Trump had gone over the top … Continue reading →

Many times since Donald Trump’s entry into the presidential race in Summer 2015 we have seen candidates referred to as “the Donald Trump of Canada” or “a Trump-like candidate”. This is a new global phenomenon. Here is an example from … Continue reading →

Nikitas3.com predicts that Democrat US senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia will switch to the Republican party before the 2018 mid-term elections when he will be up for re-election. This switch would increase the number of Republican senators from 52 … Continue reading →

The coordinated Democrat attack on the character of attorney general Jeff Sessions over a statement that he made during his confirmation hearings should not be seen as a sign of Democrat strength; it is really a sign of desperation and … Continue reading →

If any Americans had gone wobbly over president Trump after weeks of protests, riots, threats and negative media coverage, his February 28 speech to a joint session of Congress should assure us all that Trump is in total command. He … Continue reading →

Here is a Golden Rule that you can take to the bank: The further left that a nation goes, the more violence and crime it experiences and even tolerates. For decades American lawyers, politicians and activists on the Democrat left … Continue reading →

President Trump has announced that he will not attend the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. This dinner is a major event that has been a Washington fixture for decades. It is the end point of a series of dinners … Continue reading →

There is an interesting electoral phenomenon going in the Midwestern US that is changing the region significantly. We often think about the Midwest as being “conservative” but that has not been the case over the last 30 years when states … Continue reading →

Will terrorism actually have the effect of leading to a lasting peace in the Middle East? It already may be doing so. In short, many people the Middle East now see that their real enemy is radical Islam and a … Continue reading →

A friend of mine who voted for Trump recently lamented that Trump’s tweeting is not presidential. I reminded her that Trump uses tweeting for a very good reason – because it takes very little time to do and is super-effective. … Continue reading →

Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, one of the most partisan Democrats in America, recently said that Democrats should “take a chill pill” (i.e., calm down) after their 2016 election loss. “It took us (Democrats) a long time to get this low,” … Continue reading →

President Trump is expected to cut American allegiance to the so-called Paris ‘climate’ accord. This is great news and is going to cause mass hysteria on the ‘green’ left. Finally we have a president who is willing to stand up … Continue reading →