Jeff Lukens column
Jeff Lukens is a Staff Writer for the New Media Alliance, Inc., a non-profit (501c3) coalition of writers and grass-roots media outlets. He can be contacted at www.jefflukens.com
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January 28, 2013
The Obama Administration is forcing the military to assign female soldiers into combat infantry roles. In a future engagement, the result is certain to be . . .
Jeff Lukens
December 18, 2012
We live in and age of unbelief. We live with America in decline. We are no longer the America of our founders, or even the America that existed twenty years ago . . .
Jeff Lukens
November 24, 2012
The unraveling of the American social fabric has now reached critical mass. Barack Obama has succeeded in radically transforming America, and the slide is now . . .
Jeff Lukens
October 29, 2012
Vladimir Lenin once said, "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." In the electronic age, the left has hammered this theory home harder than 'ol Vlad could . . .
Jeff Lukens
January 27, 2012
Barack Obama has gone from the "one we've been waiting for" to the one we can't wait to kick out. No one ever thought one man could bring the nation to its . . .
Jeff Lukens
August 23, 2011
Hedge fund traders had a great year in 2008. That year, hedge fund short sellers were instrumental in the spike in fuel prices, the bankruptcy of Lehman . . .
Jeff Lukens
June 13, 2011
The U.S. federal debt is our nation's greatest strategic weakness. As the debt continues to grow, our military posture around the globe is threatened. Defense . . .
Jeff Lukens
May 6, 2011
We knew the day Barack Obama announced the release of his Birth Certificate that the document would be checked nine ways to Sunday for authenticity. Well, the . . .
Jeff Lukens
March 2, 2011
Patriots since the founding have always risen to the challenges of their time. Today, we must do the same. As the debt crisis deepens, the time is growing short . . .
Jeff Lukens
December 3, 2010
China's double-digit economic growth over the past thirty years has been breathtaking. Growth has limits, however, and China may soon be reaching them. With . . .
Jeff Lukens
August 16, 2010
If anything good can be said about the progressive left controlling our government, it's that their astonishingly brazen and heavy-handed tactics may have . . .
Jeff Lukens
July 6, 2010
Our worst suspicions about Barack Obama are coming true. He is not a centrist as he claimed to be. He is a leftist, and he is destroying our way of life. Obama . . .
Jeff Lukens
June 6, 2010
Why did building the fence along our southern border stop? Instead of building the fence, Barack Obama would rather build a political party of illegal aliens . . .
Jeff Lukens
May 9, 2010
Rarely does the concern of the middle-class reach a point where they start protesting the government en masse. The passage of ObamaCare and the impending . . .
Jeff Lukens
April 8, 2010
Almost two years after the mortgage crisis and stock market crash, no one seems to wonder about the "September surprise" that shifted the 2008 presidential . . .
Jeff Lukens
February 18, 2010
Many gays and lesbians serve honorably in today's military. That is no secret. It is also no secret that open homosexuality within the ranks could hinder unit . . .
Jeff Lukens
December 28, 2009
This land of a free people and a free-market economy has generated a great wave of innovation that has benefited all of humanity. The essence of freedom and . . .
Jeff Lukens
November 22, 2009
Thanksgiving is a chance to gather with loved ones and share in a time-honored American tradition. For some, it is an excuse to stuff themselves with turkey and . . .
Jeff Lukens
October 11, 2009
Barack Obama portrayed himself as America's first "post-racial" president, yet he and his supporters continue to play the race card against ordinary Americans . . .
Jeff Lukens
July 18, 2009
George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" tells of an advanced world where there are no individual freedoms, and the state uses fear to manipulate and control . . .
Jeff Lukens
July 5, 2009
This summer, Bay Life Church in Brandon, Florida is supporting the Village of Hope in Uganda. Scott Ranck led the "Survivor Uganda" team of 13 men who visited . . .
Jeff Lukens
April 29, 2009
Public opinion can be very fickle. Barack Obama has ridden a positive wave of opinion all the way to the White House. The public has welcomed him into office in . . .
Jeff Lukens
January 21, 2009
So Barack Obama proposes massive government spending like we have never seen before as our way back to economic prosperity. Yet wasn't it a mountain of . . .
Jeff Lukens
October 15, 2008
"Silence is the virtue of fools," Sir Francis Bacon once said. Instead of silence, today Bacon would be referring to a mindless politeness on what can and . . .
Jeff Lukens
September 21, 2008
Russia's invasion of Georgia in August marked a return to their historic pattern of imperial conquest. Without confronting NATO directly, Vladimir Putin . . .
Jeff Lukens
August 9, 2008
The war in Iraq may be ending in much the same way the war in Vietnam appeared to be ending in 1973 with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. We had finally . . .
Jeff Lukens
June 4, 2008
They say if it bleeds, it leads on the nightly news. The recent silence from the mainstream news media on Iraq, however, is speaking volumes. While the war . . .
Jeff Lukens
April 22, 2008
As the leader of the free world, the United States has a responsibility to lead. This has been our reality as a nation since the 1940s. As such, we need a well . . .
Jeff Lukens
March 15, 2008
"The Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People." General Prologue to the Wycliffe Bible in 1384.
Our country and its laws . . .
Jeff Lukens
February 22, 2008
Intolerance may be one of the most serious charges in America today. It seems to carry much emotional firepower without requiring much evidence. And it often . . .
Jeff Lukens
February 9, 2008
Talking tough on terrorism will not be enough for Senator John McCain to sustain his candidacy. McCain fashions himself as a maverick, or should we say liberal, . . .
Jeff Lukens
December 28, 2007
To understand Watergate, we need to understand the times in which Richard Nixon was president. Nixon was the only president of the 20th Century to face an . . .
Jeff Lukens
November 24, 2007
Al-Qaeda has suffered a humiliating defeat in Iraq, and the Sunnis who were once allied with them now oppose them. We may be finally witnessing an historic . . .
Jeff Lukens
September 26, 2007
Our progressive culture is separated into those who believe in the Bible and those who do not. Many people believe the scriptures to be the revealed word of God . . .
Jeff Lukens
August 15, 2007
Well it looks like Republicans will be participating in a CNN/YouTube debate after all. The event is now set for Nov. 28 in St. Petersburg, Fla. The campaigns . . .
Jeff Lukens
July 3, 2007
Among the many remarkable presidents of the 20th Century, Richard Milhous Nixon remains the most fascinating and controversial. Nixon was a man of great vision . . .
Jeff Lukens
May 21, 2007
There is an old saying that a good fence makes for good neighbors. This truism has never been more applicable than with our Southern neighbor of Mexico. A good . . .
Jeff Lukens
May 8, 2007
Recently, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid bluntly stated that he believes the war in Iraq is lost. His party gained control of Congress last fall on the voter . . .
Jeff Lukens
April 23, 2007
The fearsome Russian Bear appears to be coming out of a 16-year hibernation. President Vladimir Putin says he wants to regain Russia's prominence in the world . . .
Jeff Lukens
March 5, 2007
Many antiwar activists are so cut off from reality that they imagine America's defeat in the Middle East without consequence. Even when the root causes of . . .
Jeff Lukens
February 7, 2007
Most people in America focus on gaining ever more money, power and status. Once in a great while, you come across someone who could have these treasures . . .
Jeff Lukens
January 29, 2007
Thirty years after Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, we remember the Vietnam War as a black hole from which we could not extract ourselves. It has . . .
Jeff Lukens
January 8, 2007
Imagine a Super Bowl football team quitting the game in the third quarter simply because they were behind. The premise is so absurd it is inconceivable. So too . . .
Jeff Lukens
December 12, 2006
It's that time of year again. Yes, it's time for the flurry of shopping malls, office parties, house parties, presents, laughter and good cheer, decorations, . . .
Jeff Lukens
December 6, 2006
Elections have consequences. And for our recent election, the consequences have been a major setback in the war on terror and a greater threat to terrorist . . .
Jeff Lukens
November 19, 2006
Thanksgiving is a chance to gather with loved ones and share in a time-honored American tradition. For some, it is an excuse to stuff themselves with turkey and . . .
Jeff Lukens
October 26, 2006
My 21-year-old son recently joined the Army reserves, and is now in basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. He writes to tell me that his drill sergeants . . .
Jeff Lukens
September 28, 2006
At a time when Islamic terrorism captures the headlines, another equally ominous threat to our national security is quietly on the rise. China is undergoing a . . .
Jeff Lukens
August 10, 2006
Rarely these days do you see a movie that would make John Wayne proud. In an age of moral equivalence, heroes at the movies have become hard to find. "World . . .
Jeff Lukens
July 4, 2006
"What one generation allows in moderation," it was once said, "the next accepts in excess." This has certainly been true in America in recent years. Anyone old . . .
Jeff Lukens
May 30, 2006
We can go a long way toward addressing our fuel needs simply by importing ethanol. That, however, is not as easy as it sounds. Our energy needs seem to have . . .
Jeff Lukens
April 28, 2006
Polling results are clear. Upwards of 80% of Americans want the federal government to get tougher on illegal immigration. While politicians pander to cheap . . .
Jeff Lukens
March 31, 2006
What day do you think was the single most significant day in changing the course of human history? Perhaps it was the day when Columbus discovered America, or . . .
Jeff Lukens
February 14, 2006
One lesson learned in the war on terror is that it is difficult to prevent suicidal terrorists from attacking us. The only protection we have is to kill them . . .
Jeff Lukens
January 10, 2006
Clive Staples Lewis has lately become a rock star within the Christian community. A new movie based on his books, The Chronicles of Narnia, is a blockbuster hit . . .
Jeff Lukens
December 7, 2005
The scathing bitterness between the Left and Right over Iraq and the war on terror is one of the worst schisms in American history. Perhaps only the pre-Civil . . .
Jeff Lukens
October 27, 2005
Recently, I had problems getting connected to the internet. After spending several hours on the phone with my internet provider's helpdesk, the technician . . .
Jeff Lukens
September 25, 2005
As the Hurricane Katrina saga unfolded before us on television, we repeatedly saw suffering people wailing, "Where's FEMA?" Such images, while emotionally . . .
Jeff Lukens
August 24, 2005
Several weeks back, we heard news of many Navy SEALs dying in Afghanistan. This tells the story of what happened. In the age of emails and blogsites, the . . .
