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Army Scrambles to Boost Lagging Recruitment, But Won’t Make the One Really Necessary Change (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in The Western Journal.) It seems like the U.S. Army might have realized what it needs to do to meet its aggressive recruitment goals for this year, and it doesn’t have anything to do with being woke. Fiscal year 2023 began on Oct. 1, 2022, and since that time, the Army has already added roughly 18,500 soldiers with another 13,000 in the process, Maj. Gen. Johnny Davis, head of the service’s Recruiting Command, … Read more

The EU Bought Into a Fraud – Now There’s No Easy Way Out of the Crisis (By: Guy Mitchell)

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(Originally published in The Western Journal.) “Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but usually manages to pick himself up, walk over or around it, and carry on.” — Sir Winston Churchill If a movie titled “No Easy Way Out” had been made by Hollywood in the 1970s, it would have starred Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood as FBI agents. In the concluding scene, the good guys (Bronson and Eastwood) would have the bad guys … Read more

Lightfoot’s soft-on-crime approach comes back to haunt her (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in American Thinker.) As the Chicago mayoral primary election approaches in April, the candidates are looking to defeat incumbent mayor Lori Lightfoot. They have apparently found her Achilles heel… crime. Chicago Police statistics aren’t something Lightfoot can trumpet as a success. During her time in office, crime is up 19 percent in the city. Murders have increased 20 percent since 2018, and shootings are up 19 percent. Motor vehicle thefts saw the largest increase of … Read more

If Police Don’t Support Police, Who Will? (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in CNS News.) On National Law Enforcement Day, the Golden Valley (MN) Police Department displayed the “Thin Blue Line” flag on its Facebook page. Most people considered it an appropriate recognition of law enforcement officers and the danger they face to “serve and protect.” You can no longer find that image on the page. Police Chief Virgil Green went so far as apologizing for its use. “While the post was intended to thank … Read more

Why Would Retired LAPD Officers Want to Return? (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published on Front Page Mag.) Understaffing and increasing crime – what could possibly go wrong? Having escaped the dangers of a job where they aren’t appreciated and their lives were in danger, why would retired police officers want to return to uniform? It’s not as if things have gotten better for police, especially Los Angeles Police, in the past few years. If it had, government officials wouldn’t want them to return. Yet, that is … Read more

Op-Ed: Has the Time Come for a Military Tribunal for President Biden? (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in the Western Journal.) Before I get started on the latest allegations surrounding President Joe Biden and the illegal storage of documents containing sensitive information in his home, I want to discuss the term “military tribunal.” A military tribunal works as a military court, but one that isn’t exclusive to military personnel. Civilian parties can actually be the subject of charges. In fact, at one point, the administration of George W. Bush proposed … Read more

New York Can’t Take Migrants, So Who Can? (By: Michael Letts)

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(Originally appeared in NewsMax.) New York City, in terms of its politics and worldview, is more than blue; it’s deep-blue. Gotham claims to be progressive, opening, and welcoming, but recently showed itself to be racist. That is, if it’s to be judged by its own standards. Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, recently traveled to the Mexican border city of El Paso, Texas and announced “there is no room in New York” for busloads of migrants being … Read more

Illinois’s new SAFE-T Act is going lenient on criminals – and that’s bad news for our police officers (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in American Thinker.) I’m really trying to figure out what Illinois officials are thinking when it comes to their newly passed SAFE-T act.  SAFE-T stands for Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today, and it has a number of provisions in place that make things a little more lenient in certain areas for defendants and criminals. Here are a couple of examples. First off, defendants are no longer immediately considered flight risks, no matter what … Read more

2023 Started Off On the Wrong Foot For This Rookie Officer (By: Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in Front Page Magazine.) Struck by a machete ….. How did the Jihadist who swung it get into our country to begin with? Imagine starting a job and having quite simply the worst day you possibly can. A customer comes in and completely berates you while you’re learning the ropes; a boss ends up chewing out employees over lackluster performance; or something simply goes wrong with the business itself, such as uncontrollable weather … Read more

When Visiting the Border, Biden did not See the Truth (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in CNS News.) President Joe Biden visited the southern U.S. border and saw just what he expected… what officials made sure he saw. A secure border and no surge of migrants trying to enter the country. For his first visit to the southern border in 15 years, the president toured a port of entry along the border. He didn’t speak with migrants looking to enter the U.S. or even look at their crowded camps … Read more

How many murders does Portland need before it stops spitting on police? (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in American Thinker.) Some people have to learn things the hard way.  A case in point is Portland, Oregon.  The politicians continue making poor decisions when it comes to public safety, and the city residents continue voting them back into office. Now those decisions are weighing heavily on the city, but it is going to be hard for the politicians to walk them back, particularly because they will search desperately for a way to do … Read more

Police Have Had Enough. And Are Quitting. (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in Frontpage Mag.) Last year was a rough year for people who lived in Democrat-controlled cities like New York City, San Diego, and Chicago. The liberal governments voters put in place showed that they don’t know how to keep citizens safe. Activism and a soft-on-crime approach to crime prevention backfired on them endangering their lives and property. Crime rose dramatically in these liberal cities last year, and when the politicians in charge turned … Read more

Police departments are trying something new to bring in new recruits (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published on American Thinker.) The past couple of years have been rough for police officers.  We’ve seen thousands unfairly fired from their jobs because of refusal to take an unproven vaccine.  We’ve seen many take retirement — and even commit suicide — in the face of ongoing pressure from those who lived for nothing more than to “defund the police.”  And we’ve seen thousands of dollars wiped away from their budget, leaving them with little to no … Read more

Philly Hit 500 Homicides in ’22 — Where are the Prosecutions? (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally appeared in NewsMax.) The City of Brotherly Love is disappearing under a wave of virtually uncontrolled violence. According to a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the city recently hit homicide number 500 in 2022. This marks the second year in a row is the second year in a row Philly has hit that dismal mark. Not only are citizens killing each other. The killings, together with all-around violence, is driving people and businesses away from one … Read more

Washington State is coming for your guns (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally appeared in American Thinker.) Now that Oregon narrowly passed some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the country this past election, should it be any surprise that Washington wants to follow suit? Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson, both Democrats, have announced three new measures they plant to pursue during next year’s legislative session. “We know we can act. We know we should act. And we know we will … Read more

Supreme Court gives Americans a temporary reprieve from migrant surge (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally appeared in The American Thinker.) Migrants have been waiting at the U.S.-Mexico border for the Title 42 health program to expire. Why? Once it does, it will create an opportunity for the migrants to cross the border and get a toehold in the United States. Forget about a COVID surge. Governments in the border states are worried about an illegal immigrant surge. More than a dozen states filed an emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court … Read more

San Francisco Dying: A City In a Death Spiral (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published on Front Page Magazine.) You may have heard the phrase, “Get woke, go broke.” It has become a common phrase in the past few years, mainly because it keeps proving itself true. San Francisco is a prime example of the death spiral going broke puts cities, businesses, and people into. The city has long been a bastion of liberalism. When it became fashionable after the death of George Floyd to defund the police, … Read more

Want a Perfect Example of Why Police Officers are Discouraged? (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in Front Page Magazine.) Two years ago, Kamari Pleasant received probation for a felony gun case in Cook County, Illinois. It is home to Chicago where some of toughest gun laws are in place. Yet, somehow that young man was given probation. That usually wouldn’t be a problem. If the prosecutor and police looked at the circumstances and discovered extenuating circumstances that would justify leniency, that’s wonderful. In Pleasant’s case, police allegedly found … Read more

Thanks to Elon, the FBI has a lot to answer for (By Michael Letts)

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Originally published in American Thinker.) Things have not been good for the Federal Bureau of Investigation this year. Thanks to its new owner Elon Musk, the “Twitter Files” have been making the rounds, revealing just what kind of relationship the social media giant has with the bureau. Apparently the two had “constant and pervasive” communications, with the FBI treating Twitter as a “subsidiary.” In other words, they were making note of accounts and tweets that needed to … Read more

Eric Adams’ latest screw-up in New York City (By: Michael Letts)

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(Originally appeared in American Thinker.) Things are rough for the New York Police Department right now.  Over the past year, thousands of officers have left the force either by quitting or retiring, leaving a void in a city facing a major crime wave that still requires some form of solution. You’d think Mayor Eric Adams would be more concerned about hiring officers and first responders, who could make a difference on the streets.  Instead, he just issued a … Read more

Legally, cars are deadly weapons. What should we do about it? (By: Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in The American Thinker.) Last month, a Wisconsin jury convicted Darrell Brooks of first-degree intentional homicide while using a dangerous weapon for driving an SUV into the crowd gathered at a Christmas parade last year in Waukesha, Wisconsin.  He was found guilty of 70 other counts.  He was sentenced to life in prison, as mandated under under Wisconsin law. So a court of law has determined that a car or SUV is a dangerous weapon.  It certainly can be, … Read more

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Couldn’t Be More Wrong About New York Police – More Does Not Mean Less (By: Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in the Intellectual Conservative.) When it comes to saving face during an important period of time – like, for example, Election Day – most politicians might say anything to save face. That said, I can’t quite figure out what Democratic New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was coming from with her latest comments.  Ocasio-Cortez, or “AOC” as she’s known in some circles, stopped by the “Breakfast Club” radio show on Tuesday, as people were … Read more

Defunding Police? Be Prepared to Defund Crime Victims Also (By: Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in NewsMax.) Turning away help in time of need is the latest poorly-crafted, unfounded political ideal coming from the left. This as the U.S. now finds itself stressed over violent crime. Sexual assault is something that is all too common in the U.S., affecting 81% of women and 43% of men in their lifetimes. The latest stats from the National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN) show that every 68 seconds in America, someone is sexually assaulted. … Read more

Biden’s bizarre, money-wasting COVID priorities (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in American Thinker.) Do you recall when President Joe Biden said at the end of August that he wants to “fund the police,” after facing so much backlash from what took place with those “defund the police” protests? Speaking to a group of 500 people at the time, he said, “When it comes to public safety, the answer is not to ‘defund the police.’  It’s to fund the police.” And yet here we are, months … Read more

Time to Push Back Against Hate — All of It (Guest: Michael Letts)

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(Originally published on Newsmax.) Out of curiosity, this writer decided to take a look at the number of active shooter events that have taken place this year. And, shockingly enough, there are hundreds. That’s right, we’ve had hundreds of instances in which someone has managed to injure and, in many cases, kill innocent people. Why is unclear, but the real question is what drives these people to do such a thing. Sadly, it comes down to one simple … Read more

If the TSA can’t keep weapons off planes, why do they exist? (By: Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in American Thinker.) A passenger on an airline flight brandished a box-cutter and threatened to stab someone on the plane. No, this is not a reference to the 9/11 hijackers.  This happened on November 11, 2022, on a Frontier Airlines flight from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The question is how it could have happened.  The TSA was created to protect passengers and crew from events like this.  The agents are notorious for confiscating shampoo, nail-clippers, … Read more

Sheriff recruits targeted in Whittier, California — where is the support? (By Michael Letts)

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(Originally published in American Thinker.) It’s so frustrating watching the fallout from what’s taken place with the “defund the police” campaigns over the past couple of years. Politicians and local governments have given in to these mobs and slashed city budgets, in the hopes of teaching their beloved police officers a “valuable lesson.”  However, it turns out they’re the ones that need to learn from their mistakes. In case you missed the news, a driver managed to … Read more

Disarray Will Never Keep NYPD at Full Strength (By: Michael Letts)

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(Originally appeared in NewsMax.) Last month, the New York Post published a story discussing the fallout surrounding Gotham’s police department, and how, by the end of the year, it could very well lose over 4,000 officers. The sad part is that a great deal of these losses are completely unnecessary. As for the reasoning, the Post’s article kept it simple, yet hard to swallow, “For New York’s Finest, surging crime, bail reform, anti-cop hostility, the … Read more

The FBI report we’ve long needed (By: Michael Letts)

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(Originally appeared on American Thinker.) The actions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been questionable as of late under the leadership of Christopher Wray. We could dive back into the way the bureau acted upon raiding former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this year.  But their actions go much deeper, with reports about surveillance and even spying on emails of private American citizens in the hopes of finding criminal activity. There’s about to … Read more

Letts: Chicago Crime at All-Time High — Time for Kimberly Foxx to Go

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(Originally appeared in NewsMax Kimberly Foxx Foxx is failing at her job; that failure will wind up costing the City of Chicago dearly. Sometimes bad leadership happens. It just does. You assign a manager who doesn’t have any experience running a store, or maybe you just hire a coach you think will do wonders for your team, but the next thing you know, you have a dismally losing record by the end of the season. However, … Read more

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