Author: Derek Oaks

Derek Oaks is a retired Air Force Colonel with over 25 years in uniform. He participated in contingency and combat operations in South America, the Middle East and Southwest Asia, with additional deployments and assignments in Europe, Korea, and Africa. He was a commander multiple times, including the 23rd Fighter Group. Since retirement, he has engaged in leadership and Business Development consulting, is a published author, and currently serves as an executive for a small business.

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- Prof says colleague terminated for sharing conservative beliefs, sues college
  By Jack Applewhite Daily Caller News Foundation A history professor alleged his colleague was terminated by a California college for sharing his conservative political beliefs, according to a lawsuit filed on June 1. The Institute for Free Speech is representing Bakersfield College Professor Daymon Johnson in a lawsuit that alleges his colleague, Professor Matthew Garrett,… […]
- Move over American flag. Now U.S. troops salute 'rainbow flag'
  The United States Air Force is celebrating LGBT "pride month" with a serviceman 'saluting' the activist homosexual-bisexual-transgender-"queer" "rainbow" flag. The Air Force published a tweet Wednesday reading: "June is #PrideMonth! The Department of the Air Force proudly recognizes and celebrates generations of LGBTQI+ service members and their contributions to our #AirForce & #SpaceForce." June is… […]
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, father-in-law to Christian actor Chris Pratt, calls heaven a 'fantasy'
  (FAITHWIRE) -- Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) believes heaven is a “fantasy.” The 75-year-old celebrity — a native of Austria — kicked the proverbial door wide open for “Guardians of the Galaxy” star Chris Pratt, a Christian, to share the Gospel with his father-in-law. WND is now on Trump's Truth Social! Follow… […]
- Biden hypocrisy on display with LSU women's basketball team
  A most telling inquiry – provided at this article's end – needs to be put to President Joe Biden about his transgender policies. But first, let us examine what was revealing about the comments he made while honoring the LSU women's basketball team last month for winning the national title. LSU took the title on… […]
- Mark Levin's discovery about the massive national debt
  Mark Levin is a national treasure. He did something unusual on his most recent Fox News program Sunday night. With all the chatter about the "debt limit," Levin went the source – the May 2023 Government Accountability Office report, entitled, "The Nation's Fiscal House: Road Map Needed to Address Projected Unsustainable Debt Levels." Remember, the… […]
- When that 'unaccompanied minor' is a rapist and murderer
  MS-13 gang members commit savage crimes – beheading their targets with machetes, hacking off their hands, burning them to death, dismembering them. Demonic acts. If you think these crimes won't happen where you live, keep reading. The gang's rule is "kill, rape, control." Members are required to kill. MS-13 brings terror to neighborhoods and even… […]
- Remembering America's most disastrous reparations scheme
  Either to expiate their guilt – or to exploit the guilty – city council members in Evanston, Illinois, recently approved the nation's first actual reparations program. Sensing that arguments about slavery and Jim Crow would not have much purchase in this youthful city, the activists focused on housing, a grievance of more recent vintage. Thus,… […]
- Mental health crisis? The 'golden mean' is the answer
  Read Hanne's The Herland Report. To log off computers and shut down the constant distraction of social media, and simply sit still in the serenity of a silent room and reflect upon one's life, can bring more mental health than most think. It is most rewarding to engage in philosophical thought on existential topics: What… […]
- The heart of 'Pride' is revolution, not equality
  June 1 marked the advent of Pride Month – the most important sacrament of the American secular religious calendar. During Pride Month, public schools across the nation teach small children the joys of alternative sexual practices and orientations; corporations plaster their stores in rainbow accoutrements of all sorts; and the federal government of the United… […]
- 'The Chosen' pride flag flap: What should happen next
  Dallas Jenkins, producer of "The Chosen," has responded directly to the question of why a crew member of the hit series about Jesus was allowed to display an LGBTQ pride flag on set, in particular during "Pride"Month. What should we make of his very candid and personal response? When I began to read about the… […]