Alan Webber, Author at Webbers Whipping Post

THE COST OF CHAOS: WHEN LEADERS UNDERMINE LAW ENFORCEMENT

I am deeply frustrated by the so-called “peaceful protests” currently taking place in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and other cities across the country. I’m also saddened to hear that an even larger protest is…

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WE THE PEOPLE ARE BEING PLAYED BY BOTH PARTIES

We keep hearing about investigation after investigation in Washington, but where are the charges? Where are the arrests? I’m not calling for people to be indicted without evidence, but it’s hard to ignore the pattern.

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TIME TO PUMP THE BRAKES ON TRUMP’S “BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL”

Readers of this column know that for the past nine years or so, if Donald Trump said it, I was for it. It’s hard to argue with the success of a multi-billionaire who’s risked life…

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A CANDID REFLECTION OF AMERICAN POLITICS AND THE NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

In the United States, our political structure is dominated by two major parties, Republicans and Democrats. While alternative parties such as the Green Party or the Libertarian Party exist, they rarely achieve meaningful traction at…

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MY PERSONAL ODYSSEY

During an endocrinologist appointment in April of 2024, I weighed a svelte 320 pounds – the heaviest I’ve ever been in my life. I say svelte with the kind of irony only someone hauling around…

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THE LATE CONVERSION OF THE PRESS:

How the Media Finally Admitted What Everyone Already Knew About Biden In a rare act of self-flagellation—perhaps the first recorded instance of the media beating itself with a rolled-up copy of The Washington Post—the mainstream…

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HOW CAN TRADITIONAL DEMOCRATS STILL SUPPORT THIS RADICAL AGENDA

For generations, many Americans voted Democrat out of a deep belief in working-class values, civil rights, freedom of religion, and care for the vulnerable. But today’s Democratic Party has morphed into something nearly unrecognizable to…

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BLOOD IN THE INK

Excerpt from my recently published book Prologue– It Speaks to Me October 1897. Slains Castle, North Yorkshire. I came here to write the finishing chapters of Dracula. The early drafts had taken shape at the…

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JAKE TAPPER DISCOVERS THE TRUTH…YEARS TO LATE

I recently saw a headline last Monday that caught my eye: “Jake Tapper declares Biden White House lied about ‘cheap fakes’ after CNN peddled narrative in 2024.” Oh, ya think, Captain Obvious? What most thinking…

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RAY’S LAST PITCH

I stopped by the hospital one Saturday afternoon to sit with my grandfather, Ray. He had been in a coma for three days, and at 102 years old, he wasn’t expected to live much longer.

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