Dr. Rich is a “conservative with a conscience.”
He believes that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
Dr. Rich Swier is the Publisher of DrRichSwier.com e-magazine. He was the former State Editor for Watchdog Wire - Florida and RedCounty.com.
He holds a Doctorate of Education from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, a Master's Degree in Management Information Systems from the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Richard is a 23-year Army veteran who retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1990.
He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his years of service. Additionally, he was awarded two Bronze Stars with “V” for Heroism in ground combat, the Presidential Unit Citation, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry while serving with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam.
He is a graduate of the Field Artillery Officers Basic and Advanced Courses, and U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Richard was the Founder/CEO of Sarasota Online, a high technology company that was sold to Comcast Cable in 1996.
I live in Sarasota, Florida. Two of the radical Islamic terrorists who flew planes on September 11, 2001 trained to fly at the Venice airport about 15 minutes from where I live. The flight trainor said that the two muslims he trained were not interested in learning how to land properly. Now I understand why! […]
We were stuck by a post on X by Visegrád 24 stating, “The Gays for Gaza activist Cameron Capara has been shot dead in a random attack in front a gay bar in Tucson by an Islamist migrant from Gambia. The gay pro-Palestine activist was killed on August 31st along with a gay friend he […]
“The Crusades saved a Christian Europe from the onslaught of Islam. If not for the Crusades, there would be no America.” — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth WATCH: Christian Man: The Crusades was a legitimate response to Muslims Jihadi violence and Shariah Law MichaelA. Rothman, @MichaelARothman, wrote on X: 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝟒𝟔𝟑 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 […]
U.S. Army Retiree Appreciation Days (RADs) are annual events hosted by Army installations around the world to keep retired service members, surviving spouses, and their families informed about military benefits and updates. Location of RADs events: 29 August, Saturday at JB Ellington, Houston, TX RAD 31 August, Monday at USAG Stuttgart, Germany RAD 3 September, […]
More than a dozen U.S. states have passed legislation or constitutional amendments designed to restrict state courts from applying foreign or religious law—commonly referred to as “American Laws for American Courts” (ALAC) legislation. American Laws for American Courts (ALAC) American Laws for American Courts (ALAC) is a state-level legislative measure designed to prevent U.S. state […]
The First Amendment guarantees freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, preventing the government from infringing on these fundamental rights. Text and Core Protections The First Amendment states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or […]
The history of military conflict and violence during the life of Muhammad (c. 570–632 CE) is generally divided into two main periods: the Meccan period (610–622 CE), characterized by non-violence and persecution, and the Medinan period (622–632 CE), during which armed warfare, raids, and political governance began. Historians document that Muhammad participated in or authorized […]
Looking back at history we have found those Presidents who have built-up America and those who have truly broken America. Those who built-up America were and are patriots who love this land. They believed that America is one nation under God. Those who broke America are traitors to this nation and its people. They hate […]
Recently a California Imam Amir Abdel Malik-Ali said: “Islam Is going to save America…there are major changes coming to this country…muslims were here before Christianity — Columbus said so in his diary.” It’s all a lie, here’s the truth. Here’s what is really in Christopher Columbus’s diary about Islam: Christopher Columbus’s journal (and associated writings) […]
Despite massive spending in the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial race, the gun-control organization backed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have left the state with far more modern semiautomatic firearms than there were prior to a short-lived ban. Pro-Second Amendment organizations filed suit after Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed SB 749, a ban on […]
The Senate confirmed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton Tuesday to serve as the next director of national intelligence (DNI), which may revive the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The upper chamber voted to confirm Clayton in a 51 to 47 vote, making him […]
I first understood the connection between Communists, Islamists during my tour in Germany from 1970 to 1973. At that time I was a U.S. Army Captain commanding a nuclear capable field artillary battery in Neu-Ulm, Germany. I was, for 23 years, a Cold War warrior fighting against the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and Communism […]
Shame on NYC for electing this Muslim Nazi. Trump Vows to Shield Netanyahu from NYC Arrest Threat President Trump announces Israeli PM Netanyahu WILL NOT be arrested by NYC Mayor Mamdani, declaring the International Criminal Court’s “charges” against him null and void on US soil “Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, […]
NOTE: The author of this column was a “Cold War Warrior” who has fought Communism throughout his 23 year military career and he still does to this very day. He fought in the “Tet Offensive” of 1968 as a Field Artillary Second Lieutenant with the 2nd Battalion 501st Airborne Infantry, 101st Airbrone Division in Vietnam. […]
Many wonder how did Fascim and Islam become blood brothers. Why would Adolf Hitler, and the Nazi Party, embrace Islamists like Mohammed Amin al-Husseini? It all happened on November 28, 1941 in Berlin, Germany, according to the below historical analysis done by the Jewish Virtural Library. Mohammed Amin al-Husseini (c. 1897 — July 4, 1974) […]