Alexander's Columns | The Patriot Post

Patriots: For 30 years, your generosity has made it possible to offer The Patriot Post without a subscription fee to military personnel, students, and those with limited means. Please support the 2025 Year-End Campaign today.

Support Liberty

Support Us

Tell A Friend

Read The Latest Digest

Alexander's Columns / By Date

American Profiles of Valor / Mark Alexander / December 5, 2025

Profiles of Valor: SSgt William Pitsenbarger (USAF)

“There was only one man on the ground that day that would have turned down a ride out of that hellhole — and that man was Pitsenbarger.”

The Real Islam — August 25, 2013
Decoding the Left’s ‘Tolerance and Diversity’ Agenda — August 22, 2013
Memo to CinC: The Jihadis Are Alive and Well — August 15, 2013
Profiles of Valor: Col George ‘Bud’ Day (USAF) — August 1, 2013
Under Obama Much of the Nation Looks Like Detroit — July 25, 2013
Alexander Rebuts Obama on Zimmerman/Martin — July 19, 2013
The Zimmerman/Martin Case — July 18, 2013
Race Hustlers and Double Standards — July 11, 2013
The Endowed and Unalienable Rights of Man — July 3, 2013
The Consummate Liberal Hypocrites — June 27, 2013
Living Rich and Famous, Obama Style — June 20, 2013
It’s the Profiling, Stupid! — June 13, 2013
Political Agendas and Half-Staff Flags — May 30, 2013
Heroism, Humility and Leadership — May 23, 2013
Obama’s ‘IRS Enemies List’ — Updated Chronology — May 16, 2013
Tyranny? What Tyranny? — May 9, 2013
Obama to DoD: Courts Martial God — May 2, 2013
Obama’s Benghazi Talking Points — May 1, 2013
The e-Tax Scam — April 25, 2013
Patriots’ Day 2013 — Liberty in the Balance — April 18, 2013
Margaret Thatcher — The Iron Lady — April 11, 2013
A Java Jolt for ‘Gay Marriage’ — April 4, 2013
Resurrection Day 2013 — March 28, 2013
Memo to the GOP: Liberty Is Colorblind — March 21, 2013
A Bronze Star Power Point? Actually, not… — March 14, 2013
Obama’s ‘Republican Sequester’ 2014 Endgame — March 7, 2013
Obama’s ‘Republican Sequester’ Setup — February 28, 2013
The Next Sunrise — The Light of Liberty — February 21, 2013
2013 SOTU: Obama’s Progressive State of Disunion — February 14, 2013
Sequester Politics, Round Two — February 7, 2013
Obama/Feinstein: Obfuscation and Vilification — January 31, 2013
‘I, Barack Hussein Obama…’ — January 24, 2013
Sensible Gun Control Policy? — January 17, 2013
‘I Will Not Comply’ — January 10, 2013
Resolved for 2013 — January 3, 2013
Gender Disorientation — A Faithful Response to the ‘LGBT?’ Agenda — December 26, 2012
Christmas 2012: Always Faithful — and Grateful! — December 20, 2012
The Blood of Innocents — December 17, 2012
Democrat Party Socialists and Their Legions of Useful Idiots — December 13, 2012
The Fiscal Bluff — December 6, 2012
American Patriots and Guns — November 29, 2012
Thanksgiving for Liberty ‘Endowed by Our Creator’ — November 21, 2012
Constitutional Confederation — The Right Road Forward — November 15, 2012
2012 Election FAIL Bullet Points — November 8, 2012
2012 Presidential Endorsements From Senior Military Officers — November 5, 2012
Approaching the Tipping Point — November 1, 2012
Romney v. Obama, Adult v. Adolescent — October 25, 2012
Memo to Mitt From Grassroots Americans — October 15, 2012
Obama’s ‘October Surprise’ #1 — Obfuscation and Diversion — October 11, 2012
Who Inherited What From Whom? — October 4, 2012

Who We Are

The Patriot Post is a highly acclaimed weekday digest of news analysis, policy and opinion written from the heartland — as opposed to the MSM’s ubiquitous Beltway echo chambers — for grassroots leaders nationwide. More

What We Offer

On the Web

We provide solid conservative perspective on the most important issues, including analysis, opinion columns, headline summaries, memes, cartoons and much more.

Via Email

Choose our Mid-Day Digest for a summary of important news each weekday. We also offer Cartoons & Memes on Monday, Alexander's Column on Wednesday, and the Week in Review on Saturday.

Our Mission

The Patriot Post is steadfast in our mission to extend the endowment of Liberty to the next generation by advocating for individual rights and responsibilities, supporting the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and promoting free enterprise, national defense and traditional American values. We are a rock-solid conservative touchstone for the expanding ranks of grassroots Americans Patriots from all walks of life. Our mission and operation budgets are not financed by any political or special interest groups, and to protect our editorial integrity, we accept no advertising. We are sustained solely by you. Please support The Patriot Fund today!

The Patriot Post and Patriot Foundation Trust, in keeping with our Military Mission of Service to our uniformed service members and veterans, are proud to support and promote the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, both the Honoring the Sacrifice and Warrior Freedom Service Dogs aiding wounded veterans, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, the National Veterans Entrepreneurship Program, the Folds of Honor outreach, and Officer Christian Fellowship, the Air University Foundation, and Naval War College Foundation, and the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. "Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for his friends." (John 15:13)

Email Subscriptions

Support The Patriot Post

FAQ / Contact Us / Terms of Use / Privacy Policy / Reprinting Policy

★ PUBLIUS ★

“Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!” —George Washington

Please join us in prayer for our nation — that righteous leaders would rise and prevail and we would be united as Americans. Pray for the protection of our uniformed Military Patriots, Veterans, First Responders, and their families. Lift up your *Patriot Post* team and our mission to support and defend our legacy of American Liberty and our Republic's Founding Principles, in order that the fires of freedom would be ignited in the hearts and minds of our countrymen.

The Patriot Post is protected speech, as enumerated in the First Amendment and enforced by the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, in accordance with the endowed and unalienable Rights of All Mankind.

Profiles of Valor: SSgt William Pitsenbarger (USAF)

Memesters Union

Cartoons

Top Opinion

The Foundation