J.E. Dyer

J.E. Dyer is a retired Naval Intelligence officer who lives in Southern California, blogging as The Optimistic Conservative for domestic tranquility and world peace. Her articles have appeared at Hot Air, Commentary’s Contentions, Patheos, The Daily Caller, The Jewish Press, and The Weekly Standard.

Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 13, 2015
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Russian warship said to fire small-arms warning shot at Turkish fishing vessel in Aegean

Peace in our time.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 12, 2015
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Tweets of the Day: Cher weighs in on ‘terrifying, deviant Judas/Hitler’ Ted Cruz

Judases, Hitlers, and deviants...
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 11, 2015
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Polish priest rallies crowd on national day: ‘Gospel, not Koran!’

Rising in the West?
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerDecember 11, 2015
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BOMBSHELL: Obama agencies shut down probe that could have flagged Farook and Malik

High crimes.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerDecember 11, 2015
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Football Follies 2015 – NCAA Week 15: The Game

Go NAVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Education

J.E. DyerDecember 10, 2015
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New frontiers in microaggression: Kansas BLM versus the fundraising Tri-Delts

Misundereducated.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerDecember 9, 2015
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Obligatory post on the email about military forces spinning up for Benghazi

Round the mountain, again.
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Unyielding

J.E. DyerDecember 7, 2015
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Provocation: Sailor seen with MANPAD on Russian warship transiting Bosporus

Peace in our time.
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Politics

J.E. DyerDecember 7, 2015
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Prince Charles sounds a unique alarm during Paris climate summit

Le Chanson du Fromage.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 5, 2015
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Will crime-scene tampering save Obama’s narrative on San Bernardino terror attack?

Control.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerDecember 3, 2015
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Football Follies 2015 – NCAA Week 14: It all comes down to this

Do or die week.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerDecember 3, 2015
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Another hoax: Black ‘victim’ cop wrote anti-black racist note

Crimes, damned crimes, and hoaxes.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerDecember 3, 2015
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All the more reason for the people to be armed

The good of an armed citizenry versus the evil of lies and ridicule.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerNovember 30, 2015
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Not-the-Onion: Obama appoints Hamas homie as his top advisor on ISIS

Coals to Newcastle...or something.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerNovember 29, 2015
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What really happened in the Colorado Springs shooting?

Crazy in Colorado.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerNovember 26, 2015
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Football Follies 2015 – NCAA Week 13: Rivalry madness!

Rivalry meltdown.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerNovember 26, 2015
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Classic! Google software has epic bad reaction to Bernie Sanders’s economic plan

Phishing in, phishing out.
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Sports and Culture

J.E. DyerNovember 25, 2015
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Thanksgiving wishes from Liberty Unyielding

We gather together.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerNovember 24, 2015
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Time for another edition of ‘People who knit sweaters for birds’

Clicking the pricks for the chicks.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerNovember 24, 2015
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White House suggests, once again, what you should talk about at Thanksgiving dinner

Clueless on the Ellipse.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerNovember 24, 2015
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War comes home: Russia v. Turkey; Jet shootdown; Rebels attack Russian helos with U.S. TOW missiles

Peace in our time.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerNovember 24, 2015
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Arizona student group organizes against restaurant with ‘hurtful, offensive’ name

Earmuffs, kiddies. The I-word.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerNovember 23, 2015
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Canada has attack of realism on Syrian refugees; won’t allow this one particular group in

Sounds crazy enough to do some good.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerNovember 21, 2015
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Leaflets warned drivers to ‘Run away!’ before U.S. aircraft buzzed ISIS tanker trucks

Sissy war.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerNovember 21, 2015
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Obama blocks U.S. pilots from bombing ISIS; Iranian fighters escort Russian bombers

Interesting times.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerNovember 20, 2015
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Soros-backed website fakes conservative themes to push for ‘Syrian refugee’ admission

Misrepresentationalism.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerNovember 19, 2015
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Football Follies 2015 – NCAA Week 12

Circling the Fantastic Four.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerNovember 19, 2015
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Sharyl Attkisson: Obama ‘won’t read’ intel on some terrorist groups, ‘doesn’t want it’ – including ISIS?

Epistemic vacuum seal.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerNovember 18, 2015
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8 ways reality promptly bites Obama and his ‘religious test for refugees’ tirade

Reality bites.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerNovember 17, 2015
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After Paris, post-NATO ‘solution’ for Syria blasts off without U.S.

War without leadership.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerNovember 16, 2015
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Revolt: State governors begin refusing to resettle Syrian refugees; UPDATE: Congress in dark; MORE STATES

"This will not stand"...?
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerNovember 14, 2015
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Guess which pres. candidate and former secretary of state is scheduled to get a ‘gun control’ award

Hillary's homies.
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Email Featured

J.E. DyerNovember 13, 2015
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Paris, the Russian airliner, Lebanon: ISIS is enlarging the war

The center cannot hold.
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerNovember 13, 2015
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Terror war in France; UPDATE: ISIS takes credit?; death toll 120+; Army deployed; BORDER CLOSING MODIFIED

Terror is back.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerNovember 13, 2015
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Trump, Carson, and the GOP elite: America’s life-or-death moment

The blessing and the curse.
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Economy

J.E. DyerNovember 13, 2015
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Math and the Million Student March: Cavuto guest is incoherent when he asks her this one question

"Science," of the dismal variety.
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J.E. Dyer

Russian warship said to fire small-arms warning shot at Turkish fishing vessel in Aegean

Tweets of the Day: Cher weighs in on ‘terrifying, deviant Judas/Hitler’ Ted Cruz

BOMBSHELL: Obama agencies shut down probe that could have flagged Farook and Malik

Football Follies 2015 – NCAA Week 15: The Game

Obligatory post on the email about military forces spinning up for Benghazi

Provocation: Sailor seen with MANPAD on Russian warship transiting Bosporus

Prince Charles sounds a unique alarm during Paris climate summit

Will crime-scene tampering save Obama’s narrative on San Bernardino terror attack?

Football Follies 2015 – NCAA Week 14: It all comes down to this

All the more reason for the people to be armed

Not-the-Onion: Obama appoints Hamas homie as his top advisor on ISIS

Football Follies 2015 – NCAA Week 13: Rivalry madness!

Classic! Google software has epic bad reaction to Bernie Sanders’s economic plan

Thanksgiving wishes from Liberty Unyielding

Time for another edition of ‘People who knit sweaters for birds’

White House suggests, once again, what you should talk about at Thanksgiving dinner

War comes home: Russia v. Turkey; Jet shootdown; Rebels attack Russian helos with U.S. TOW missiles

Canada has attack of realism on Syrian refugees; won’t allow this one particular group in

Leaflets warned drivers to ‘Run away!’ before U.S. aircraft buzzed ISIS tanker trucks

Obama blocks U.S. pilots from bombing ISIS; Iranian fighters escort Russian bombers

Football Follies 2015 – NCAA Week 12

Sharyl Attkisson: Obama ‘won’t read’ intel on some terrorist groups, ‘doesn’t want it’ – including ISIS?

8 ways reality promptly bites Obama and his ‘religious test for refugees’ tirade

After Paris, post-NATO ‘solution’ for Syria blasts off without U.S.

Revolt: State governors begin refusing to resettle Syrian refugees; UPDATE: Congress in dark; MORE STATES

Guess which pres. candidate and former secretary of state is scheduled to get a ‘gun control’ award

Paris, the Russian airliner, Lebanon: ISIS is enlarging the war

Terror war in France; UPDATE: ISIS takes credit?; death toll 120+; Army deployed; BORDER CLOSING MODIFIED

Trump, Carson, and the GOP elite: America’s life-or-death moment

Math and the Million Student March: Cavuto guest is incoherent when he asks her this one question

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