After watching President Trump deliver a riveting acceptance speech, two thoughts came to mind. The first thought echoed an impression I described in my last essay (The Contrast Couldn’t Have Been Greater, 8/25/20) which looked at the RNC vs. the DNC conventions as a whole: the contrast between President Trump’s acceptance speech and Joe Biden’s acceptance speech could not have
The contrast could NOT have been greater. Even on the first night of the Republican National Convention the difference from last week’s Democratic National Convention was astonishing. Last week the Democrat program was anemic, drawn, gloomy, boring and moribund. The Republicans tonight came out swinging, as the late Tom Petty put it, like Sonny Liston, yeh. They were fiery, impassioned,
After listening to Joe Biden’s oratory last night, my first thought was: THIS MAN IS NO JFK. Judging by the content of his nomination speech, we can discern quite clearly what Biden (and the Democrat National Committee) think of the American people. In short, they are convinced that we are either very stupid or, at the very least, extremely gullible.
Baby boomers who have suffered through the senescence of their aging and ailing parents know the anguish it can bring. But for the vast majority of the those suffering cognitive decline, their role in society has been mercifully diminished as loved ones and, sometimes, their surrogate care givers, guide and protect them. When painfully obvious mental decline occurs, however, in
Written in conjunction with guest writer Little Sister/LRM. Americans are constantly berated by media pundits and academicians who say, ad nauseam, that we need to “follow the science,” as if that were easily done. In my essay “Trusted Information” (4/18/20) I listed a half dozen “scientific” directives put out by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers For Disease
An Open Letter To The Yankees Mr. Brian Cashman General Manager and Vice President New York Yankees Yankee Stadium One East 161st Street Bronx, NY 10451 Dear Mr. Cashman, I have been a dedicated Yankee Fan my entire life. I count being in Yankee Stadium for Reggie Jackson’s third consecutive home run on three consecutive pitches in game six of