Recently a friend of mine emailed me to ask for an update on America’s political scene as he had been traveling in Europe for a couple of weeks (thanks MEO). I replied with the following brief synopsis. All of the material mentioned below is available online, but I print it here because many of the developments are either not mentioned
You’re not likely to hear it from our nation’s major media, but the Trump agenda continues to advance: 1. ISIS Decimated. Today US backed troops in Syria have taken back Raqqa, the capitol of the ISIS “caliphate”. It was stunning to see the victorious resistance giving a press conference from the heart of this city. The last time we saw
I don’t know for sure who will win the 2017 American League Championship Series, or the World Series, but I bet you can guess who I’m rooting for. I know it’s hard to envision a team that has won more World Series Titles than any other (27) as the underdogs, but, in fact, THIS year they ARE, or at least
I’m sure that it will surprise absolutely no one to note that there have been lecherous men throughout human history. Some of these have been caught, some not. Nothing new there. However, today’s cads, when caught, seem to be evolving a new response. The trick to this new response is to pretend that you are a RIGHTEOUS man , even
Dear readers, today marks the first anniversary of my website. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my readers for taking the time to view my site and read the essays there in. I know that there are literally millions of things to read on line, so I am honored that people take time for my site. As
A Sad Wind It’s a sad wind that blows across the playing fields of America. It’s a wind that that doesn’t heal, but cripples all the more. It’s a wind that looks to the past, not to the future. It’s a wind that divides, not unites. It’s a wind that knows not, the ONE thing that ALL Americans share. For
Issues involving the First Amendment have been in the news often of late. This is, of course, not surprising, because the First Amendment is the basis on which our personal freedoms rest. The five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment are: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to assemble, freedom to petition the government, and freedom of religion.
I LIKE it! I really do! Although I am usually a bit wary of President Trump’s Twitter feed, I have to admit that I like this one. Many times I find Trump’s missives on Twitter to be sophomoric and unnecessary, but this time, I’m “on board” with it. We are ALL aware of Mr. Trump’s penchant for schoolyard put downs.
FINALLY we are hearing inklings of a realization that James Comey’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server for classified communications was a fraud. As my readers might recall, in October of last year I put forth a very simple accusation regarding Ms. Clinton: the deleting of 33,000 emails UNDER SUBPOENA was bold faced OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, and
Sixteen Septembers (Adapted from a previous post on 9/11/16) •This past Sunday was number sixteen. Sixteen Septembers. Sixteen years. Two Towers. Four jets. One flank of the Pentagon. One field in southwestern Pennsylvania. Three thousand souls. Three presidents. Two wars. Many determined enemies. •Sixteen Septembers later, America has moved on. As it HAD to. We treated the few lucky enough