The Democrats couldn’t sell the Hope Diamond for a buck ninety-five.  How horrible are they in persuading the country that their ideas are worthwhile? Now we have been treated to an intra-mural Democratic scrum over the passage laws for infrastructure improvement and for social benefits – a scrum that has led to Republican advances in … Continue reading Sometimes Salesmanship is Statesmanship →

We rightly decry the hatreds and prejudices that tragically permeate our country. Yet, as we do that, let’s also recognize that it has ever been so. The great US of A, what the star of Bedtime for Bonzo called, “The Shining City On The Hill,” has historically been a hotbed of all types of hatred … Continue reading The Pope in the Oval →

So, you’re worried about how Facebook and Twitter are starting fires in our national consciousness, huh? Well, replace the batteries in your smoke detectors boys and girls because here comes TRUTH Social. TRUTH Social is the new media platform proposed by a man who wouldn’t know TRUTH if it slapped him in his orange face. … Continue reading TRUTH →

What do you think is funny?  This has always been a question that demonstrates a lot of what a person is about. Personally, I have problems with people who don’t like Mel Brooks. Doesn’t that say something about them? Not that they are wrong, just that they are different. If you see nothing funny about. … Continue reading How About Laughing For A Change →

The title of this blog is “We Were Right.” It comes from a song I once wrote about how my generation – the one that learned its political lessons in the sixties – has abandoned what it thought was right and has now become what it thought was wrong. I cannot help but harken back … Continue reading Looking Back At Looking Forward →

As a big fan of golf, both as a game to play and to watch, the Ryder Cup matches have always been something I have looked forward to. For those unfamiliar with this event - those who have more productive ways of spending their time - the Ryder Cup is a match played by the … Continue reading My Ryder Cup is Half Full →

It is reported that the new book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa includes a story that Gen. Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was so worried about the mental stability of President Trump in the final days of his Administration, that he called his counterpart in China, Gen. Li Zuocheng … Continue reading The Transcript →

Irony amuses me. There was an article in our local paper recently that amused me no end.  It seems that a guy named George E. Norcross III has just spent over $4 million dollars for one of the last remaining copies of the Declaration of Independence. He is going to place it in the Independence … Continue reading George and the Declaration →

Every once in a while, we learn about a new discovery about the ancient world. Sometimes bones are found from which scientists are able to discern the way that pre-historic people looked.  Sometimes artifacts are unearthed that illustrate how ancient people lived. There is one aspect of these discoveries that is constant – ancient people were … Continue reading What Next? →

We are about to encounter the twentieth anniversary of 9-11. I use the word, “encounter” for a specific reason.  Many will say, “celebrate” or something like that. Such verbs are completely mistaken. Remembered, yes. Celebrated, no.  First of all, and most obvious, the horrors of that day are certainly no occasion for anything approaching a “celebration.” … Continue reading Twenty Devastating Years Later →