Democrats, protesters rip Trump and America
Democrats loathe Donald J. Trump. They hate him. In the truest sense of the word, they hate him. We all know reasonable rational people with whom we disagree on any number of issues, from baseball to...
View ArticleInternational Court of Justice delivers U.S. good news amid chaos
The year 2020 can be summed up in one word: chaotic.Americans started the year watching the spectacle of an impeachment trial of the sitting president of the United States. Politics motivated both...
View ArticleTrump complains about Fox News
In recent months, President Trump has complained repeatedly about Fox News. He told CBN, “I don’t like what they’re doing at Fox News … They have people on that network that are horrible, vicious.” His...
View ArticleDemocrats at DNC look back not forward
There is a 1971 Bob Seger song "Looking Back" that emphatically talks about "too many people looking back." The same is true today. Principal among those peering in the rear view mirror is the 2020...
View ArticleIs Michelle Obama a racist?
Former first lady Michelle Obama and I have a lot in common. We were both born in 1964. We are both considered tall. We both have siblings that played college basketball. According to a recent edition...
View ArticleNFL's Black national anthem is a slap to MLK Jr.
Professional sports are finally in full swing in this, the year of the pandemic. The NBA is playing in its Disney bubble. Major League Baseball's abbreviated season is hurtling toward an expanded fall...
View ArticleJoe Biden town hall hinky
Four years ago, Hillary Clinton ran for president of the United States. Her nomination as the candidate for the Democratic Party was simply accepted by the media and in turn by many in the public as...
View ArticleSupreme Court-Trump-Democrat controversy solved: Follow the Constitution
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died last week at age 87. She served 27 years on America's highest court and while she was the most dependable vote for the left wing, she also was...
View ArticleDebate shows Joe Biden sows seeds of fear and little else
The first presidential debate of the 2020 election season is in the books. President Trump was at times brash and abrasive, constantly interrupting Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden and continually...
View ArticleJoe Biden's polling paradox
Current U.S. presidential election polls, if they are to be believed, bode very well for former Vice President Joe Biden. An Opinium/Guardian US poll released this week shows Biden leading President...
View Article'Banana Republic of America'
The term "banana republic" describes a politically unstable country. What often comes to mind when one hears the term is a Central American or African country in which the ruling elites run their...
View ArticleBruce Springsteen's new album, 'Letter to You,' offers reflection, hope and...
Music has an amazing capacity to transport us to another time and place, often to our youth. A particular song may help one revisit the feelings she enjoyed at the time of her first kiss or the joy he...
View ArticleMedia malpractice in the modern age
In 1981, Dan Rather of CBS News breathlessly reported the words, "James Brady is dead." James Brady was the press secretary for President Reagan and was collateral damage in the assassination attempt...
View ArticleBiden's message of hope and unity plagued by history of hypocrisy
According to the Associated Press, Fox News and other major news outlets, former Vice President Joe Biden has won the 2020 presidential election and will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United...
View ArticleCOVID-19 pandemic is political pandemic of 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a new directive for American citizens this week. Cancel Thanksgiving! Don't travel. Don't visit friends or relatives. That advice is coming from Henry...
View ArticleHolidays, celebrities and the zombie apocalypse
American holidays are a time of family traditions. Most of us have some sort of routine, a ritual if you will, that we repeat year after year. It might be the menu. My family adopted scallop chowder as...
View ArticleBiden changes COVID-19 goal posts
President Biden was elected in great part for his campaign’s unwavering attention to COVID-19 and his promises to end the pandemic. Candidate Biden was relentless in his attack on President Trump and...
View ArticleTrump-GOP romance: Time for a break up
We’ve all seen it happen. The slow crumbling of a marriage between two people that we care about. It’s painful to watch. Two people who pledged to make a go of it together stumble through a slow...
View ArticleAs Holy Week arrives, President Biden serves as modern-day Pontius Pilate
The Christian community will soon be celebrating what it considers to be the holiest days of the year. Much of the media will focus on the pageantry that is offered during Holy Week by the pope and the...
View ArticleCOVID-19 amid Miami Beach and Daytona Bike Week
This past weekend the news was filled with stories of thousands of spring breakers failing to adhere to a Miami Beach COVID-19 induced 8 p.m. curfew. These maskless college kids were bound and...
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