Questions For the August Town Halls

Reading time – 2:56  .  .  . The House of Representatives remains in session this month. In contrast, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called a recess for the month of August for the Senate. That means that August town halls are solely with senators. Feel free to ask any of these questions of your Republican… [read more]


Judgment

Reading time – 3:31  .  .  . We all know that there are many people who refuse to wear a mask or social distance or wash their hands frequently. Each of them has his/her reasons, including  seeing these safety and health measures as government overreach, they don’t appreciate the danger, they’re angry about the intrusion… [read more]


Biden’s To-Do List – The Short Form

Reading time – 2:52  .  .  . This list of President Joe Biden’s To-Dos starting in the afternoon of January 20, 2021 is offered in no particular order of importance except for the COVID-19 section, which is urgent. Be clear that these items are solely about recovering from Trump destruction. The obvious point here is… [read more]


“How Are You Doing?”

Reading time – 3:24  .  .  . I’m asked that question often, sometimes as a now-standard greeting –  perhaps some of your conversations begin like that, too. My progressively more common answer to friends is that I’m feeling the losses. I haven’t hugged my kids or grand kids in months. We haven’t sat at a… [read more]


Required Reading

Reading time – 5:12  .  .  .  – Updated July 20, 2020 Dave Nelsen is a colleague who penned the essay that follows and, at my request, is allowing me to post it for you. His message isn’t just timely; it’s going to remain urgent for a long time because this pandemic isn’t going away… [read more]


Nagging COVID Questions

Reading time – 3:21  .  .  . On The Hunt It makes good sense not to put all our eggs into one basket in pursuit of a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19. That’s why we have Operation Warp Speed, wherein we are stimulating the development of vaccines along several different avenues to find one… [read more]


A Most Unusual Fourth of July

Reading time – 3:11  .  .  . My post last Wednesday – What’s Most Important – was about the baseline, the sine qua non obligation of any President of the United States: national security. It is the president’s solemn, sworn duty to protect our nation and our people from foreign threats. Yet now we are… [read more]


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