Correction In my June 7 post I made a claim about Antifa that promoted discussion. I wrote, There is no “woke.” . That’s just a label used inflame the base, much like they use the label “Antifa.” The panderers like to call out Antifa as though it is an invading army, a threat to our… [read more]
Preface In the first two parts of this series I did my best to make the case that Republicans cause us to suffer from their two fatal flaws: obstructionism to anything rational; and a complete absence of any policy that would serve We The People or our country. You could throw in hypocrisy and dishonesty,… [read more]
Unavoidable Observation Kyle Rittenhouse is on trial for killing two people and seriously wounding another using his illegal AR-15 assault rifle. He brought his illegal assault weapon to a BLM protest in the summer of 2020 in Kenosha, WI. His mother drove him there. With his AR-15. His mother! * He has claimed he went… [read more]
This is just simple math. . STATE POPULATION (millions) Wyoming 0.58 Vermont 0.62 Alaska 0.73 North Dakota 0.76 South Dakota 0.88 Delaware 0.97 Rhode Island 1.1 Montana 1.1 TOTAL 6.73 Those eight states have 16 senators representing them. Indiana has as many people… [read more]
Post 1,037 A little longer today because there is so much going on . . . Winning Elections A piece in The Economist in December accidentally provided yet another reminder of what wins elections. We used to believe that honesty and moral character were our guides, but we’ve been disabused of that fanciful notion for… [read more]
Post 1,022 ___________________________________ The Season of Giving The jury’s unanimous verdict against Rudy Giuliani and in support of Georgia election workers Shaye Moss and her mom, Ruby Freeman, was unmistakably clear. In this season of giving, the jury gave Rudy Giuliani the most appropriate gift of all. Giuliani, the strutting, racist, hair color drizzling lieutenant… [read more]
Q. What do you call couples who practice the rhythm method of birth control? A. Parents Q. What do you call teenagers who are taught abstinence as the only acceptable form of birth control? A. Parents Amazingly, according to some bible thumpers, some Republicans and a former Republican Party platform, only abstinence is to be… [read more]
9/11 happened. It wasn’t a few paragraphs in a history book or a script for a bombastic political speech. It was exactly what it was, a terrorist attack on our nation twenty-two years ago tomorrow. I learned long ago that what we see on TV of disasters like floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and fires doesn’t and… [read more]
The Economy For those dedicated to wringing hands over the economy, here’s the beginning of Prof. Heather Cox Richardson’s post of July 25: President Biden’s determination to “build the economy from the middle out and the bottom up,” appears to be paying off. Last Friday the global financial services company Morgan Stanley credited Biden’s policies… [read more]
I recall the Mayor Richard J. Daley days, when signs about any Chicago project that was brag-able were placed before the eyes of the public. He never missed an opportunity for PR. Somewhat more recently than that was the advent of payment of toll road tolls by the electronic gizmos that allow drivers to zip… [read more]
