2024 Presidential Campaign Report No. 7

Commentary

And the Nominee Is …

With the lingering doubt about President Biden’s memory and fitness for office and former President Trump facing a number of legal challenges, Monmouth University polled 902 voting adults to see where they stand as nominees.

Forty-eight percent think it is very or somewhat likely Biden will be replaced as the Democrat nominee, while 32 percent think it is very or somewhat likely that Trump will be replaced.… read more

2024 Presidential Election Campaign Report No. 5

Commentary

Biden

President Biden’s criticism of Israel’s approach to the war against Hamas, calling military operations in Gaza “over the top,” and saying that the suffering of innocent people has “got to stop,” came after he returned to the lectern while leaving his address to the nation on the special counsel report on his mishandling of classified documents Thursday night.… read more

The Six ‘C’s’ in Climate News: CO2, China, Coal, Czar, Cheating and Charging

Commentary

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

“While CO2 is portrayed now as the cause of damaging extreme weather, our research indicates these extremes are not becoming more intense or frequent; thus CO2 cannot be the cause of something not occurring.” – John Cristy, Climatologist and Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Alabama

Yet, President Biden and his friends at the World Economic Forum want us to spend trillions more in taxpayer dollars on what they refer to as “climate friendly initiatives,” wind and solar, and has called for a full transition to electric vehicles.… read more

2024 Presidential Campaign Report

Commentary

I often hear from my subscribers, ‘Man, how many publications do you read?’ The answer is “a lot,” a number of them by subscription and others by occasional internet drop in.  Then there’s what I hear on TV news programs.

Notes from Iowa

While many of you were watching football, I was watching Donald Trump give his victory speech in which he was quite restrained, thanking a number of people before talking about how he, with our help, would take back our country and make it great again.… read more

2024 Presidential Campaign Getting Interesting

Commentary

With the 2024 presidential race beginning to show signs of life beyond those early sound bites when candidates sought to get ink, air time, and frankly to become known, I thought I would jump in with my commentary.

Christie No Match

Wednesday night, the pompous Republican candidate Chris Christie, failed in his ego match play effort with former President Trump, and withdrew from the race pledging, “in no way do I enable Donald Trump to ever be president of the United States again.” … read more

Biden Sees Signs of Minorities Turning on Him

Commentary

NOTE: Before I offer my commentary on matters political, I want to thank you for your indulgence in my recent blogs on the University of Michigan football team.  It was a great year for the maize and blue, beating Ohio State again, defeating Iowa  in the Big Ten Championship game, the semi-playoff victory over Alabama, and Monday’s defeat of the Washington Huskies to become the National Champions of college football.read more

Michigan Defeats Washington: Too Much to Hope For?

Commentary

On New Year’s Day, I wrote about the challenge the Michigan Wolverines would face in the semi-playoff game with the Alabama Crimson Tide.  It was a tight game as I imagined it would be, but the Maize and Blue came through victorious.

Since that game, I have had considerable difficulty in thinking about the political scene, the subject matter this blog should be addressing. … read more