Mourning the Passing of Sen. Jon Kyl
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This past week, we mourned the passing of Arizona’s Sen. Jon Kyl, at age 77.
Prior to my retirement as vice president of communications and public affairs with Honeywell, I had the pleasure of knowing the Senator in my government relations role with Honeywell and earlier with Sperry Flight Systems.… read more
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I believe I’ve made my position on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clear in a dozen or so blog reports, including her weak foreign policy knowledge demonstrated at the Munich Security Conference in February to her endorsement of Angie Nixon, the Democrat Socialist running for Senate in Florida.
But after scanning several opinion pieces on her that wound up in my stack of stuff, I thought it was time to revisit AOC with the views of others.… read more
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While some Americans are whining about the price of gas at the pump and higher costs at the supermarket, they’re forgetting that wages have risen faster than inflation with lower-income earners seeing the best gains, though modestly ahead of inflation.
From July 2025 to July 2026, wages grew 3.5% vs.… read more
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I’m back on one of my favorite topics again – accountability. This time it centers on fraud in the state of Minnesota, where those in leadership are all in denial.
However, if you haven’t heard, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a report, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: How Tim Walz ad Keith Ellison Fueled Minnesota’s Fraud Explosion,
They found that senior officials in Minnesota state government, including Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison, were aware of widespread fraud in federally funded social services programs for years, possessed the legal and procedural authority to stop payments and ban fraudulent providers from participating in these programs, but repeatedly failed to act.… read more
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Regular readers will recognize that I am again devoting space to the subject of accountability. In the past four years, I have written eight pieces on the subject, naming individuals, like Hillary Clinton, James Comey and John Brennan, all guilty of an illegal act, but known for avoiding punishment, so far.… read more
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Remember the game, Simon Says? Well, pardon the pun, but I just couldn’t resist a play on Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s name to make my point. It’s about what El-Sayed has “said” recently. Remarks that can’t help his chances to beat Republican Mike Rogers in his bid for the Senate in Michigan this fall.… read more
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“Feeling their oats,” a phrase used to describe individuals showing confidence, boldness and even arrogance, has been evident among those promoting Democratic socialism, but of late several Democrat strategists have come out in opposition to that ideology.
You may recall my noting the change in the opinion of two Democrat strategists – straight-shooters Julian Epstein and Doug Shoen – in my October 12, 2025, blog, “Listening: Fortunately, the radical left is deaf,” in which they oppose the party’s move to the far-left.… read more
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The misplaced fascination with socialism and the return of the “big tent” philosophy is red meat for conservative commentators, yet I’m being told to take it seriously. Yes, I’ve seen the polls reflecting that 34 percent of Democrats identify as “democratic socialists,” possibly imagining this is their answer to stopping President Trump and he MAGA movement, but it’s not going anywhere.… read more
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From time to time, I am struck by the views of fellow blogger Francis Menton, who writes commentaries under the title, Manhattan Contrarian.
You may recall my July 23, 2026, blog in which I commented on the Democratic Socialists 2026-2027 program, poking fun of it like reading a Dick and Jane elementary level book.… read more
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I don’t often agree with the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal when they publish an opinion piece in opposition to President Trump, but their position against his pressing Republicans to kill the filibuster rule is right.
The president wants them to nuke the rule to pass the SAVE Ameriica Act, a Republican-backed bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 with its primary goal of ensuring that only U.S.… read more