Commentary
If you were putting together a series of speakers with luminaries of our time who would provide inspiration, intellectual stimulation, and insight, would Dr. Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney, Stacey Abrams, and Judy Woodruff be on your list? Certainly not mine.
In a full-page advertisement for the Arizona Speaker Series that appeared in a recent edition of the Arizona Republic, those individuals headed the list of guest speakers in the Series’ October-April schedule. … read more
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President Biden is full of it, and I think you know what I mean.
From his claim of “13 million new jobs since I was elected – more than any president has ever created in their first two years” – to “the pay for low wage workers has grown at the fastest pace in two decades” to his claim that it’s because “our plan is working; it’s Bidenomics in action.”… read more
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As I was drafting my commentary on the Supreme Court’s decisions on affirmative action and student loan forgiveness for my Fourth of July edition, I needed to keep it brief because I had so many topics I wanted to touch on – topics that took the joy out of celebrating America’s birthday.… read more
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I used to view the Fourth of July as the day we celebrate our patriotism, the day we recognize our independence as a nation, but things have changed.
Oh, there will be fireworks where it is permitted, lots of flags, and perhaps a small parade here and there, and mattress firms and car dealers will be advertising their blockbuster sales, but today, patriotism holds less importance to too many Americans.… read more
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I recently criticized former President Obama on the occasion of his latest emergence to lecture us … again. That’s why an e-mail from the Mike Pence campaign caught my eye.
“During Obama’s failed presidency,” the e-mail states, “minority and middle-class wealth PLUMMETED. The average income of the bottom 99% dropped while the top 1% became richer than ever before. … read more
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After perusing the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s Annual Report to Congress on The Nation’s Fiscal Health after it was released last month, it lay in my stack of stuff as I contemplated using the data in my blog. I’m always concerned about getting into the weeds with boring statistics.
Listening to President Biden’s remarks in Chicago Wednesday, I decided it was time to share with you a summary of the GAO’s findings. … read more
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During my eight years in the Air Force, I learned about the importance of the wing-man, a pilot flying in formation who provides protection for the primary aircraft.
It was in 2013 that then Attorney General Eric Holder blew the cover of the role of attorney general being an independent arbiter as the top law enforcement official, when he boasted, “I’m the president’s wing-man, so I’m there with my boy,” speaking of then President Obama. … read more
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As Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke of the criticism of the Justice Department on Friday as an “attack on democracy,” following reports that his agency had ignored the IRS recommendation to charge Hunter Biden with felony crimes, I was reminded of how America dodged a bullet in 2016, when a dogged Sen.… read more
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Few people give me more pleasure to criticize than former President Obama. It began before I established this blog in 2014, when I was freelancing in the newspapers of the Texas hill country and San Antonio.
Digging into my archives, I found one of my favorite jabs at Obama.… read more
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If you watched Bret Baier’s two-part interview with former President Trump, you saw something you couldn’t see if Baier was questioning President Biden. For an hour, Trump answered the questions head on. Biden has refused Baier’s requests to interview him.
As I look at the line-up of 2024 Republican presidential candidates, committed and uncommitted, I simply don’t see one individual with the breadth of knowledge, domestic and foreign, ready to lead our party, let alone win. … read more