Commentary
As I prepare to depart on a short vacation, I felt the need to comment on a few stories that came to my attention while clearing my desk.
Biden’s Commencement Address
As I listened to President Biden giving his commencement address to graduates of the historically black Howard University, my mind wandered to his polarizing speech on Republican extremism in Philadelphia, standing in front of a blood-red Hitler-like backdrop waving his clenched fists in the air in defiance.… read more
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By now you should be aware that there are two competing conceptions of American governance: the version taught in the classroom and the one that exists in the real world.
The differences were clearly defined in an op-ed recently written by David Bernhardt, former interior secretary, and published in the Wall Street Journal.… read more
Although I prefer to comment on a single subject, from time to time I need to scan my stack of stuff for topics I have saved, thinking they were worthy of future comment.
Unelected Bureaucrats
I feel especially confident in my selection of topics for commentary when a major publication or other media outlet follows with reporting on the same topic. … read more
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Realizing that there have been cyclical changes in our climate over centuries, I continue to be critical of the scare tactics leftists are attaching to drought, floods, wildfires, and natural disasters like tornados and hurricanes.
Of course, they blame our use of fossil fuels and the emissions being the primary cause and the Biden administration is throwing billions of dollars at an effort to go all-electric without considering the consequences.… read more
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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the media as you have probably detected from my recent posts on the media’s complicity with the deep state in helping Joe Biden win in 2020.
In my last post, “From Newsroom Nostalgia to the Truth in Reporting,” I shared with you quotes by columnists from various publications you may not read, because they are primarily from the elite east coast or the Beltway.… read more
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Checking my archives, in the past eight years I have written about the death of journalism 18 times, citing evidence of such mainly in the so-called mainstream media – The New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC.
After reading New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s recent opinion piece, “Requiem for the Newsroom,” I felt it was time to write my 19th commentary on the subject.… read more
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“Who’s Ready for Biden vs. Trump, Round Two?” – The Wall Street Journal
“Look at people’s faces when you say, ‘Looks like it’ll be Biden and Trump.’ These faces tell you everything – the soft wince, the shake of the head, the sigh. Those are the emblems of the 2024 campaign now.”… read more
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There were sayings in my childhood, and probably yours too, that we routinely said, like “Stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me,” and “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire.”
We said Liar, Liar Pants on Fire when someone was caught in a lie.
We saw the movie Pinocchio, in which the character Jiminy Cricket played the role of Pinocchio’s conscience, attempting to guide him in matters of right and wrong.… read more
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Regular readers may recall my criticism of unelected bureaucrats in decision-making regulatory positions, who are responsible for the overreaching in how we live our lives, from free speech to setting miles per gallon requirements.
Several examples of incompetence surfaced recently that I need to call to your attention just on the outside chance that you may not have heard about them.… read more
Commentary
“I always say the three most important issues facing our country and the Congress are our children, our children, our children. This includes their health, their education, the economic security of their family, a clean, safe place for them to thrive ana world at peace I which they can reach their fulfillment.”… read more