Commentary
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
Commentary
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
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“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
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By now you have more than likely heard about the latest EV fire, the Ford F-150 Lightning battery fire that stalled production for five weeks, but the news of the wind turbine fire in rural western New York received little notice in the media.
Why am I writing about these fires in this piece on news supposedly from the political scene? … read more
No, I’m not Ernie Pyle, reporting from the front in a fox hole. From the comfort of my den, the front I want to report and comment on has yet to reach fever pitch. I’m referring to the political front, the battle to see who the candidates for president will be in 2024.… read more
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In my February 18, 2023 blog piece, “Meet Michael Morell, A Deep Stater with a Mission,” I wrote: “Chances are good that you’ve never heard of Michael J. Morell, so allow me to introduce you, because you’ll soon be seeing him mentioned frequently in the news, and you need to know why.”… read more
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Amid the left’s demagoguing of conservative blacks in the Republican Party, South Carolina’s black Republican Sen. Tim Scott, 57, hasn’t officially entered the 2024 presidential race, but he is exploring the possibility.
I have followed Scott’s career about as long as his decade in the U.S.… read more
Commentary
Regular readers know that I prefer to comment on single topics, but my stack of stuff at the corner of my desk silently beckoned my attention with its height.
Why They Want to Get Trump
Last month, former President Trump unveiled his plan to dismantle the Washington Swamp if elected by cleaning out the deep state, firing rogue bureaucrats and career politicians, while targeting corruption and weaponization.… read more
Commentary
“The auto companies might deserve sympathy if their executives hadn’t become political supplicants. In addition to lobbying for subsidies, they intervened to defend the administration’s recent emission standards against a legal challenge by GOP state attorney’s general.
“They sold themselves out to the government for subsidies, and now they are pleading for more subsidies to meet its mandates.”… read more
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With electric vehicles representing just 5.8 percent of the 13.8 million cars and trucks sold in the U.S. last year, President Biden and the unelected bureaucrats at the Environmental Protection Agency have realized they need to apply more pressure on you to go electric if they’re going to meet their transition goal.… read more