Regular readers of this blog will recall my frequent criticism of businesses that get in bed with big government. We’ve seen it with automobile manufacturers and café standards. We saw pharmaceuticals and various health entities support ObamaCare. And we’ve witnessed energy firms jump on the climate change train. Continue reading
2016 Elections
New York values Trump style
This morning, Donald Trump gave us an example of the New York elite attitude when he effectively said the voters gathering in Wyoming this weekend didn’t matter to him saying, “I don’t want to waste millions of dollars going out to Wyoming.” Continue reading
Did Trump enter race as a lark?
The more I see and hear Donald Trump the wearier I am of him. Continue reading
The liberal media stirs the pot, again
In mid-January, I wrote to a friend, telling him about hearing House Speaker Paul Ryan talk about designing a GOP campaign vision for House and Senate candidates to campaign on in 2016. Continue reading
Once appealing, Trump becomes appalling
As a news wonk with journalism training, I am often struck by the words selected by headline writers. As I read the headline on Michael Gerson’s column in the paper to my editor, she said, “appealing – it should read appalling, not appealing.” Continue reading
On second thought
In my March 29, 2016 post, Court nominee not a ‘centrist,’ I wrote that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) had agreed to meet with President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland.
Yesterday, she changed her mind and will support Sen. Charles Grassley’s (R-IA) decision not to hold hearings. Could it be that she saw her reelection slip away as angry voters oppose weak-kneed Republicans?… read more
Trump not ready for prime time
If you are wondering how Donald Trump would do in a debate with Hillary Clinton, you needn’t look beyond his performance on CNN’s March 29, town hall in Wisconsin. Continue reading
Embarrassment – Kerry should know all about it
Just when I think I’ve heard it all, I read that Secretary of State John Kerry told CBS’s Face the Nation that the chaos of the 2016 U.S. presidential election “is an embarrassment to our country” as he reflected on the anti-Muslim sentiments of the candidates and the growing concerns of world leaders. Continue reading
Court nominee not a ‘centrist’
Have you noticed how the so-called mainstream media are depicting President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, as a centrist while pressing the Senate to give him a hearing? Continue reading
When it comes to facing, defeating terrorism, Obama and Clinton just don’t get it
After scenes from the terrorist bombings in Brussels disappeared briefly from our television screens, we saw clips of President Obama sitting with Raul Castro at a baseball game in Cuba and dancing the tango in Argentina. Even after seven years, I can’t understand how he can be so indifferent and callous with the loss of life to terrorism; not to mention his refusal to call out Muslim radicals. Continue reading