‘Schumer Shutdown’ … Durbin planned shutdown … GOP and DACA fix … GOP women leader shunned by women’s march … media kudos for Trump accomplishments … Dem states pay more for energy … Keystone XL pipeline progress … and global warming won’t be as grave as earlier predicted

Here are my observations on the news of the day. Continue reading

Tax cut demagoguery begins … First Lady insulted … an NFL update … Brokaw sees crisis … punishing climate change deniers … Swamp-dweller Price resigns … and Justice Thomas finally honored

Here are my observations on items in the news.

WITH TAX CUT DETAILS STILL TO COME, Democrats and other naysayers are already spouting how it will help the wealthy and ignores the middle class. Here’s a sentence from Binyamin Applebaum’s New York Times story on how President Trump’s tax cut plan helps the rich: “The plan would not benefit lower-income households that do not pay federal income taxes.”read more