Commentary

Biden

President Biden’s criticism of Israel’s approach to the war against Hamas, calling military operations in Gaza “over the top,” and saying that the suffering of innocent people has “got to stop,” came after he returned to the lectern while leaving his address to the nation on the special counsel report on his mishandling of classified documents Thursday night.… read more

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When I read that E. Jean Carroll, during court testimony, state that Donald Trump had “shattered her reputation,” claiming that he had defamed her during his presidency, by publicly impugning her honesty, her motive, and her sanity after she published a story accusing him of sexual abuse, I too, questioned her motive.… read more

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Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

“While CO2 is portrayed now as the cause of damaging extreme weather, our research indicates these extremes are not becoming more intense or frequent; thus CO2 cannot be the cause of something not occurring.” – John Cristy, Climatologist and Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Alabama

Yet, President Biden and his friends at the World Economic Forum want us to spend trillions more in taxpayer dollars on what they refer to as “climate friendly initiatives,” wind and solar, and has called for a full transition to electric vehicles.… read more

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I often hear from my subscribers, ‘Man, how many publications do you read?’ The answer is “a lot,” a number of them by subscription and others by occasional internet drop in.  Then there’s what I hear on TV news programs.

Notes from Iowa

While many of you were watching football, I was watching Donald Trump give his victory speech in which he was quite restrained, thanking a number of people before talking about how he, with our help, would take back our country and make it great again.… read more

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With the 2024 presidential race beginning to show signs of life beyond those early sound bites when candidates sought to get ink, air time, and frankly to become known, I thought I would jump in with my commentary.

Christie No Match

Wednesday night, the pompous Republican candidate Chris Christie, failed in his ego match play effort with former President Trump, and withdrew from the race pledging, “in no way do I enable Donald Trump to ever be president of the United States again.” … read more

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NOTE: Before I offer my commentary on matters political, I want to thank you for your indulgence in my recent blogs on the University of Michigan football team.  It was a great year for the maize and blue, beating Ohio State again, defeating Iowa  in the Big Ten Championship game, the semi-playoff victory over Alabama, and Monday’s defeat of the Washington Huskies to become the National Champions of college football.… read more

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On New Year’s Day, I wrote about the challenge the Michigan Wolverines would face in the semi-playoff game with the Alabama Crimson Tide.  It was a tight game as I imagined it would be, but the Maize and Blue came through victorious.

Since that game, I have had considerable difficulty in thinking about the political scene, the subject matter this blog should be addressing. … read more

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If President Biden can give his remarks on the anniversary of the January 6 riot at the Nation’s Capitol a day early, I can publish my commentary a day after.

I was listening to the president speak while I was working on a piece covering another topic I’ll publish later. … read more

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While contemplating this New Year’s message, I wanted it to be an upbeat one, an optimistic outlook, rather than another boring review of the past year as much of the media has been doing.

I even decided that there would be no January 1 Fool’s Day nominee. 

Commentary

Ah, yes … it’s Christmas … few of us know that Christmas was declared a federal holiday on June 26, 1870 … we decorate Christmas trees, real and faux, and are told that each year 25 to 30 million real Christmas trees are sold in the United States alone … we hang a wreath on the door and select that perfect Poinsettia plant to impress visitors … some of us hang stockings by the fire … we catch ourselves humming a carol … and we drop a buck or two in the Salvation Army bucket as we frantically shop for gifts … special thanks to Amazon …

… We send greeting cards to family and friends – our only contact with some of them all year include photos to remind them what we look like … we hope for snow in some parts of the country … we are reminded of the 12 days of Christmas – those my true love gave to me … twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree …

… There’s Santa Claus, of course, and his reindeer – Blitzen, Comet, Dasher, Prancer, Vixen, Donner, Dancer, and the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph, all memorialized in song by Gene Autry … and what’s Christmas without Bing Crosby singing White Christmas?… read more