Once again, in a special election to the House of Representatives, the Democrats came up short. As of this writing, five times Republicans managed to hold off strong efforts by…
Month: June 2017
During what has been called the “golden age of American animation”, Warner Bros. produced cartoons under the name Looney Tunes. Many of us grew up in our pre-teen years enjoying…
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Democracy means that the majority rules in any such system. In practice, when three vote, two becomes the number that decides the issue. Fortunately for us, the founding fathers were…
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It has long been accepted that words matter. We know that speeches by those who want their hearers to act have an effect on those who hear. A brief look…
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In the past year, the Democrats have taken America down the Yellow Brick Road to the land of Oz where resides the Wizard, otherwise known as “The Great Russian Collusion…
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The reasons that every American should be happy not to have a Democratic president in the White House are legion, but let me mentions just a few of them: Democrats…
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(Ed. note: On 30 September 2017 President Donald Trump threw up his hands and said “I quit!”. And meant it. Before the sun set over the Washington Monument, Mike Pence…
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“History is so boring!” “I hate history!” Since I taught history for forty years in Junior High School, High School and for a community college, those words came from students…
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Why are we losing the battle against terrorism? Because, as a column by Bill Murchison posits, terrorists out-believe us. Even the most hideous terrorist attack on American soil, the attacks…
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Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California has become the most strident voice in Congress calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Even before Trump was inaugurated, she proclaimed she…
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