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I remember voting for Jimmy Carter; it was my first election upon reaching voting age. Although my household of origin held values mostly aligned with the Republican party or our perceptions of what we thought the party should be, Jimmy Carter seemed to offer something a bit more refreshing at the time. My mom was […]

Getting straight to 2025, we’re at the threshold of a historical turn in the nation. For years, I’ve foreseen and lamented that political governance had devolved into a swinging pendulum between far-left activism and conservative reaction often tinged with stupidity, or at least naivety, election cycle after election cycle. That form is about to be […]

For those that are new or nearly new to Northeast Reader, I produce a recap of highlighted articles at the end of each year. It includes the link, a brief explanatory text, and often, the news context wherein the piece was written. I might add a couple new supporting ideas or maybe a note about […]

By the title you may be expecting something out of A Christmas Carol, but nay, it is Christmas itself appearing as a ghost on this hallowed night. Christmas as we know it has always been a changeable holiday, and by ‘always’ I mean just a few lifetimes because before then, it would have been almost […]

In my article, ‘Lessons Not Learned – The Influences of a Contrite Democrat Party’, I made a list of some of the core shadow interests that cause the Democrat Party to go whatever direction they go. Without highlighting it, I included one for which you could say, “one of these is not like the others.” […]

There are a lot of ways to slice the post-mortem on the Democrat defeat on Nov 5, and my news feed is filled with those opinions. Some Democrats are asking: Why didn’t we win? How could we have won? How might we win the next time? What do we learn from this loss? While there […]