Since words are sparse lately, I’ll get right to a few points. I’m inclined to think that the end draweth nigh for the Donald. The focus of the impeachment inquiry, drumming up campaign from Ukraine help, is not why. While there seems to be enough revelation now to say that it happened, that it is illegal, […]
Update, Statement
Well of course I’m not contributing much to this blog right now. But since I’ve spoken at length regarding Trump and his prospects, some positive, some negative, and given that he’s now being hotly pursued for impeachment, here is a perspective for all of the one or two people that might be interested in my […]
Opinion 7/24/19
Trump will be re-elected if the economy holds out. Someone suggested that the only campaigning Trump needs to do is broadcast what the Democrat candidates are saying. True. For generations, it was ‘about the economy stupid’ and then we went through a spell where that wasn’t quite the case. Certainly, it wasn’t during the Obama […]
What is America Anyway?
Trump stepped in it again with comments to the gang of four, or the ‘Squad’ – go back to your [country of origin]. Admittedly, impolitic, but I’m afraid, not entirely baseless. Some essayist, more in depth and eloquent than I, have made a distinction between those that want to transform the methodology by which the […]
The Assault Intensifies
The week of July 4, 2019, we American’s further polarize. Consider the following not as analytical, but more as a stream of consciousness instead. We could poll ourselves to death and we could come up wrong anyway. So this week, Nike bailed on America at the prompting of an unemployed athlete who is an expert […]
Category Announcement: New Ideas for Candidates
This post is an announcement of a new category of writings. We’ve started a presidential election cycle. Within that context, I’ve made it a habit to comment on specific candidates based mostly on their policy positions, but also on their history, opposition to their campaigns, or what they signal about their own character. In a […]