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Why Kamala Harris Should Not be the Democratic Party’s Nominee in 2024
In the wake of President Biden’s debate performance and sagging poll numbers, there is growing concern that the party must make a change. Some...
Borders
From the time I first got involved in politics as a young man, my Republican friends always wanted me to play a game that...
Leaving Afghanistan
Brits Annihilated
On January 13, 1842, a lone rider approached the British garrison outside Jalalabad. As he grew nearer it became apparent that...
INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITOL
by Bruce Meredith
editors note: Speaker Tom Foley used to tell incoming freshmen members of the House, "If you look up at that lighted dome...
Dealing with an Emotionally Disabled President
More than a hundred years ago, Sigmund Freud first described a personality trait he called narcissism. Freud said it was a dominant trait of...
Remembering on Memorial Day
Memorial Day: Remembering My Father as a Soldier
Just a year ago, my sister and I and our spouses were able to retrace the steps...
Unequal Growth
Even before the Corona Pandemic, the Trump Administration promise of restoring the industrial heart land had fallen flat. He did not “turn it around...
Poor Choices for the Taxpayer
Nearly a month after the Corona virus was first identified and two weeks after the first case was discovered in the United States, President...
Congress Must Fill the Void
As anyone who has watched the Trump Administration in action
over the past three years might have predicted, the...
You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille
More than 40 years ago, Kenny Rogers’ released a hit single with
the chorus line, “You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me...
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Should the Federal Government Strengthen Efforts to Fight Profiteering?
A few months ago I came across an annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange...
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Will Congress Push Public Debt to 97 Percent of GDP?
The Congressional Budget Office has released an analysis of the new House Republican tax plan which indicates that the deficit will increase by $1.7...
