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Election 2024 Could Stir Up Another Witch’s Brew

Eight years ago, Hillary R. Clinton seemed certain to derail Donald J. Trump’s barely begun political career. Instead, a witch’s brew of misogyny, mistakes and the Electoral College gave us our second minority-vote President of the early 21st century. Eight years later, here we are in the ...

A Land of Many Colors

There is one thing that I really don’t like about fall…it is an announcement that winter is coming. However, the one thing that I do look forward to are the colors of fall foliage. Right across from my office window is a “burning bush” bush. As I write this, it is bright red. I ...

Presidential Election Is Trump’s To Win

Let’s pick up where we left off last week. Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris made a closing argument for the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by answering a single question: Q: “Would you have done something differently than President Biden during the ...

A Mini Reunion

Yesterday I journeyed over to Dunkirk to attend a mini class reunion. I say it was a mini reunion because this group meets for lunch once a month. I had never been invited to attend before I guess because I live more than a few miles away. It was well worth my effort. There were four people ...

The Fools Gold Of Proposal 1

“Have you stopped beating your wife?” is known as a trap question. If you buy into the biased assumption, you’re easily fooled. The fool’s trap of protection in Proposal 1 is similar. “Aren’t you for protections?” intends to box you in a corner, trying to make you look like a ...

Some Facts Don’t Matter To Trump Voters

I’ve written many times about what is wrong with Trump that he should not become president. Frankly, people who will vote for him are either misinformed or don’t care about the facts about him. The most important facts are that he is a felon, 34 times, due to his “business” practices ...