America is 50-50. And neither fifty can understand the other. Are you watching the news? I know it's difficult; I can empathize. I watch it all, multiple networks, multiple online sites, lots of fact-checking, and that is difficult... and somewhat depressing. The latest example? A security breach involving The Atlantic...

"I've stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America" Donald Trump - 2025 As I choose a subject and begin to write a column, my first task is to spew out all my thoughts into a document. Those thoughts are entered as they occur, and often are just a list of thoughts, facts, quotes,...

President Donald Trump declared that free speech is "back" in his speech to Congress last week. Hours earlier, he promised to crack down on "illegal protests" (his term). He also said, "I've stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America," although no one asked a...

President Donald Trump's address to Congress Tuesday night reiterated much of his administration's assertive agenda, which has signaled a significant shift in U.S. domestic and international policy. Noted by multiple news outlets as one of the most politically partisan presidential speeches to the combined houses of Co...

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Never mind. Those words, minus "never mind" are part of a poem, "The New Colossus," written by Emma Lazarus, and are inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, intending to proclaim the accepting spirit...

Donald J. Trump has been in office for 11 days. Really? Only eleven? We are in week two of the second Trump administration. On Tuesday, we will have completed one percent of the four-year term he was elected to serve. Anyone having any second thoughts yet? Trump's inaugural committee received millions of dollars in don...

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A month ago, I wrote a column about the murder of Brian Thompson, the health care CEO who was gunned down in Manhattan in December (). The reaction to Thompson's murder prompted my question, "Is this us now?" This week California is on fire, and we have our answer: YES. More than 12,000 structures have been d...

I am not as intelligent as my smart TV. I do not multi-task as well as my smart phone. And auto companies believe that a computer can drive better than I can. I upgraded to Windows/10 on my work-computer in 2018, after support ended for version 7. I skipped Releases 8 and 9, but Microsoft urged (maybe threatened is a b...

Happy New Year to all readers; thanks for sticking with me this year, a year when I wrote more columns (36) than ever before. I thank all who have read, whether you agreed with my opinions or not, and I appreciate that many have taken the time to share your opinions with me. Since my columns are not on a regular schedu...

Is this what we have now become? Brian Thompson, CEO of the American UnitedHealthcare company since 2021, was gunned down outside the Manhattan Midtown Hilton hotel, on December 4. Thompson was in the city to attend an annual company investors' meeting. His company had been under criticism for rejection of insurance cl...

Last week I said I was rooting for President-elect Donald J. Trump. I still am; but he's already making it difficult. As the president-elect makes his cabinet selections, one could get the feeling that he is less concerned with the qualifications of his nominees, and more interested in bringing absolute loyalty into hi...

I read this yesterday, "America has dwelled on division for far too long. The way forward is together." That's good for a laugh, huh? Who sees Americans as "together" today? Let me get this out of the way - Congratulations to Donald Trump. And to all of his supporters, you surprised much of the coun...

A good friend (call him Jack) expressed strong disagreement with critical opinions I expressed last week regarding the 2024 political scene. I have asked readers to tell me what they think, and they have. I enjoy all feedback, as long as it's civil, and as you might imagine in today's divided America, I've upset a few ...

In a column yesterday, I admitted that I do not understand 2024 politics, and I confessed to being a RINO (Republican in name only), having left Trump well before the 2016 election. I wanted to see when other people left... or when they didn't. PART ONE was yesterday (you can see it here: ). Even with two columns, I ca...

Obviously, the presidential race is tight. Admittedly, I don't understand that, but the older I get, the less I understand. As a Republican (a RINO now), I left Trump during the 2016 campaign. So, I just want to see when some other people said "no mas" or not. So, let's do this. PART TWO will post tomorrow. *...

" The rules were that you guys weren't going to fact-check," JD Vance complained to Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan, moderators of the vice-presidential debate, when they clarified a certain point about his claim of cat-eating immigrants in Springfield, OH. "Nothing was ever scheduled or locked in. ...

Former President Donald Trump said "a tariff is a tax on a foreign country. A lot of people like to say it's a tax on us. No, ...it's a tax that doesn't affect our country." Donald Trump loves tariffs and seems to believe that he can cut taxes for all Americans by just waving the magic tariff wand. Well, who ...

Why are we so divided? Donald Trump's 2024 campaign seems to have devolved into a message of unintelligible babbling combined with a mix of racist lies, all begging the question, do Donald Trump and J.D. Vance want to win this election? Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders jumped into the fray this week at a Michig...

Donald Trump's campaign team promised that their candidate didn't need debate-prep because he'd be like Muhammad Ali. Kamala Harris wouldn't know what direction his rhetorical punches would be coming from. His unpredictability would be devastating to Harris in their debate. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The...