Our nation's capital has offered lots of surprises in the last 18 months. It might be fun to predict what else we might see before year-end. I admit that I haven't anticipated much of the chaos and frenzy that's happened, but hey, let's take a shot. So, here are my predictions for the remainder of 2026. Have at it and ...

Real people experience anxiety, humiliation, financial hardship, and fear. Political headlines often reduce them to names, but behind every indictment, insult, or public accusation is someone with a family, a reputation, and a life. Lately, we seem to forget that. Or perhaps we've simply stopped caring. It is sad that ...

My mom and dad never had a lot of money. Neither of them had the advantage of a college education, and they both worked hard in their blue-collar jobs. We never went hungry, but we didn't have a lot of luxuries. They bought a small home, paid it off, and lived there until they couldn't live without assistance. But they...

For years we've been assured that racism is no longer an American problem. Sure, slavery was bad, unless you read the modified Smithsonian history, but we're good now. Systemic racism? Liberal fake news. White privilege? America has evolved. In fact, according to MAGA media, Whites might be eligible for reparations for...

Democrats are looking to flip the U.S. Senate in November. One tantalizing target is in Maine, where current Senator Susan Collins has supported Trump policies at well over 90 percent in his second term, but has had the temerity to oppose Trump on a couple of pet projects. So, understandably Trump does not like her. De...

Joe Biden's border policy was a disaster. We all knew it and many of us were critical of the past president's position on immigration. Yes, both sides make mistakes. But Biden's failures continue. There is a dangerous, flesh-eating parasite invading our country, causing chaos, costing consumers, and impacting American ...

Bill Clinton was an orator. Ronald Reagan was a communicator. Thomas Jefferson was a communications savant. And now we have Donald Trump. Have you listened to his rhetoric? The guy who hates late night comedy more than vegetables, keeps giving comedians their best material for free. Kimmel's writers could not improve o...

The Midterms are coming, we'll have to decide, Do we stick with the Trump team, and stay on this ride? Is the cult so intact, is the Kool Aid so sweet That we all just go along with each deranged tweet? Or will voters consider that there's news beyond Fox? Perhaps the time's come to think outside the box. To look at ev...

My grandson said last month, "I'm used to it," when his mother (my daughter) asked him about some less-than-professional language used by friends at his school. A few years ago, a neighbor wanted to discuss an issue that had upset him, and we agreed to talk. After dropping two f-bombs in his first sentence, I...

History may describe it as "legislative ingenuity," or it may be recorded as "partisan insanity." If future history books are like today's news networks, you may be able choose either version by simply shopping for the history book that fits your bias. The current judicial system will probably decid...

I asked for your input, and you delivered. In a March 20 column I asked you, the people who take the time to read these opinions, if you have had any relationships impacted by current political issues... "Tell me what caused the changes, and the current status, or your plans going forward. If there has been no imp...

This should be the announcement from Democrats: "We are ending NO KINGS rallies. Future protests will now be called NO KING OF KINGS rallies." In a future Saturday Night Live skit that writes itself, President Trump has accused Pope Leo of being "soft on crime" and "terrible for foreign policy....

"We're a big country," Donald Trump said. "We have 50 states. We have all these other people. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things." I have a similar problem - with all of the chaos and turmoil our country is currently going thro...

I have always enjoyed writing a column to be published on April Fools' Day. It provides a rare opportunity to manufacture "fake news" with a tongue-in-cheek attitude, secure in the knowledge that readers won't take my opinions literally. I usually start crafting that column in mid-March so I can add events an...

Robert Mueller died March 21. Donald Trump found out and felt compelled to provide a social media comment - "I'm glad he's dead." My mom always told me, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything." Trump's advisors really should advise. Someone needs to tell him that he need not weigh in o...

This will be short. I have a request and I am looking for input for a future column. First, some background: In my writing, I have witnessed the current state of political parties in America, how partisanship seems ever-growing, and its effect on personal and business relationships. Families and friendships often seem ...

In a large egg-shaped office all gilded in gold, Lives an angry orange creature, narcissistic and old. His hair is all swirled, windswept on his head, With long ties, swollen cankles, and hands black and red. He kept looking at maps, found a land that was Green, An icy blob with few people, in a place he'd not seen.......

First, before I get to today's topic, there were two State of the Union moments from Tuesday that I want to quickly discuss. The first came when President Trump asked everyone to stand if they thought it was more important to protect U.S. citizens than illegal aliens. Democrats should have gotten on their feet, even th...

There are moments in American life when partisanship should pause, when ideology should step aside, when stupidity needs to be called out, and when wrong is just wrong. Come on MAGA; I know you think I have Trump Derangement Syndrome, that I'm a left-wing nut, and that I don't balance my criticism, my rants. My family ...

Polar bears have long been one of our most recognizable symbols implemented by climate change activists to motivate humans to take action to mitigate the effects of that phenomenon. A solitary, lonely bear, perched on a small shrinking chunk of ice, while searching for seals, became our mascot for human guilt. We can e...