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Be careful who you quote. It might come back and haunt you

Now that Ron DeSantis has failed miserably at trying to out-Trump Trump, heĢƵ back in Florida, where he can continue to do battle with Mickey Mouse. HeĢƵ still punching above his weight class. That won’t keep him in the headlines the way it did when he had his eye on the White House. ...

Rabid versus patriotic partisanship

Talking with a friend recently about the 1940 presidential campaign - the same campaign I wrote about two weeks ago in this space - the campaign that pitted the incumbent president, Democrat Franklin Roosevelt, against the Republican challenger, Wendell Willkie - it occurred to me that I had ...

The Republican presidential campaign is in full swing or low swing?

After Vivek Ramaswamy ended his run for the presidency last week, I felt a twinge of regret. For me, it had been a source of amusement watching how his popularity plummeted in inverse proportion to the amount of exposure he got. The more people saw him, the less people seemed to like ...

Explaining Trump’s GOP, sort of

If somehow we regain our equilibrium, whenever that may be, people will be asking, and historians will be exploring the question, "What was up with those folks?" What indeed! An Iowan named Patricia, eager to cast a vote for Donald Trump in that state's recent presidential caucus, told a New ...

Look back at some unforgettable characters – again!

ItĢƵ the New Year. I’m pretty sure you already knew that. Well, I think of all the years leading up to 2024 as “Old Years.” I’ve had my share of “Old Years.” Why, you ask? Because I’m old. And stop asking me questions! There are times when I like to look at some of the ...

Decisive U.S. elections? Try this one

The upcoming election for president has already been called "the most important" election of this century, and perhaps, the most important of all time. There are rivals, of course. The election of 1860 brought Lincoln to power and tripped off the Civil War while the election of 1864 helped to ...