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Let the delusions begin

Are Republicans living in a dream world?I hope not.But thereĢƵ growing evidence “The Big Lie” is sprouting wings.According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, 53% of Republicans still believe Donald Trump is their true president.HE’S NOT!That same poll reveals that 56% of Republicans still ...

Here’s one way Joe can be like FDR

In the fall of the first year of the Roosevelt administration, the emphasis was on speed – speed in putting men and women to work and in getting back to some semblance of normality, after three horrible years – years of mounting unemployment and public and personal dislocations.The Great ...

A windfall that could change government

This is not Dick NixonĢƵ New Federalism. This is New Federalism on steroids.In 1972, the Nixon administration began distributing federal dollars under the rubric of the New Federalism directly to state and local governments. The program was terminated in 1986, during the Reagan years.In ...

Liz Cheney’s stand and what it means

Liz Cheney, representative from Wyoming, spoke last week on the floor of the House of Representatives, hours before she was booted from her leadership position by House Republicans.Her words speak for themselves.“... Tonight I rise to discuss freedom and our constitutional duty to protect it. ...

My lucky life

I’m living a charmed life.I hadn’t planned on it.ItĢƵ just happened this way.I’d been a shy, undistinguished, below-average high school student – with dreams of becoming outgoing, distinguished, and smart.I found some refuge in broadcasting.Especially since I managed to encounter ...

I think I’ll become a politician

There are a lot of things I’d like to become when I grow up.(Granted, I’m already 72, so I’d better hurry.)I think I just might become a Republican.There! I just said it.The only thing I’d have to avoid is telling the truth.ThatĢƵ gotten a few highly recognizable Republicans in big ...