“It was here, in Springfield, where North, South, East and West come together that I was reminded of the essential decency of the American people -- where I came to believe that through this decency, we can build a more hopeful America."Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama, Febr. 10, 2007Farewell ...
It wasn’t supposed to be like this.Republicans planned a big old fashioned shindig. The champagne may have been on ice. The party hats could’ve been about to be unboxed.Republican members of the U.S. House were ready to party hearty. Except for one thing.On the eve of the 115th Congress, ...
“The world was gloomy before I won - there was no hope. Now the market is up nearly 10 percent and Christmas spending is over a trillion dollars!”Donald Trump on Twitter December 26th, at 6:32 PMDonald Trump was in fine form the day after Christmas when he made his pronouncement that his ...
ThereĢƵ a rather interesting internet picture I’ve seen that piqued my interest.“Irony: People Waving Confederate Flags, Telling Others, ‘You Lost. Get Over it,’” the caption says.That says a lot, doesn’t it?Not that many of the Republicans who voted for Donald Trump delight in ...
My wife and I recently saw the (somewhat) acclaimed movie “Arrival.”In it, we witnessed 12 giant cucumber-shaped pods hovering above the earth with their shadowy inhabitants making efforts to communicate with we curious earthlings.I bought the premise. My wife, though, didn’t.The ...
“If the press would cover me accurately & honorably, I would have far less reason to ‘tweet.’ Sadly, I don't know if that will ever happen!”A Tweet by President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 5.ItĢƵ sort of an unwritten rule to reserve scrutiny of new presidents during their ...