A New Era

The Berlin Wall fell, the Cold War ended, a new era began – and we were the dominant power on earth. Now the post-Cold War era is over – and we face three threats, allied against us: China, Russia and Iran. The new era has already spawned two wars – one started by Russia, another…

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Looking Stronger

Starting out Ron DeSantis was Trump’s strongest opponent – Trump punched him, punched him again, DeSantis tumbled in polls. DeSantis’ Super PAC did an ad saying: Trump’s mean. But who doesn’t know Trump’s got a mean streak? Telling people what they already knew didn’t work. Then the unexpected happened: Hamas slaughtered Israelis; Trump, fuming over…

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The Media Just Can’t Get It Right

The New York Times ran a story saying Trump got indicted for saying ‘the election was stolen – going on and on the Times spelled out Trump’s ‘false statements’ like claiming ‘In Detroit, turnout was 139 percent of registered voters’ when turnout in Detroit was really 51%. But if spinning tales was a crime jails…

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The New Era

Thirty years ago when the Cold War ended, after the Soviet Union collapsed we were the world’s dominant power, stronger than all our enemies combined. Time passed. We lost a long war in Iraq, fled Afghanistan – cracks appeared. A year ago, Russia started a war in Europe. A week ago, Iran’s proxy Hamas started…

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Idolatry

A young man sitting at dinner in a crowded restaurant leaned back. “I work with three Trumpsters. They love Trump. I asked one, ‘When Trump says he can end the Ukraine war in 24 hours – do you believe that?’ He absolutely did. 100%. Why can’t he see what Trump said was silly?” I nodded:…

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Without Both?

Democrats are enjoying seeing Trump in court – while Trump calls the lawsuits against him a ‘witch hunt.’ So is Biden on a witch hunt – or did Trump break the law? Here’s a question no one asks: What if both are true? What if Biden got Jack Smith to indict Trump? And what if…

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The Age of Social Media

Abrasive but entertaining politicians rant on Facebook, Twitter – and legions of people follow them. After Jeff Jackson landed in Congress he made a video. Oddly, he didn’t rant, he talked calmly – 3 million people watched. He made more videos without a rant – and over a million people watched each video. How’d he…

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Humor Helps

I got an email titled ‘Old Sayings Still True Today:’ If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates – Jay Leno The problem with political jokes is they get elected We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office – Aesop When I was a boy I…

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Until the Roof Falls In

A veteran who fought in the Iraqi war wrote in an op-ed: “Civic ignorance is a very old American problem…as far back as 1943, 77 percent of Americans knew essentially nothing about the Bill of Rights, and in 1952 only 19 percent could name the three branches of government.” He went on to say ‘civil…

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They Heard It on TV…

In days long past the news media boasted it was ‘unbiased.’ It wasn’t. But to their credit when a politician they liked spun a lie most reporters called him out. Back then, at the same time, over in Great Britain newspapers didn’t pretend they were unbiased. They took sides. And made no bones about it.…

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