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The Pilgrim – Part 1
Seven years old, in 1933, waking up in a strange bed, staring into the semidarkness, he thought he was in Grand Central Railroad Station in New York. He wasn’t. He was in a hospital in his hometown near the border of Wales. He’d never set foot in New York City. Turning his head he saw…
Read MoreMAGA World
Let’s talk about the MAGA world. Trump tells a Republican Congressman ‘Vote for this’ and even though the Congressman thinks it’s a bad bill he votes the way Trump wants. How did Trump get that kind of power? Let’s take a look at North Carolina: We have 10 Republican Congressmen, all elected in ruby-red Republican…
Read MoreNever Boring…
You see a lot of strutting, and the truth can fly out the window in the blink of an eye, but the one thing you have to say about politics is…it’s never boring. Ole Thom Tillis sat in the Senate happy until the day Trump posted on Truth Social ‘he’s got to go’ – so…
Read MorePaying a Price
I’ve sat through a lot of poll briefings over the years and gotten a lot of surprises. But two polls last week – one on CNN, another on Fox – surprised me more than most: Both said most people opposed bombing Iran’s nuclear sites. Now who on earth would want to let Iran have a…
Read MoreWho Can You Believe?
It’s hard to get your arms around what’s going on these days – one thing pops up, a contradiction pops up, and it leaves you befuddled. Trump said we ‘obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear sites. That sounded good. Better than good. The ayatollah wouldn’t get his hands on a nuclear bomb. But in the blink of an…
Read MoreStrange Times…
MAGA Queen Marjorie Taylor Greene whacked Trump for bombing Iran – what she posted next was odder: She said John F. Kennedy was assassinated because he’d opposed Israel’s ‘nuclear program.’ J. D. Vance, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio all said we’re not after ‘regime change’ in Iran – Trump said, Why not regime change? Trump announced…
Read MoreHealing
Cut from two different bolts of cloth, first laying eyes on each other sitting in the Continental Congress, they became friends. Short, bald, plump cheeks, brilliant but irritating, John Adams dove head-on into fights. Tall, lean, copper-colored hair, charming but cautious, Thomas Jefferson avoided fights. An heir of ‘The Enlightenment’ Jefferson put his faith in…
Read MoreDoes that matter to Us…
Hitler rolled tanks into Poland – four weeks later Poles lost their freedom. Hitler blitzkrieg-ed into France – six weeks later Frenchmen lost their freedom. Putin charged into Ukraine three years ago – but still hasn’t taken Ukrainian’s freedom away. His blitzkrieg failed. But he’s still pounding away and Ukraine’s strength is ebbing. Does Ukraine…
Read MoreResist. Read.
“There is a reason that fascists burn books. They are afraid of critical thinking. They are afraid of thought. What you have learned here at Wesleyan is how to read…. Reading is the most subversive thing you can do.” That bright ray broke through the clouds of commencement-speech cliches. It’s from the writer Percival Everett’s…
Read MoreHow Much Power…
Habeas Corpus. What those two Latin words mean is simple: They mean the government can’t throw you in jail without a trial. Unless you’re guilty. That old doctrine that goes all the way back to the Magna Carta. The Founding Fathers wrote it into the Constitution, saying habeas corpus can only be suspended by Congress…
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