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Charles Bradley 
“Governor Gerrymander” was coined in 1812 by combining then-Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry’s surname with the word salamander. Governor Gerrymander signed a bill that re-drew election districts within the state to favor his own political party. The two main gerrymandering strategies are: (1) Packing, which is concentrating like-minded voters into one district, and (2) Cracking, dividing … Read more
As a young 7th grader, I heard JFK challenge the Nation in his Inaugural Address: “Ask not what your Country can do for you; Ask what you can do for your Country!” JFK made Americans proud with this statement. The great Democrats of my youth included Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, and Hubert Humphrey, the Happy … Read more
Ken Paxton, the current Texas Attorney General, is a candidate for the Texas U.S. Senate seat held by John Cornyn. Although the run-off primary election is in May, the Mainstream Media’s non-coverage has been monumental. After 20 years, Cornyn has no accomplishments except enriching himself! Let’s compare Ken Paxton’s program with John Cornyn’s! Paxton announced … Read more
Oh! Donald, you’re at it again! Why, OH, Why bomb Iran again? Many think the bombing is unnecessary and mean-spirited. Let’s review the pathetic American military war strategy in the Middle East since 1948. President Harry Truman refused to allow General Douglas MacArthur to cross the Yalu River in 1949 to consummate a victory in … Read more
The Appalling Press (AP) interviewed Bugs Bunny yesterday about his cousin Big Bad Bunny! After reminding everyone that no one gets to choose their relatives, the World’s funniest and most famous bunny said, “ Looked to my bunny eyes that Big Bad Bunny forgot his ears and his bunny tail.” My cousin, Big Bad Bunny, … Read more
An ancient aphorism: “ History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes!” Unless one believes in Reincarnation, historical repetition is impossible because the characters are completely different characters. However, human nature has remained the same since Eve persuaded Adam to bite the forbidden fruit despite knowing that grave consequences would ensue. I hope that was … Read more
President Donald J. Trump, the 47th President of the United States, inherited a United States of America that was economically and militarily devastated by the Biden Border Invasion of at least 15 million illegal entries across our sovereign southern border and Biden’s devastating Demolitioncrat economic policies. Now we see a military-style anti-government insurgency and historic … Read more
Are you wondering why the Republican Senate has accomplished almost nothing of Trump’s legislative agenda? If not, you should be. And here is why the feckless Republicans again fail the 80 million voters who returned Donald J. Trump to the White House as the 47th President of the United States. Simply put, there is the … Read more
The World, at least the USA and mainstream media, was aflutter last week when the Capitalist met the Communist (a self-described Democrat socialist). The expected fireworks never developed, and, instead, mutual respect was seen on TV, which stunned all the pseudo-intellectual commentators that plague our media. I could name the “NAMES” but that would be … Read more
As a sophomore at Salesianum High School in Wilmington, Delaware, we were immediately dismissed from school and sent home when they announced Lee Harvey Oswald, probably a Russian agent, had assassinated JFK. At 77 years of age, I was again broken-hearted when I awoke from a nap and learned that an assassin had murdered another … Read more
Oh, Baseball World Series time again! Seventy years ago, baseball was America’s favorite pastime. As little boys, on our way home from school, we ran to the Chevy dealership on Delaware Avenue in Wilmington, Delaware, to watch the game. Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Moose Skowron were the stars we hoped to see win … Read more
Every time it happens, we say never again … JFK, RFK, MLK! Let’s face the fact: Mental Illness often requires institutionalization! Until our society acknowledges that the shuttering of mental institutions in the late 1980s, as I recall, has enabled and escalated violence in our society, the violence will continue! Charles, what makes you think … Read more
I recently stumbled on Mark Twain’s discussion of “ OLD AGE “ on his 70th birthday. Since I recently celebrated my 77th birthday, it suddenly dawned on me that I must be in “ OLD AGE ’’! The young may criticize old age; however, as I tell my grandchildren, everyone, whether they realize it or … Read more
I am not sure who Vladimir Putin is other than an extremely evil person! I do know President Donald John Trump is an honorable man who wants peace, not only for the United States but for the entire world. He is not of the Neville Chamberlain ilk: the pacifist English Prime Minister who preceded Winston … Read more
Let’s take a stroll down History’s Hall of Shame! Moses parted the Red Sea and led the enslaved Israelites out of the Pharaonic tyranny of Egypt. The Son of God became man and preached “ Love thy neighbors as thyself “ and “Blessed are the Peacemakers for they shall inherit the earth.” Then the Roman … Read more
College for me was the late 60’s. I never wore blue jeans! All my friends wondered why.I had no money to purchase a pair, and my parents hated them. Today, I have one pair in myclothes closet. I rarely bother to wear them, but what a hoot, all the fuss about SydneySweeney. My Mom and … Read more
While Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi support the Communist Democrat Zohran Kwame Mandami, who is running for mayor of NYC, and then rant and rave against Donald Trump and his “America First” supporters, a lone Democrat United States Senator John Fetterman (from Pennsylvania) and Dan Turrentine, a life-long Democrat strategist, decry the insanity of this … Read more
I grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and was familiar with Joe Biden. I spent three years in law school and worked in Washington, DC, before moving to New Hampshire over 50 years ago. I know a little bit about the “Swamp.” What I saw in the Biden presidency was deeply concerning. It seemed as plain … Read more
My son once said, “Dad, I think you were once a bit of a hippy!” I told him that if you grew up in the Sixties, it was unavoidable. LBJ’s war resulted in 52,000 dead young American men in Vietnam. Whether we can admit it to ourselves or not, the United States is again in the … Read more
Whoever Shakespeare is or was remains a historical conundrum! I was not a Shakespeare fan when required to read him in High School. However, what has become clear to me is that his understanding of human nature and the literary expression of it is unparalleled. The most recent example is Macbeth. Having murdered his former … Read more