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Ray Cardello 
It is an unusual time to be a news junkie. The government is shut down, which leads to a 24/7 media cage match with each side pointing an accusing finger at the other. The Republicans appear to be gaining the upper hand in that marathon skirmish as they continue to present facts, while the Democrats … Read more
The quick answer to this highly complex question is “No,” but the question deserves a more nuanced explanation than a single word, and I hope I can do it justice. The truth is that both Parties have been morphing for the last couple of decades. On the surface, the Republicans used to represent the rich, … Read more
Government shutdowns are not frequent events, which is great for Congress, because they serve as Exhibit #1 for how childish both sides can be. I hear better debate from the front of my elementary school bus, where the youngest children are seated. The 24/7 media is filled with the various faces of Congress blaming the … Read more
What a gift for Republicans to have Kamala Harris doing a book tour and getting time on every WOKE program she can book, from Morning Joe to the Joy Reid podcast. Unfortunately for her and the Democrats, she appears guilty of day-drinking, and her answers are a collection of word salads. She sat with Mika … Read more
We knew that as soon as legal action was taken against any enemy of Donald Trump, the Left would fall all over themselves claiming weaponization of the Justice Department, or that Trump’s actions were revenge or retribution. The problem for the Democrats in the latter scenario is that they need to explain the actions taken … Read more
No situation in Washington politics brings about more finger-pointing than a government shutdown. Every politician who has a mic placed in front of them spews the same line: “it’s the other Parties shutdown.” That line addresses the Party line, but also absolves them of having to address what they are doing to avoid the shutdown. … Read more
“I will confess to you, Joy. I do not have all the answers,” said Kamala Harris to Joy Reid while appearing on the latter’s Late Show podcast. The truth is, she has none of the answers. I tortured myself and watched this entire stream because I was in awe at the presentation, demeanor, and even … Read more
The Democrats who should be leading this rudderless ship continue to tell us how deep their bench is, but reality shows they are blowing smoke into the wind. If the bench is so deep, why is a self-professed Socialist the Left’s candidate for Mayor of New York City and Minneapolis, Minnesota? If the bench is … Read more
“Jesus, fill the room,” is the phrase Erica Kirk whispered before she addressed the world two days after her husband, Charlie, was gunned down by the act of a coward, who chose hate over love to solve his issues. With that short prayer, Erika summoned the strength to pick up the baton, in the studio … Read more
I am prepared to watch the Charlie Kirk memorial service today with a collection of mixed emotions flooding my mind. It is fitting that the service will be held in a large outdoor venue, although there is no structure big enough to accommodate all of us who would like to be with Charlie and his … Read more
Jen Psaki is a rising star at MSNBC, not because of her talent or resume, but because those above her on the network roster are being rightly eliminated. Psaki was a below-average press secretary who made famous the response, “I need to circle back on that,” which was code for “I am totally unprepared to … Read more
Words have consequences, and when those words evolve into action, the person who spoke the words needs to be held accountable. As much as the Left wants to include the Right in this battle of words, the Left owns this game, and if they cannot control it or do not want to control it, then … Read more
The title of today’s piece is really unfair to the Left, because they are not only tripping over each other to be more insensitive or disgusting, but they are also getting physically active to disrupt peaceful right-wing events. When it comes to the Left, they can be as ignorant with their mouths as they are … Read more
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was a very unique Summer of ’25. Summer for us is the magical time between turning off the bus on the last day of school and hearing the familiar sounds of kids on their first day of school. It is the ten … Read more
People today have the attention span of a child, bouncing from one news story to the next. Only a major happening can survive the evening news to live another day. The killing of Charlie Kirk is more than a major happening, and you can feel the momentum of this story building to a crescendo of … Read more
The Left and Right cannot agree on whether it is day or night, but if there is one thing both sides can agree on, it is that this country is broken. Call it fractured, divided, polarized, or any other adjective you can conjure up; it is broken. We are well past civil discourse, and you … Read more
Charlie Kirk was a young man, just 31 years young. Charlie Kirk was a husband and father. Charlie Kirk was a Believer. Tonight, Charlie is with our Heavenly Father in Paradise. For some reason, God called Charlie home this afternoon, far too soon for those of us who admired him. The best tribute we can … Read more
We were gaslighted for four years by the Joe Biden administration, which claimed that the millions of illegals were walking across Mexico to make their way across the Rio Grande to escape the fears they faced in their homelands. We were told that the conditions in their homelands were so dangerous for these aliens and … Read more
he bottom line is that this is not about crime but about Donald Trump. As Senator Kennedy said of Pritzker, if Trump signed an executive order mandating breathing, Pritzker would hold his breath.
If you were to go by the temperature and not the calendar, Summer ended weeks ago in Central Maine. With nighttime temps dropping into the 40s, the dog days of Summer took 2025 off. In a brilliant effort to further disrupt family life, the school year in the northeast started a whole week before Labor … Read more