President Donald J. Trump
Trump’s first year was a real doozy
As he sails into his second year, his approval ratings are under water, largely because of his failure to fix the economy.
Police
Is Walz weird? Judge for yourself
OK, that’s been cleared up. Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz misspoke when in 2018, he said this: “We can make sure that those weapons of war that I carried in war is the only place where those weapons are at.” He was never in war. The closest he
Politics
The GOP platform, in a nut shell
While many Democrats try to manacle Donald J. Trump to Project 2025, which he has disavowed, a more fair evaluation of his plans is the GOP national platform, which was tailored to his taste and ideas. You can read it here, and I hope you do. It is not long
China
Is TikTok an actual danger to America?
I am in a minority. No, not that. 😁 I am in the minority of Americans who do not use TikTok, the controversial Chinese-owned video-sharing app. Los Angeles-based TikTok is owned by ByteDance, which is based in China, and the accusation against TikTok (aside from its addictive properties) is the China
Drugs
How to reduce deaths from fentanyl
First, sincere sympathy to anyone who has lost a loved one to the deadly fentanyl tide unleashed on America by China. This may seem harsh: If the victim bought their drugs from a “friend” or nonauthorized source, don’t blame anyone but them. Blaming the victim? Yes, and it is
China
The Chinese big balloon theory
I tracked the Chinese balloon story for several days, and floated away with some questions about what we were told. Like U.S. reluctance to shoot down the balloon over Montana because of concerns about the safety of people on the ground. Have you ever been to Montana? What people
Facebook is nutz
The Good News: All you subscribers here may be seeing more posts from me in the weeks ahead. Why? The Bad News: I have been kicked off Facebook for 30 days for violating its mysterious “community standards.” Take a look at this: Can you read the comment? It followed an
China
“Amazon Security” was just a scam
Just got a telephone call from “Amazon Security,” which wanted to talk to me about my account. “Hold on a second,” I said, as I hung up on “Amazon Security.” Here’s one reason to love cell phones: They show the caller and the number. This one did not say
China
Virus: Wakeup call with China
Mexican-American comic Paul Rodriguez had a memorable joke. Foreign wars, he said, is how Americans learn geography. If it hadn’t been for the coronavirus plague, I wouldn’t have known that a majority of U.S. pharmaceuticals are made in China. How sick is that? I knew a lot