The Blizzard of ’78. Literally a ‘perfect storm’, everything was set for Ohio to get pummeled. We lived in town then. Though my sister was dating her future first husband, who lived out in the country. I remember because a friend of my parents visited just before it hit. They had a young daughter who was terminally ill, who died later that year. I still think of that. Anyway, the storm hit. And it hit so hard even Burl Ives... Read more
I was going to comment on the John Lewis kerfuffle, then thought better of it. I was waiting for something that struck the right balance. This is it. Leave it to Goldberg to bring sanity and, sadly, truth to the subject. When Charlton Heston died, it put many liberal Civil Rights leaders in a bind. Heston was one of the A-List stars of the day to get fully behind the Civil Rights Movement. And one of the first to do... Read more
That would be Mary Tyler Moore. The sad news has come through that she passed away today at age 80. As a youngster, I remember watching her on our large, wooden console television. The hat toss into the air seemed strange against all the chaos and turmoil in the world. I had no idea she’d been on television before. Her first show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, was before my time. In later years I came to realize just how... Read more
The rot that is in our current VA administration is one of the embarrassments of our age. The problems are not just at the president’s feet, but it is an issue the president can make into a priority. If the president invests himself in a situation, he can make a big difference. See the moon landings for an example. My Dad was a vet who worked closely with VA hospitals, and was the first to admit that VA fortunes have... Read more
The US House voted to ban federal funding for abortion. Whatever your opinion on abortion, you pay for it. If’ I’m not allowed to have say in your sex life, then you pay for its upkeep. Same goes for contraception. With freedom comes responsibility. Not free to do whatever I want, and everyone else has to pay if things go south. Sure, we need to be there to help. As I say about skating on thin ice: If you insist on doing so... Read more
Here. Yep. That’s why we’re pro-life Charlie Brown. Whether war or capital punishment or abortion, err on the sunny side of life. Always. Read more
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It was reported that the Bush daughters wrote a touching letter to the Obama daughters about how to adjust. And now Chelsea Clinton is coming out and defending Trump’s son Barron from some in the radical left freak show. These would be the folks who only seem to hate Trump because he’s not on their side. Especially since they’ve proven quite capable of producing people who live out everything we’re supposed to hate about Trump. Good for her. And good for the... Read more
At least to some, a question: Where were all these women almost 20 years ago? Where were some of the boisterous celebrities? The celebrity women old enough to be there? A sitting president accused of everything Trump is accused of (and guilty of seducing a young female intern). A president whose surrogates used Trump talk to attack his female accusers. The side of the aisle that produced activists who used worse than Trump talk against Sarah Palin, her daughter, her child.... Read more
By Jonah Goldberg. When someone says it better than me, I let them. Most of what Mr. Goldberg noticed, I noticed too. I think it reads better than it sounded, but that’s because of Trump’s delivery. Looking at the text, there were things I liked, and things I didn’t like. In fact, there were things I can’t imagine anyone disagreeing with, and things I have a hard time thinking many would support. That is, if they think things through. But... Read more
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