April 3, 2023 Conservative congresswoman won’t ‘nitpick’ Bible on grandmotherhood thru teen pregnancy A prominent conservative in Congress is about to become a grandmother for the first time and she doesn’t want to “nitpick” the Bible before the blessed occasion.
March 7, 2023 ‘Boy Meets World’ actor Ben Savage trying to move from sitcom to Congress A former child star wants to leave “La La Land” to work in the nation’s capital. Actor Ben Savage has made it official he’s running for Congress.
February 2, 2023 Plan to encourage organ, bone marrow donations from prisoners condemned by some Organ and bone marrow donations save lives. More donations mean more lives saved. What could be wrong with that?
January 6, 2023 House adjourns until Friday night after 4 days, 13 votes on who should be next speaker Friday marked the fourth day of the House of Representatives in session without a speaker and the votes started to go Kevin McCarthy’s way ā until members decided to adjourn.
January 5, 2023 Congressional deadlock: 3 days, 11 votes, and still no Speaker of the House Congress may have gone back in session on Tuesday but there’s nothing going on in the House of Representatives except nominating, discussing, voting, and repeating.
January 4, 2023 Despite claiming ‘That didn’t happen,’ George Santos could face 15-year-old fraud charge The latest allegation against George Santos isn’t that he lied, but that he stole, and his notoriety could lead to him being charged with fraud by the end of the week.
June 9, 2022 Beyond the U.S. Capitol doors – window, in one case – and the Florida rioters’ sentences Authorities say many of the Jan. 6 riot suspects ended up in handcuffs after friends and coworkers turned them in. Many also appeared in social media photos of the spectacle.
February 28, 2022 Ted Deutch leaving Congress for American Jewish Committee U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch announced he wonāt seek reelection in November. Instead, heās set to become Chief Executive Officer of the American Jewish Committee.
November 5, 2020 Hey Trump! Call it quits or history will judge you even more harshly Two days have passed since the election for President of the United States, about a third of the 100 Senators and all 435 members…
July 20, 2019 Nothing against my friends at CBS, but… AT&T ā which owns DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse ā released a statement saying it “offered to pay CBS an unprecedented rate increase and…
May 29, 2019 Would you want Mueller’s words about Trump said about you? Wednesday, special counsel Robert Mueller spoke out for the first time, saying he was resigning and closing down the special counsel’s office. His investigation,…
November 4, 2018 Difficult week, from anger to sadness, as election approaches I don’t remember a seven-day period like the time since last Saturday. That’s when I woke up, turned on the TV, and saw what…
October 28, 2018 Not a good day for political thoughts, the USA as a whole I’ve known I had another blog post “due” before the election, if you know how I think, but too much on my mind and…
October 16, 2018 Political pondering, 3 weeks before Election Day The “game” of politics is no fun anymore. Discussing anything having to do with it used to be educating and entertaining, and sometimes enlightening,…
October 10, 2018 The case against us all paying for private schools Several times a year, before elections, a man in Florida emails me about who to support in elections down there. The goal is to…
September 3, 2018 Labor Day weekend leftovers I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure you’ve had a busy week, between getting used to having your kids in school or planning what…
May 2, 2018 In defense of Emma GonzĆ”lez, not that she needs it but deserves it I have a lot more on Marjory Stoneman Douglas hero Emma GonzĆ”lez, not a hero for surviving but for her activism after. She has…
April 19, 2018 Sanctuary cities judges show they know justice, not politics I’m not writing to take an opinion on the issues of sanctuary cities or illegal immigration, but have to say I’m pleased a gang…
April 11, 2018 Syria, Gaza and the FCC chair babying broadcasters Industry leaders have been meeting in Las Vegas for the National Association of Broadcasters Show and Adam Symson, president-CEO of the E.W. Scripps Co.,…
April 10, 2018 Salaries, senators and a spat between a Fox News host and the A.P. I’m actually going to start optimistically and thank you for reading. The blog is getting very close and may have 12,000 hits after this…
March 30, 2018 Tiffany Trump’s trouble, what unions could do to Amazon and the media It’s nice when Americans exercise their First Amendment rights (freedom ofĆ religion, speech, the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and…
March 29, 2018 Who Trump hates more, Facebook or Amazon? Oh, and Stormy Daniels’ motion to make him speak! OK. Let’s get this right. Lawmakers and many Americans are angry about Facebook and how it handled 50 million users’ people’s data, but President…
March 26, 2018 Facebook: Friend or foe? Keep or delete? If you were reading the Sunday paper, you may have come across this full-page ad from Facebook with a letter signed by Mark Zuckerberg….
March 20, 2018 Be nicer to Mike Jerrick, and other thoughts on what’s making news People who know me can never, ever say I’m not loyal to people I like and respect. You’ll see that in a moment, along…