For someone who acts like a tough guy, he comes off as having a thin skin. Super sensitive to what is being said by the news (who really are pretty afraid of him), commentators, etc. ABC pulls Kimmel off the air. CBS is also afraid of aggravating Tr_mp. So, they cancel Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show.” […]
I have traveled globally and also into Mexico as well as other places. Enough so that I burned through one passport in two years. I have met some interesting people while traveling. Also, I have never had much trouble going in and out of countries. The agents were always courteous. And going in and out […]
– by New Deal democrat One of this things that has puzzled me for the last few months is why consumer spending has remained so strong in the face of so many headwinds in the economy, some from horrible policy coming out of Washington, some embedded in the long leading and short leading sectors. There is […]
Trump’s crackdown on the press should make clear that he will do anything to avoid a loss in the 2026 midterm elections. He will suppress dissent, he will use masked ICE agents to intimidate voters, he will declare his opponents terrorists – anything. And it is equally clear that we cannot count on the courts […]
“Only One Side Thinks You Have the Right to Exist,” Bad Crow Review I really just want to be in Japan. Help a brother out. The thing that sticks with me about the guys surfing the Sada River is how powerful the waves were rolling inland and up the river from the bay. They were small, probably two […]
Another part of making America great again are the beliefs of the fifties. You really have to be around during that time period. There was a carry over into the sixties. August 28,1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was lynched after being tortured by two white men near Money Mississippi. The story as detailed. The two brothers […]
Bried Commentary: Mainland China warns the Philippines against any interference with their routine patrols. China’s State Council revealed it intends of establishing a nature reserve spanning 3,500 hectares (8,650 acres). The site is the disputed islet of Scarborough Shoal, a contested territory claimed by both China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. More than […]
The murder of a fellow human being is not acceptable (period). Prof. Heather has a good take on what took place and want has been said. September 12, 2025 Letters from an American Since a gunman murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, both social media […]
Merrill Goozner did all the work in “Where does Chicago’s murder rate rank?” Having grown up in Chicago also, I felt safe. Then to I knew where I could be and stayed out of certain areas I should not be. I (we) were careful and alert to the situation and environment around us. Where does […]
– by New Deal democrat Consumer price inflation will be reported tomorrow. In the meantime, this morning producer prices for August were reported. Normally I don’t pay too much attention to producer prices – and I won’t this month, either. But let me put that in some context. In the past, when producer prices have outstripped […]