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Biden Being Trumped in the Polls and in Storytelling Dec. 20, 2023
A sign in Bill Clinton's election headquarters back in 1992 reminded his campaign team that the key ... Read More
Not a Good Deal Jul. 28, 2023
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented his fiscal 1941 budget proposal on Jan. 3, 1940, he i... Read More
Not a Good Deal Jul. 26, 2023
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented his fiscal 1941 budget proposal on Jan. 3, 1940, he i... Read More
Don't Go Into 2022 With Fear Dec. 31, 2021
Heading into 2022, many people are fearing — fearing inflation and ongoing mental exhaustion, ... Read More
Father's Day: Fatherless, America's Top Domestic Problem Jun. 17, 2021
A new powerful new documentary called "The Streets Were My Father" features three Chicago men, two H... Read More
Lucky Once More: America Finds Itself a Leader Feb. 23, 2021
At moments of historic national crisis, America has had a knack for getting lucky. The first month o... Read More
Repairing the Arts: Yet Another Challenge for an Administration Tasked With Repairing the Country Dec. 08, 2020
When Alexander Kutik and his wife, Alla Zernitskaya, fled the Soviet Union in 1990, the two Belaruss... Read More
Trump Is on His Way to Victory -- Because of the Trump Miracle Economy Oct. 18, 2020
Of course, President Donald Trump is headed for another election victory on Nov. 3. Why should anyon... Read More
The Media Do Serious Damage Oct. 07, 2020
Frequently, especially since the Columbine High School tragedy, and the tragic deaths of John Kenned... Read More
The Bad Old Days Jul. 01, 2020
My wife and I have been doing a little downsizing lately. One thing we decided we can live without i... Read More
The Worldwide Lockdown May Be the Greatest Mistake in History May. 05, 2020
The idea that the worldwide lockdown of virtually every country other than Sweden may have been an e... Read More
Neither Elizabeth Warren Nor Other Congressmen Have a Plan for the COVID-19 Depression Apr. 14, 2020
At least 16 million Americans have lost their jobs to the shutdown ordered to slow the spread of the... Read More
'I'm Mad as Hell, and I'm Not Going to Take This Anymore' Apr. 05, 2020
"I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore." Remember that line from the famous Ameri... Read More
Why Are Republicans and Democrats So Divided Over the Coronavirus? Mar. 30, 2020
Obviously, we are a very badly divided nation: so divided we agree on virtually nothing; so divided ... Read More
Why Are Republicans and Democrats So Divided Over the Coronavirus? Mar. 29, 2020
Obviously, we are a very badly divided nation: so divided we agree on virtually nothing; so divided ... Read More
You Start With an Apology Jun. 19, 2019
I was raised during the Depression by a widowed mother with six children too young to work. Things w... Read More
Think Things Are Bad Now? They Were Lots Worse in 1919 Jan. 04, 2019
The hundredth anniversary of the Armistice that ended the fighting of World War I in Europe came and... Read More
A Plutocratic Coup Apr. 25, 2018
Many Americans are reluctant to accept that coup conspiracies are part of country's history. We tend... Read More
Dangers of Government Control Jan. 03, 2018
We are a nation of 325 million people. We have a bit of control over the behavior of our 535 elected... Read More
English for Immigrants May. 12, 2011
English for Immigrants President Obama invoked immigrant assimilation this week in a speech in El P... Read More
