Category: Politics

We’re approaching the end of the first year of Donald Trump’s second term. It has been fast and furious, for sure. Let’s pause and reflect on what’s happened so far. The Good While Trump haters are loathe to give him credit for anything, there have been some wins during this initial year: The Bad While…

Note: this article was written before the murder of Charlie Kirk but published afterwards I took a little break from posting over the Spring. Since none of my readers are paid subscribers, I didn’t think they’d mind (or even notice). I will admit that simply scanning the headlines to see if something major happened, but…

I confess. If you asked me on September 9 what I thought of Charlie Kirk, I would have said that I’d heard of him, knew he was a Republican and Trump supporter, but didn’t really know much about what he did nor his policy positions. That would all change the next day when he was…

Donald Trump loves tariffs. He has even said it is “the most beautiful word.” He used tariffs pretty effectively in his first term, primarily as a negotiating tool. He has really ramped up his use of tariffs and his rhetoric surrounding them during the first 100 days of his second term. As would be expected,…

Donald Trump’s second term is off to blistering start. He is certainly making some decisions that seem inconsistent with what one would typically consider MAGA policy goals. We’ll save tariffs, Ukraine, Greenland, and whether Trump really is a Manchurian Candidate for future articles. Today, I want to focus on DOGE. That’s Elon Musk and his…

President-elect Donald Trump is rolling out his nominees for roles on his cabinet and other leadership positions at a record pace. Here are some observations about a handful of his picks so far: The obvious place to start is with Matt Gaetz. This one came out of left field. Say what you want about Merrick…

Opinions are like noses, everyone has one. I have no idea who coined that phrase, but it is certainly true. And it’s especially true after a major election. Trump winning both the electrical college and the popular vote came as a surprise to many. Now the interpretation of how this outcome happened and what it…

This post is being written just a couple of days before “the most important election in our lifetime..” Of course this is the 12th such election since I voted in my first one in 1980. Each one of those 12 was characterized as “the most important” election ever in the history of the nation. The…

No, I’m not talking about University of Arkansas athletics (Razorbacks). I kept seeing the term, Orwellian, in news articles and opinion pieces, and even though I knew what the term meant, I also realized it had been a long time since I read any of Orwell’s work. So, I recently re-read George Orwell’s classic, Animal…