Category Archives: Blogs

Not Better Off Not long ago in this space, I noted the famous Reagan closing question, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?," along with some numbers of 2020 vs. 2024 for comparison. ...

More Signs of the Times I've been on the road more than normal this week...both to rural areas, downtown Des Moines, and it seems, everywhere in between. I noted here a week or so ago that I had not s...

The Playbook You may have heard part of this on the Mark Levin program last night, or if you watched any of Fox News coverage last night...in the aftermath of the interview between Bret Baier of Fox a...

Bright Lights, Big City Conventional wisdom says there are seven key states in the November 5 general election, and that the presidential candidates need to focus on those states. But Donald Trump has...

What Real Men Do Election Day is three weeks from today, with early voting already underway in many states; Iowans can begin early voting tomorrow. All of which means it's the time when normally ratio...

Lessons in Editing Much has been made about how CBS selectively edited their interview last week with Kamala Harris...seemingly putting an entirely different answer to a question depending on which ti...

Capturing the Youth   Former president Barack Obama showed up in Pennsylvania yesterday on behalf of Democrat Kamala Harris' bid for the White House. The campaign said his appearance was to help ...

There's The Answer More than two months ago, I said in this space that any interview with Kamala Harris needed to start with one basic question: "On what issues does your opinion or stance differ from...

Leading the Caucus   Mitch McConnell indicated earlier this year that he would leave his position as GOP leader in the Senate after this year. That led to jockeying for position behind the scenes...

Here's Another Scenario   Yesterday we discussed what might happen if Donald Trump was elected president next month, but Democrats would control both chambers in Congress.   Today, a "what i...