Category Archives: Blogs

Stifling Voices One week ago, Michigan businessman Perry Johnson suspended his presidential campaign and a few days later, announced his endorsement of Donald Trump. Yesterday, radio and television ho...

Holding the Gavel Imagine how life went for Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson yesterday. As pointed out by Fox News Channel's Bret Baier, Johnson woke up yesterday number 213th in seniority in the U....

Help Wanted Imagine if you saw this ad in the "help wanted" section: "Wanted-experienced individual to manage team of 220 others. Job includes resolving disputes, working to find creative solutions, f...

Even Here Shortly before the pandemic, about three and a half years ago now, I attended a funeral in Des Moines at a downtown synagogue. The temple was some distance from the cemetery, and as is custo...

Four More Years Better get used to saying "President Kamela Harris"...that's because she's apparently going to still be the running mate of current President Joe Biden in the 2024 campaign...and one w...

No Bundling Sometimes, you can combine otherwise distinct items into a single transaction and save money. It's called "bundling"--for example, if I have my auto insurance and my home insurance with th...

Common Courtesy Trying to run a political campaign is not easy...and that's the understatement of the month. It's bad enough to cover the ground necessary in a city or county race...imagine the diffic...

Round Three The third officially-sanctioned debate administered by the Republican National Committee will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Miami. That much we already knew, along with...

Crystal Ball Over the weekend, a Newsmax reporter I'm acquainted with reached out to ask, "What do you think? Will DeSantis pull it out?" I told him the same thing I've told you all in the past...but ...

Happy National Dictionary Day There was a time that as a rite of passage, a young person would receive a nice, hard-bound dictionary as a graduation gift. It always occupied a key position near one's ...