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  • June 6, 2021

    In an otherwise good article, nails-on-a-chalkboard Trump-hatred from Vanity Fair

    I am a reasonable person.  I am in the middle of my sixth decade.  I have lived a quiet, contented, successful life.  There have been many challenges, ups and downs, and the usual rites of passage.  I am a law-...

  • April 25, 2021

    Masks are a Joke, But No One is Laughing

    So, yesterday I returned to my country of origin, the United States of America, from an undisclosed foreign country.  I choose not to disclose out of an abundant sense of self-preservation, given the intrusive nature of our present-day, les...

  • January 25, 2021

    What happened with all those arrests from the Jan. 6 Capitol breach?

    I attended the rally on January 6 in Washington, D.C.  I know what the atmosphere was like.  I heard the speech.  It was a huge crowd on the Ellipse, and the mood was warm and friendly even though the temperature was fri...

  • January 15, 2021

    What I saw on January 6

    I am deeply troubled and saddened by the events that followed the March on D.C. on January 6.  Notice that I said the events that followed the March. Let me give you some backstory.  I went to Washington on January 6 to support...

  • December 4, 2020

    As long as you can keep fighting, fight!

    Since even my one stalwart for watching conservative content, Fox News, has gone over to the dark side, I mostly get my information these days from reading and a few podcasts.  It's really all I can do to keep up with the ones I really ...

  • November 18, 2020

    Two telling anecdotes about the election

    The following are a couple of personal observations that seem applicable to broader trends in the country. The first one involves my two grown daughters, and the second addresses peculiar election outcomes in Massachusetts. Both my daughters have ...

  • July 26, 2020

    COVID hysteria yields new travel restrictions in Massachusetts

    The Democrat lords (liberal mayors, governors, and RINOs) have outdone themselves this time.  The latest travesty in a long list of draconian orders is the current travel restrictions on Americans.  I work in health care and heard...