So Tired …

I am so tired of mindless political hate and offensive hyperbole. People pretend it happened just as much (or more) under “The Former Guy” but it simply did not, the only caveat being technology allowed for much more communication that could be criticized...

Making Hungary Great Again

{Posted by Ryan S Bonnett, with permission to republish} I haven’t posted much about politics recently, and there’s a reason. Under the previous administration, it was easy to address egregious points as they came up, which was seemingly on a daily basis....

Behold the 12%

In a recent survey, 12% of respondents supported storming the Capitol on January 6th. We should be grateful the number is this low, with all the intentional polarization we’re struggling beneath these days. And it confirms my own estimates. From years of...

President and Press

There has been an oft-repeated claim that President Trump has been hounded by the press from day one. That’s a subjective statement I don’t think is worth disagreeing with. But let’s recognize it an apologetic attempt to explain why so many...

Time For a New Political Party

{Reprint of an editorial by Bruce E. Kenney, used with permission. Was published in the Olean Times, December 26.2020} To Rep. Tom Reed, in the late 1980s, as a Democrat, I ran against state Sen. Jess Present. I was unsuccessful, but during the campaign and after, I...