In a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden this week, Sheikh Abdullah in Zayed (UAE minister) and Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel PM), along with President Trump, signed the Abraham Accord. The object of the Abraham Accord is to restore normal diplomatic ties between the UAE and Israel with the goal of making progress for historic […]
Dr. Fauci Perhaps Understates Length of Lockdown?
Questions still unanswered: how long will Americans have to work from home or be forced to keep their children from school? Until we get a vaccine? Perhaps. But perhaps not. Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday that COVID rules and restrictions will likely be in place for more than a year – regardless of whether […]
Will New Gun Owners Sway the 2020 Election
First-time gun owners may have sweeping implications for swing states in November’s election. Record Gun Sales in Pennsylvania According to the WSJ’s William McGurn, in Pennsylvania, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reckons there are 276,648 first-time gun owners this year. To put this in perspective, in 2016 Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by 44,292 votes. Although […]
NYC and Boston – Dancing on the Periphery
“We need to send a strong, consistent message that our employees, customers, clients and visitors will be coming back to a safe and healthy work environment,” implored over 150 business leaders in a letter to NYC Mayor de Blasio. From the “Partnership for New York City” “People will be slow to return unless their concerns […]
Genocide of Black People, Claims Tennis Star Naomi Osaka
Last month a report “found that 93% of BLM protests over the summer were “peaceful,” notes Gerald Baker in the WSJ. The report by an organization called US in Crisis was taken by most of the media as proof that their claims of “mostly peaceful” protests were correct. Only a small minority had been marred […]
Are You Guys Ready? Let’s Roll!
“Are you guys ready? Let’s roll!” was an expression Todd Beamer used whenever his wife and two young sons were leaving their home for a family outing, reports James Freeman in the WSJ. In 2001, Joann Loviglio (Associated Press) described the final moments of Flight 93: It was also the expression the 32-year-old businessman and […]
Who Cares about Black Lives?
Well, Kim Klacik certainly does. Ms. Klacik, a local GOP leader in Baltimore County, today has about 400,000 Twitter followers, as well as an endorsement from President Trump, in her campaign for Maryland’s 7th district. What exactly sparked this fame? Read on. “The people that run Baltimore don’t,” answers Kim Klacik to her own question […]
Promoting Panic During a Serious National Issue?
The press is now attacking President Trump with the media “bombshell” that Trump downplayed the seriousness of COVID-19. But as James Freeman in the WSJ urges, “Let’s hope that promoting a sense of panic is not the test of whether a leader is seriously addressing a national issue.” Is it really that hard to understand […]
Road Trip, USA – Newport to Key West
Dick and I are making plans for our annual road trip to Key West beginning mid-October. We’ll take our time, driving along back roads when it makes any sense. We’ll hit plenty of interstates and highways, however, especially along the busy CT/NY/PA/VA corridors. We also look forward to conducting a Newport-to-KW Trump/Biden homestretch lawn-sign count. […]
Economic Inequity – a Tale of Two Cities
Bill de Blasio is mayor of two cities, one safe and the other dangerous and sometimes deadly. In Mayor de Blasio’s 2014 inauguration speech he promised to take on NYC’s elite in the name of “social and economic justice.” Hypocrisy and privilege are rampant in many American cities, but none more so than NYC, explains […]
