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Conservatives vs. Liberals
Conservatives like to say, "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner."Conservatism is the wolves having steak, and telling the lambs that there will be some left over....
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Dub Jones, 1924-2024
We can now close the books on an interesting chapter in the history of professional football: The All-America Football Conference of 1946 to 1949, the league that produced 3 teams that joined the NFL....
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November 4, 1924: Keeping Cool With Coolidge
November 4, 1924, 100 years ago: President Calvin Coolidge, who took the office on the death of Warren Harding the year before, is elected to a full term in his own right. The Republican, who had been...
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Is Trump "Hitler"?
Every politician gets compared, by people who don't like him or her, to Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.Donald Trump, more than most. But that's not fair. Only Hitler was...
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Closing Argument
Tomorrow is Election Day. The Democratic Party has nominated Vice President Kamala Harris, who previously served as U.S. Senator from California, Attorney General of her State, and District Attorney...
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For Those About to Stay Home Or Vote 3rd Party
In 1968, Hubert Humphrey wasn't pure enough for the leftists. They stayed home or voted 3rd party, and ended up with the President the least like the one they wanted, Richard Nixon.In 1980, Jimmy...
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November 5, 1994: George Foreman Regains the Heavyweight Title
November 5, 1994, 30 years ago: A 45-year-old overweight minister wins the Heavyweight Championship of the World. It doesn't sound possible. It is, when it's George Foreman.Wearing the same trunks he...
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November 6, 1984: President Ronald Reagan Is Re-Elected
November 6, 1984, 40 years ago: President Ronald Reagan is overwhelmingly re-elected, defeating Walter Mondale, who had been Vice President under Reagan's predecessor as President, Jimmy Carter. Reagan...
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I Did Warn You
As I write this, it is after midnight on November 6, 2024. Unless the city and mail-in votes come in the favorable way, November 5, 2024 will go down as the darkest day in American history.I had hoped...
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Where Have All the Voters Gone?
1960 to 1964: Democrats gained 8.9 million votes, Republicans lost 7.0 million. Barry Goldwater scared people away.1964 to 1968: Republicans gained 4.6 million, Democrats lost 11.9 million. People were...
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The Message
At 4:22 this afternoon, Kamala Harris gave her concession speech, at Howard University, her Alma Mater, where she had hoped to give a victory speech.She spoke for 12 minutes, praising America and its...
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November 7, 1944: President Franklin Roosevelt Is Elected to a 4th Term
November 7, 1944, 80 years ago: President Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented 4th term, defeating Thomas E. Dewey, who held FDR's former post of Governor of New York. FDR won 432...
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November 8, 1924: Texas' Memorial Stadium Opens
November 8, 1924, 100 years ago: War Memorial Stadium opens on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin. Surprisingly, the Longhorns lose to Baylor University, 28-10.It was renamed simply...
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November 8, 1994: The Gingrich Revolution
November 8, 1994, 30 years ago: Election Day is a repudiation of the Democratic Party, in particular of President Bill Clinton, his now-withdrawn health care reform plan, and his Assault Weapons Ban....
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Not Good, Not Great
"America will be great if America is good. If not, her greatness will vanish away like a morning cloud." -- A Narrative of the Visit to the American Churches, by Andrew Reed and James Matheson, British...
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Adlai and Kamala, Jack and...
I have an analogy.Kamala Harris is this generation's Adlai Stevenson: Inspiring millions, but unable to break through with the majority.We don't yet know who our John F. Kennedy, taking us over the...
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Veterans' Day, Or, As Donald Trump Calls It...
The Veterans' Memorial in my hometown,East Brunswick, New Jersey.Well, today is November 11, the anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War I, known as Armistice Day. Also, Veterans' Day.Or, as...
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The Real Generation Gap
According to NBC News Exit Polls:Of Voters Overall: People ages 18-29, people born 1995 to 2006: 54-43 for Harris.30-44, people born 1980 to 1994: 49-48 for Harris.45-64, people born 1960 to 1979:...
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My Ranking of the States, 2024 Edition
I previously did this in 2015 and 2020. This time, I'm using different parameters. Or, rather, one parameter: How well did you oppose Fascism in the 2024 election? In other words: What percent of your...
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November 14, 1934: The Battle of Highbury
Left to right: Italy Captain Attilio Ferraris,referee Otto Olsson, England Captain Eddie HapgoodNovember 14, 1934, 90 years ago: The most-hyped soccer game ever to that point is played. And, while the...
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It Was About the Hat, Not the Message
The NFL has fined Nick Bosa of the San Francisco 49ers $11,225 for wearing a MAGA hat on the sideline.The fine wasn't for the message on the hat. I suspect that most of the owners of the 32 NFL teams...
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I Don't Want to Hear It
Donald Trump and Steve Bannon. Two adults for whomcharacter counts; and experience, the rule of law,national security and the American Dream matter.During the Bill Clinton era, January 1992 to January...
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George vs. Donald
Actor Sylvester Stallone, known for playing Rocky Balboa and John Rambo, has compared Donald Trump to George Washington.All right. Let's do it:* George Washington: Volunteered to be a solider. Donald...
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My Theory About Trump's Whackadoodle Cabinet Picks
Matt Gaetz as Attorney General? Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense? Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health & Human Services?Suddenly,...
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Lost Youth, the Wrong Parts Regained
Somebody once said that Nostalgia was a longing for a time that you didn't think was so great the first time around.We're going to have an elderly, insane Republican as President, filling his...
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