Behind the flotsam and jetsam of Trump, of Biden, of Fox News, of CNN, there is evidence of something else. There could be a very real game for very real power between players we don’t see for stakes unknown.
My granddaughter’s school changed mascots because of an “offended parent”. The “Crusaders” became the “Spartans” and the teachers union removed a Superintendent they hated.
Texas has a rich history. Will it protect the State from becoming another enclave of the “woke”?
Edwin Starr asked the question in a Sixties protest song and our emotions agree with his shouted response – “Absolutely nothing!” But our emotions, as always, blind us to the obvious.
There is something about underdogs and bullies that explains Realpolitik, the international balance of power, to a nation whose priorities are determined by Influencers, a recently coined job title for teenagers adept at creating TikTok videos.
It was 150 years ago that George Custer and the 7th Cavalry died on Last Stand Hill. They were to converge with two other columns. Where were they?
Impeachment trials are behind us – at least until 2022. But the omens are troubling. Its not like they are something new.
The world is a crazy place when the lyrics of “Golden Oldies” make more sense than the newspaper.
My wife and I went out for dinner a few nights ago. Dinner out, a familiar ritual transformed. One might imagine sitting down to burgers and beer in the ICU of a mediocre hospital. In earlier times I might have…