Free because of a Free Press
This month’s article may seem somewhat redundant to some of the articles in the past. We will once again trumpet the need for a free and vibrant press and our fears that the current occupant of the White House wishes…
Trump’s FAKE premise
Well the day finally came. Donald Trump is now the President of the United States. In contradiction to prevailing wisdom, the sky did not actually fall. However, it does appear to be hanging a little lower than it used to.…
Make It What Again?
We were born during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. There are some vague memories of the Presidency of John F. Kennedy. We became much more politically astute during the years of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, with Watergate, civil…
Please Stand or Sit or Kneel
We have always stood for the National Anthem. We have never failed to stand and put our hand over our heart and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. For us, we take great pride in this country and in the American…
American Press not Trump’s Pravda
Over the many years that we have been writing this article, when election time comes we normally have at least one, if not several articles written about how our elections are dependent upon the First Amendment. We usually muse that because of…
The Pulse of our Nation, a Gunshot to the foot
In light of the massacre in Orlando at the Pulse nightclub, we are reminded of that powerful slogan, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun”. This mantra is constantly…
Could Donald Trump harm your Erection via SCOTUS
Originally this article was going to focus on how Donald Trump hijacked the Republican Party and how the Republican Party has now sold its soul to Donald Trump. We were going to point out how the Republic Party has managed…
Without D and R there is no Donald Trump
One of the great observations that Jerry Seinfeld made on his sitcom was that fans of various teams do not really root for the players, but for the uniforms. Of course, he took it one step further and commented that…
Trump exercises Free Speech for a Free Ride
It is well established that Freedom of Speech and Press are not absolute rights in the United States. For example: yelling fire in a crowded movie theater; obscenity; disseminating military secrets in a time of war; and fighting words have…
Trumped Up Rhetoric
Too many times to count in this column we have written about how the First Amendment is at its finest during the political season and especially to the run up for the Presidency. We have extolled the virtues of the…