In the old Soviet Union days, prior to its breakup leaving Russia with Vladimir Putin as its head, trying to regain that sense of greatness, there used to be this belief in the Soviet Union that if you spoke out…
A Hypocritical Patriot, HyPOTUS
Apparently by taking a knee while the National Anthem is being played disrespects the military, the first responders, law enforcement, the flag and the country. That is what our President would have you believe. Although these athletes are not standing…
Loyal Like a Dog
This article is not for those of you who are part of the 36% that are still loyal to President Trump, and actually believe that he is doing a good job. We know there is nothing that we can do…
Broken Dreams
Our country is broken and it will never be the same again. Why do we say that? It is undisputed by 16 intelligence agencies that the Russians interfered with our presidential election of 2016. Our President refuses to acknowledge this…
Not the New Normal
During the first episode of Hulu’s series “A Handmaid’s Tale”, which takes place in the not-too-distant future, one of the characters explains to a group of women, whose sole purpose is to breed the next generation, that what seems unusual…
The Liar in Chief
For the many years that we have been writing this column, we have focused our attention on the First Amendment; whether that be Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Religion or Freedom of Assembly. Yet,…
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…
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…