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…
The Bush League Decision and terrorism
Although many times we write about politics and sometimes we write about world events, we do our best, when at all possible, to tie it into the First Amendment. This month’s article is going to deal with the terror attacks…
Citizens Unite Against Citizens United
If you listened or watched the Democratic debate in mid-October and contrasted it with the two Republican debates that had already been held, an independent observer would have had to have come to the conclusion that the Republican debates were…