“Beyond the Pale” has both an interesting history and a contemporary meaning. Originating in the 14th century in Ireland, and in general use by the 1500s, the phrase referred to…
As always, in the aftermath of the tragic school shooting in Florida, Democrats jumped into the news with calls for more gun laws even before the smell of gun powder…
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While watching one of our favorite crime solving TV shows, one of the opening scenes portrayed the fictional detective in a supermarket, leaning on a shopping cart while waiting for…
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Although if you watch CBS, NBC, MSNBC, or CNN you may know little about it, the FBI and Department of Justice are currently embroiled in a scandal that may…
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In 1933 and 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt and Congress managed to enact and put into operation several programs designed to alleviate the effects of what would be known as the…
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One of the things I get pretty tired of are those people who believe, act and say they are “better” than those of us who live outside the big cities…
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I have been observing the national political scene for many years. My memory goes back (vaguely) to Dwight Eisenhower’s second campaign in 1956, but John Kennedy’s run for the White…
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Last night at the State of the Union Speech, Democratic members of Congress demonstrated their contempt not only for the President of the United States, but also for the people…
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When President Donald Trump declared, on December 6, 2017, that the United States would move our embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, recognizing that city as the capital…
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Traditionally in a midterm election, that is to say, two years following a presidential election, the party not in power makes a comeback in the house and the senate. We…
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