Two Gents' Worth
November 22, 2024
Donald Trump
Presidential temperament never was much of a qualifier for the nation’s highest office until the current cycle. Judging by how easily Hillary Clinton got under The Donald’s skin at the debate on Monday night, there could be some tomfoolery just over the western horizon between the North Korean fellow and the New York deal-maker. Imagine…
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Donald Trump
We are so politically polarized in these United States that I’m not at all sure whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump gained any new supporters during their first presidential debate Monday night. But there’s no doubt — among observers who are not in the tank for either candidate — that Clinton won the debate and…
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Ninety minutes is a long time for a sexagenarian and a septuagenarian to stand in one place without a potty break. But they both did Monday night at the first 2016 Presidential Debate. Hillary Clinton, 68 years old, and Donald Trump, at 70 the oldest person ever to run for President of the United States,…
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Mike Allen on the Hugh Hewitt radio program Monday morning: “(Donald Trump) is surging in the polls partly because he has all the right enemies.” Meaning, that the liberal “media armada” (another freshly-coined beauty, but by whom, I don’t know) is so lined up against him that Trump assumes the underdog mantle by default, and…
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On a sweltering September Sunday night two weeks ago, a cop sat at the head of the gurney inside a shrieking ambulance as it raced through the projects and slums toward Sutter Medical Center. The cop, a ten-year veteran of patrol, held the broken parts of a man’s skull in her two hands — like…
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Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton’s running mate traveled to Iowa State University in Ames on Monday, and since I’m spending a bit of time in Ames, I went to see him. And I came away with the wish that Tim Kaine was the Democrat running for president, not Mrs. Clinton. Kaine’s campaign appearance at the university’s Memorial Union…
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Pop Culture
W.P. Kinsella died the other day at the age of 81, and it’s worth noting because while you may not know who he is, you’ve almost surely seen the results of what he did. Kinsella wrote the novel that was adapted for the iconic movie “Field of Dreams.” He started writing “Shoeless Joe” while he…
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The nurse who was kissed by an exuberant sailor in Times Square to celebrate the end of World War II passed away last week. Greta Zimmer was a 21-year old dental assistant on August 14, 1945, one of thousands of New Yorkers who streamed into the streets when they heard the news that the Emperor…
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Donald Trump
I’m spending a bit of time in the heart of the American heartland — Ames, Iowa, the home of Iowa State University, where I taught journalism decades ago. For years now, I’ve returned to Ames in the fall — always the best time of year in the Midwest. I visit friends, eat a lot of…
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[Editor: Dr. Scott Sturman is an anesthesiologist who has practiced for many years in Fresno. His assessment of Hillary Clinton’s medical condition, obviously viewed from afar, is the best we have seen. B.E.] By Dr. Scott Sturman One of the fittest nearly 60 year old women on the planet, who has climbed mountains over 19,000…
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