Two Gents' Worth
November 22, 2024
Donald Trump
If you want to get an idea about how low this year’s presidential campaign can go — how insulting and demeaning and dispiriting it might get — look no farther than Donald Trump’s recent actions. Trump — who, remember, has no governmental experience and who has shown no knowledge of foreign affairs — has decided…
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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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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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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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Well, Hillary Clinton’s very bad weekend just got a whole lot worse, and her campaign for the presidency may have been fatally compromised. By getting sick at the 911 memorial service in New York City on Sunday morning — and by her campaign’s initial claim that she was merely “overheated” — Clinton’s health is now…
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Donald Trump
Yep. Hillary Clinton has just made a deplorable mistake — one that may prove fatal to her run for the White House. By saying that half of Donald Trump’s supporters fall into what she called a “basket of deplorables,” Clinton has violated virtually every rule of campaigning. For one thing, she has denigrated not her…
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I like to walk a lot, and most of the time when I stroll around town, I head back to the Fresno High area where I grew up. I’ll park my car near Hamilton Jr. High and then stroll in any direction that suits my fancy that particular day. It’s not unusual for me to…
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Donald Trump
So here we are, on Labor Day weekend, and the final push is about to begin in this miserable, horrible race for the White House. No one can be sure how this is all going to play out, but there are a few things we know. First, this race is Hillary Clinton’s to lose —…
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