Two Gents' Worth
November 22, 2024
I spent the last week in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A class reunion, a big one. More on that in the future. But, this is more important. A woman who has had many years to know herself and distill her views gave this to me. It’s been around the internet a time or two,…
Read More about An Ounce of LogicBy now, it’s fairly clear that Donald Trump’s campaign is in free-fall. It’s also fairly clear that Trump’s decided to tear apart both the Republican Party — and the United States. Trump has thrown civility to the wind in these last, desperate days of his presidential run. Anything goes. Anything is said. Hillary needs to…
Read More about Trump’s Rampage
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the second presidential debate Sunday night is that it actually had some substance and illustrated policy differences. But, of course, that may have been overwhelmed by everything that led up to the debate. I’m referring, of course, to the release of the tape that revealed Donald Trump talking about…
Read More about Trump’s Terrible WeekendYou have to wonder whose idea it was for Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine to continually interrupt Republican VP nominee Mike Pence during their one and only debate Tuesday night. Whoever gave Kaine that idea should be let go immediately, because Kaine’s interruptions looked boorish and desperate and usually backfired. He tried to load…
Read More about Kaine KO’s Himself
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…
Read More about Trump in the Muck
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…
Read More about Hillary “Wins” — Now What?
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…
Read More about Mr. Kaine Visits Iowa
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…
Read More about Midwest Sensibilities[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…
Read More about Guest Commentary: Hillary’s HealthWell, 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…
Read More about Hillary’s “Overheating”