Two Gents' Worth
May 3, 2025
Politics
President Trump signed the Keystone Pipeline authorization on Friday (3/24/17), just like he promised he would. Another in a string of campaign promises made good—at least the ones he has direct control over. But, later in the day his almost friends in Congress showed how utterly inept they are. Speaker Paul Ryan and his subalterns…
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There’s no other way to put it: Donald Trump and the GOP suffered a disastrous loss Friday when their horribly thought-out healthcare plan dropped dead. Remember, Trump campaigned for president on a platform of fear and loathing: fear of immigrants and loathing of Obamacare. And recall that Republican congressional candidates have campaigned for years on…
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Donald Trump
You may have heard about a children’s book titled “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” Maybe you even read it to your kids. Guess what? President Trump had one of those terrible, horrible days on Monday – and now the very future of his presidency may hang in the balance. Because…
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Books
If you’re a sports fan, you likely know who Joe Buck is. He’s the lead broadcaster for Fox Sports on the TV network’s NFL and Major League Baseball games. He’s also the son of one of the most famous sports broadcasters ever, and because of that, Joe Buck has never really gotten the praise he…
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A funny thing happened on the way to a Washington, D.C. mired in permanent Congressional investigations and seemingly intractable political animosity — private sector employment surged by nearly 300,000 in the first full month of the Trump Presidency. While the bumbling Tweeter-In-Chief struggles to get through politician school, his other persona precedes him. It’s called…
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I did something this bright and beautiful Saturday that I bet you didn’t do: I spent time in both downtown Fresno and “up north” — in and around Fig Garden Village. Only about five miles separate downtown from Fig Garden, but they might as well be galaxies apart. When I walked through downtown late Saturday…
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Fresno
Something happened to me this morning during one of my long walks, and I think it exemplifies the trouble Fresno city officials will have in trying to bring downtown back to life. It was a cool, sunny day, and I was dressed in a sweatshirt, long pants and tennis shoes as I made my way…
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Donald Trump
My wife and I just spent a few days at Walt’s World in Anaheim. And as always, Disneyland did not disappoint us, in spite of our long waits in lines that seemingly stretched forever. Over more than 40 years of marriage, we’ve trekked to Disneyland perhaps two-dozen times. But this was our first visit since…
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Richard Gutierrez was buried last Tuesday morning with Military Honors. A big crowd of family and friends gathered in the fog at Fresno Memorial Gardens. The War in Vietnam broke up his healthy young body all those years ago and he received a 100% disability, but it took this long for the wounds and…
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Fresno
My friend Al and I took a long walk through our old Fresno High neighborhood the other day. We like trekking around the area we grew up in because it has plenty of old houses and old trees and old memories. So we walked and walked on that lovely sunny day-between-storms, and we kept walking…
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