Paying to play

by | Jul 29, 2016 | Newspaper Columns

Disturbing emails these were. They were among the thousands recently divulged by villainous WikiLeaks. The emails were between the top finance guy of the Democrat Party and a big personnel guy at the White House.  The party guy sent a list of big donors. For the White...

What the conventions are really about

by | Jul 22, 2016 | Newspaper Columns

Assorted thoughts on our political conventions: First, these are not really political conventions. These are get-togethers for media and security folks. Truly. There are 15,000 media guys. We’ve invaded whole countries with fewer than 15,000. And nobody knows how many...

Let’s look to the future

by | Jul 15, 2016 | Newspaper Columns

Racial matters. They rouse the nation once more. In Dallas the President spoke yet again about the issues. You may feel differently. But I have no sense his words moved and inspired many Americans. Neither his words now.  Nor his words about race in previous speeches....