Just when you thought the 2016 presidential election couldn’t get any nuttier, FBI Director James Comey wrote a letter yesterday to members of Congress to let them know that he was once again looking into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as Secretary of State. With the election looming just eleven […]
It’s been 48 hours since the most anticipated presidential debate in the history of the planet and I am finally ready to share some thoughts on the deplorable show that was supposed to be a substantive discussion of the issues that impact all of us as Americans. Sometimes a picture sums it up perfectly. The […]
With the first presidential debate just 14 days away, the last 7 have been anything but kind to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. National and swing state polls have started to tighten, showing Republican nominee Donald Trump within striking distance. First there was a major coughing fit last Monday at a rally in Cleveland followed by […]
With the first presidential debate looming in just 16 days, on this past Wednesday night NBC News hosted somewhat of a sneak preview with a one-hour “Commander-in-Chief Forum” featuring presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. This was a forum, not a debate, so the candidates did not appear on stage together. Instead each had […]
After 10 days of family visits, baseball games, golf tournaments and lots of work after getting home, this is my first opportunity to weigh in on the news from the Democratic Convention and the days that have followed. I’ll cover a variety of topics here separately. Breaking The Glass Ceiling It’s been about a week […]
With a potential criminal indictment behind her, we now know with absolute certainty that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee for president and thus she will likely make her selection for vice-president by the end of next week. Let’s take a look at her potential choices. This first bit might seem redundant for those […]
It’s been a dramatic week in Washington, with the announcement by FBI Director James Comey that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not face prosecution for her mishandling classified information and Comey’s subsequent testimony in front of the House oversight committee. At the heart of the case was Secretary Clinton’s decision to use a […]
In a little over three weeks former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will formally accept the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Mrs. Clinton will be the first woman to seek the Oval Office under the banner of one of the two major political parties. She also could become the first candidate under […]
It’s been less than a week since the Orlando night club massacre. Unlike our politicians, I’m not one to instantly politicize tragedies like this but I feel it’s now appropriate to share some deep feelings I have about the issues it’s created. Most mass shootings always spark an outcry that goes nowhere for increased gun control. […]
Now that the two major party nominees have officially accumulated the requisite number of delegates to secure their party’s nomination, I’d like to look forward. How do we improve the nominating process to give us better candidates in the future. Realizing that many reading this do believe that Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton are great […]