Finally, Joe Biden has hit upon a winning formula to buoy his sinking approval ratings: Get COVID not once, but twice. The 79-year-old president – and the most unpopular president in modern history – tested positive for the virus July 21. In that time, he had a few things uncharacteristically go his way. Sen. Joe Manchin suddenly announced he’d vote for the spending bill … [Read more...]
Question for the ages: Is Biden too old to be president?
How old is “too old” to be president of the United States? Joe Biden is the oldest president in American history. If he runs for a second term, he’d be 86 when he’s done. Constitutionally, of course, there’s no age that’s “too old.” Plenty of people function well in advanced age. For example, when I was 40 (and a fair golfer, I might add), I got my clocked clean in match … [Read more...]
A slur-du-jour is born: Breakfast Tacos?
What goes around comes around in the unforgiving world of racial slights. The Biden White House is discovering that political rubric the hard way this week as the First Lady returns from San Antonio accused of using a new racial slur: “Breakfast Tacos.” Yes, the slur-du-jour is “Breakfast Tacos.” I kid you not. Here’s the scoop. Dr. Jill Biden spoke to a luncheon for a … [Read more...]
Mitt Romney’s got something to say
Former presidential candidate and now Utah Sen. Mitt Romney lives in political no-man’s land – untrusted by conservatives and liberals alike. He’s got something interesting to say, however. It’s worth a little attention. Boiled to the bone, his message takes both Republicans and Democrats to the woodshed on American energy policy and climate change. He says “the United … [Read more...]
Here’s what real intolerance looks like
There is more than a bit of irony in the unfolding story of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who sits in a Russian jail after being detained for allegedly transporting hashish oil in her luggage. Don’t get me wrong. This is not a condemnation of Griner, a seven-time WNBA All-Star and two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. She’s as much a political prisoner as anyone in the … [Read more...]
Let the abortion debate begin
As I watched the “breaking news” unfold live last week on Roe v Wade, I was once again dismayed to see the polarization of news coverage in America. Fox News went full bore in one direction and CNN in the other. All the initial coverage was forced into a funnel of an anti-abortion perspective for Fox and a pro-abortion perspective for CNN. So, here we sit almost a week after … [Read more...]
Democrats don’t own Hispanic voters
Nevada is Nevada and Texas is Texas. Always was; always will be. But in 2022 may I suggest a tiny link between the two states: The awakening of Hispanic voters. Consider Mayra Flores, who won a special election in the 34th Congressional District in Texas. In a traditionally Democratic stronghold, did she run on gender identity? Did she hit the stump telling people about the … [Read more...]
Does a chicken cry?
Ever since newly minted Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson could not – or more accurately would not – answer the question “what is a woman” at her confirmation hearing, American political punditry remains at the ready to do battle over the topic. Don’t expect much of a fight in Nevada, though. This remains a pioneer state with fairly conservative values about … [Read more...]