Hottest item on the agenda in Washington recently was the Lewandowski hearing before the House Committee chaired by Congressman Nadler. The hearing was supposedly a pre-impeachment process. As it turned out, it became a very hectic session with many fireworks between the Democrat side and Lewandowski. A veteran of many hours of previous testimony, the witness deftly parried the … [Read more...]
What We Don’t Say at the End
Four years of my professional life were spent working in hospice. Director of Bereavement and Pastoral Care. Simply put, four of the best years of my life. Creative, energizing, and a daily learning curve. A downer? Absolutely not! Quite the opposite. More hopeful, inspirational, meaningful. I listened to the mortals in the bed. Talked to them. Was always struck by how … [Read more...]
Sanders Still Wants a Revolution, but Now He’s Got Company
By Will Weissert Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Bernie Sanders is still leading a revolution. But his ideas no longer feel quite so revolutionary. The Vermont senator acknowledges that many of his top proposals, which were dismissed as radical four years ago, have been adopted by much of the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential primary field: “Medicare for All,” … [Read more...]
Wild Horse Overpopulation is Dire
We’ve known for years that the wild horse and burro population growth on public land in the West is not sustainable, but little is being done about it. A recent article in the online E&E News, which touts itself as the essential news source for energy and environment professionals, by Scott Streater paints an eye-opening on-the-ground picture of just how dire the … [Read more...]
Trade the Confederacy Straight Across for Greenland
Czar Donaldov is choking in the clutch on the ultimate Green New Deal. He needs to sweeten the pot so that the US can acquire Greenland. I suggest trading Texas straight across for the melting Denmark-owned island. Most Americans should support throwing in the entire Confederacy to sweeten the deal. I can only fantasize at how that liberal, egalitarian Viking nation might … [Read more...]
EPA Repeals Obama-Era Land Use Restrictions
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has finalized the repeal of yet another Obama-era regulatory overreach, specifically rules that defined every stream, ditch, seasonal puddle and muddy hoof print as being covered by the restrictions of the Clean Water Act of 1972 that was intended to prohibit pollutants being dumped into navigable waters — known as the … [Read more...]
Dem Debate
Last Thursday and Friday the main topic of discussion was the Democrat Presidential Candidate Debate. The general consensus at the kaffe klatch was that Donald Trump was the winner. The main reason for that conclusion was the lack of any person of Presidential timbre on the stage. Joe Biden had his best moment so far as he took on the radical Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth … [Read more...]
It Was the Best I Could Do
Here comes The Speech. I can see it on his face. I can feel the words gathering in the air between us. One part plea, one part protest, one part lamentation. I’ve got The Speech memorized. I hear it in my office with some regularity. And not just in my office: I also hear it out and about from friends and colleagues. It’s as if, at birth, we each receive The Speech on a … [Read more...]