By Harry Spencer In days of yore, one of the main functions of political conventions of both parties was to issue a Party Platform. Those platforms were arrived at after considerable negotiation and amendments. Unfortunately, this was not the case at this year’s Democrat convention.  Instead of a platform, an over 100-page proposal known as the Biden-Bernie Manifesto was … [Read more...]

“Only economic devastation brought on by drunken war spending and promiscuous job exporting will allow a more centrist leadership to regain control of the country. But a lot of people will suffer all over the world before a new Franklin Roosevelt emerges to pick up the pieces. God save us all.” Who said that? Me. In this newspaper on May 8, 2005. Has the new FDR appeared? … [Read more...]

The world class Barbwire investigative team has spared every expense to obtain a secret internal memo from my inside source, DeepGLOP: TO: Chairpersons, both Nevada Republican Parties (you know who you are) FROM: Strategery Dept. RE: Presidential visit this weekend in the Alabaster Bastion As you are aware, our leader will descend hereabouts this weekend, flying … [Read more...]

By Harry Spencer Having written more than my fair share of political speeches, press releases, radio, TV and newspaper ads I am currently confused about who is doing the same thing for the Biden campaign. One day Biden says he would shut the country down again, the next day he disavows that statement. Also, in one 24 hour period he says that he will cancel fracking and in … [Read more...]

Gun sales from coast to coast and throughout the fruited plain have soared in the runup to the presidential election. And where are sales profoundly up? In the seven presidential “toss up” states of Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Wisconsin. Gun sales growth in those states are up -- wait for it -- 77.9 percent.Ammo sales surged 139 … [Read more...]

“Democracy without education becomes tyranny without limitation.” Our version of representative government found a toehold because the population of the colonies in the late 18th Century had a respectable level of education. So stated one of my college history profs who mentioned the above quote, some version of which goes back to Socrates and Plato. So how can a highly … [Read more...]

Harry Spencer One of the social mores that all athletes practice is calling their fellow teammates by their last name or a nickname. Hence the above headline which immortalizes the sobriquet most often used for the late Dick Trachok. The practice of using the surname probably had its genesis in the service during the war years of the last century.  When you have a … [Read more...]

Harry Spencer atching the Democrat convention and the Republican convention over the past two weeks revealed that they were a study in contrasts.  The Democrat version was strictly a virtual presentation where the Dems trotted out a number of antediluvian swamp dwellers who attempted to paint candidate Joe Biden as a lovable, empathetic and caring individual. They … [Read more...]