Yesterday, Sunday, Pete Buttigieg drops out of the race for the White House. But…Mayor Pete does not endorse anyone. Then Monday comes. And before we can catch our breath and get our arms around the impact of Mayor Pete’s departure, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar let …..
Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, pulled the plug on his presidential campaign today and in so doing exhibited those qualities his supporters have always seen in him: character, integrity, intelligence. Likewise, by dropping out of the …..
From historian Jon Meacham, in the New York Times, February 25, 2020: The Christian season of Lent, a time of repentance and reflection, is upon us. The weeks that begin with Ash Wednesday culminate in Holy Week, a commemoration of …..
Of late, Michael Bloomberg is one of the big stories in the run for the White House, as he has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to buy his way onto the polls with close to no actual campaigning. But …..
It is glaringly obvious that the majority of Democrats do no not want Bernie Sanders as their party’s nominee. This is not the same thing as simply being supportive of another candidate. These anti-Bernie Democrats see disaster in November with …..
Been a terrible week for the country but….back in October of 2018, I wrote about Senator Amy Klobuchar, beseeching her to run. A month later, in November of that year, I published an insightful quote from the astute Ross Douthat of the …..
As many Republican senators said what Trump did with Ukraine was wrong, only one had the courage and core morality to vote as such. Mitt Romney. There are the Portmans, the Rubios, the Murkowskis of the world who talk a good game, feigning outrage at their dear leader. But when it matters, …..
As the world knows by now, Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash. But his death, as absolutely tragic as it is, does not come close to to what he had to endure emotionally and spiritually in those last …..
As the Republicans conduct a sham trial, there is no more blue sky hope for any of the party’s senators. The majority of the country wants something that, I guess, is radical for the GOP…witnesses in a trial. Think about …..
My earliest recollection of magic was as a child at Christmas. As much as I loved the expectation of what I was going to receive in gifts (likely more than the reality), what I liked even more was the magic, …..