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Trump's populist image is dead

As predictions of a blue wave swell, it's worthwhile to remember that polls are sometimes wrong, that surveys have tended to undercount Trump voters (though they have been better in midterms), that professional prognosticators can err, and that Allan Lichtman is only right when he's lucky. And ...

PROTECTIVE NETTING AND ELECTIONS

I’m concerned. I suspect you are as well. That old expression, “If it’s not one thing, it’s another,” applies more often and more intensely now. It’s like a foul ball coming out of left field that shatters your windshield, immediately followed by a wild pitch that takes out a ...

The Great Double Down (The Limit of American Powers)

There is a man, a Russian man, that has sworn with total conviction that he will not end the war with Ukraine until Russia has taken control of all of the contested Ukrainian territory and he backs his conviction at the rate of 1,000-to-1,200 Russian Army casualties being granted every day. In America we have a man, a great American man pledged to help this Russian man, working to end the war with Ukraine. Now ask yourself given: 1) The Russian man's sworn conviction and his resulting action. 2) The Russian man's awareness of and constant communication with the great ...

The holy kiss and the hard work of loving one another

In Bill Watterson’s great comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin, 6, is horrified when informed that he kissed a girl before bed last night. After a moment he makes an exception to the rules of his G.R.O.S.S. club (Get Rid Of Slimy girlS). “Smooching is optional if it’s your mom” he ...

Lumberjack Legends Hall of Fame induction

Sitting in the warm glow of Granum Theatre watching the 1976-77 Lumberjack men’s basketball team’s induction into the Lumberjack Legends Hall of Fame, it occurred to me once again the enduring power of positive connection. Coach Bill Morse’s 1976-77 Lumberjack team finished the season ...