Public service is about a commitment to try to make a brighter future for our state and our community. We have an opportunity over the next two years to truly make a difference in people’s lives. With new majorities in both the House and the Senate and a more capable leader in the Blaine House, […]

When I was growing up a long time ago there was a presumption of prudential integrity for politicians. Yes, I suppose I was naïve, but as a boy from Minnesota I came to think of politics as a clean game in my formative years. This may explain why I am nonplussed now with the acceptance […]

There’s bad news and good news about the political understandings that make our system of government work. The biggest piece of bad news has been the shutdown of much of the federal government because of a battle over President Trump’s proposal to build the Wall. While there’s more than enough finger pointing about responsibility for […]

“I can’t stand winter,” said Herb Collins, who had dropped in at the Mule Barn’s philosophy counter for a quick cup. “There’s nothing to do.” “Get out and enjoy it,” suggested Doc. “Go skiing. Go ice fishing. Build a snowman. Do something. Then you’ll feel better.” “I don’t think your advice will take,” said Dud. […]

Unless I am in a particularly peaceful mood, I tend to scoff at the idea of building bridges between Democrats and Republicans in the United States. This is not an attitude I picked up post-election day 2016; I have felt this way since the Bush era as I watched liberals capitulate to mindless “War on […]

No one has been more outspoken against the globalist agenda than President Donald Trump.  His “America First” platform is the very antithesis of their plans for world government.  This is primarily the reason all globalists, Democrat and Republican, and all globalist mediums, have come out of the closet to oppose him at all costs.  Hence […]

As the first month of the new year begins, it’s unclear how well President Donald Trump grasps the altered political reality he faces. Indeed, using the words “reality” and “Trump” in the same sentence is a non sequitur. Incoming Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to pass a clean budget resolution ending the government shutdown dramatizes […]

As a college student, in an era when college tuition was much lower, I was able to pay my college bills without taking any loans. First, I had the support of my parents. They paid my bill in full for my freshman year, with the understanding that they did not have sufficient resources to continue that contribution […]

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — He was, like Calvin Coolidge, an introvert. He was, like Theodore Roosevelt, a battler. He was, like Bill Clinton, a policy wonk. He was, like Donald Trump, a polarizing figure. He was, like Warren Harding, a scoundrel. He was, like John F. Kennedy, a dreamer. He was, like Lyndon Johnson, a […]

Donald Trump is a lousy teleprompter reader. His fake crisis speech from the Oval Office was clearly the product of his handlers telling him in no uncertain terms, “Read it. Do not say anything else. Just read what we’ve written for you to say. Period. Not. Another. Syllable. Or you die on the vine.” Dave […]