There is a great grumble across the land concerning a brokered GOP convention this summer.  The thinking goes that even if Donald Trump doesn’t receive enough votes to wrap up the nomination on the first ballot, he should be the

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The Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia and I would probably not have been on the same side in many of the recent decisions that have been handed down.  He was known for his conservativism, while I’m probably more accurately described

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It was out of character, but I watched television for four hours last night as the results of the Iowa Caucus, the first in the nation (and proud of it), came in. Until then, I’d been hiding under a rock

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If we thought last fall’s attention to political candidates and various debates was exhausting, then we’ve underestimated what’s ahead.

The most recent GOP debate minus Donald Trump; the analysis of the most recent debate minus Donald Trump; and the preparations

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I watched the NBC Nightly News this evening and was reminded why I rarely do so. There’s very little news and a lot of fluff.

The lead story was billed as a “war” between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz over

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We are finally inside a year before the next presidential election.  Up to now, I have ignored much of the sturm und drang that’s happened with various debates, Congressional hearings, and television rantings; because I don’t think the election process

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John Boehner resigned as Speaker of the House yesterday. Both Earl and I are glad, but I suspect it’s for different reasons.  (For the record, my husband and I are on opposite ends of the political bell curve.)

I have

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Tonight is the second debate among the various GOP 2016 presidential candidates.  I imagine I shall give it the same amount of attention I gave the last debate, which was to watch the first five minutes and then recuse myself. 

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