Year: 2024

The election is over. Everybody but a few confused people have already made up their minds, especially since Kamala Harris replaced President Biden as the Democratic candidate. We just have to sit around and endure the barrage of solicitations and the partisan noise until November 5th. The fact that this election is playing out like…

During our retreat to Amelia Island to escape the ravage of the hurricane, we went shopping in nearby Jacksonville which has lots of stores we don’t have in the Brunswick/St. Simons area. We spent much of the day going to Ikea, Costco and Trader Joe’s, all of which were swamped with shoppers buying things. It…

The last four days since Hurricane Helene have been hectic, to say the least. The power went out here about 2 a.m. Friday morning, September 27th and didn’t come back on until late Monday, the 30th. No complaints though as things could have been much worse; there was not much rain nor a tidal surge….

As I write this, Hurricane Helene is moving through the Gulf of Mexico headed toward the Big Bend of Florida with predictions that it will make landfall there and head north cutting a wide swatch through Georgia. We are already getting some rain here on St. Simons and are bracing for serious winds and a…

In 1954 during the Army-McCarthy hearings, Boston attorney Joseph Welch interrogating Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (Wisc.) exclaimed, “Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty and recklessness … Have you no sense of decency?” Afterwards McCarthy, notorious for his relentless and reckless accusations about alleged communists in the government, was censured…

Most mornings, weather permitting, I ride my bike. I have a regular route through the neighborhoods, taking back streets, up to what I call Buckhead, a cluster of bars and restaurants at the corner of Arnold Rd. and Ocean Blvd., one of three main roads on the island. I’ve done this since 2020 when I…

I read the Wall Street Journal every morning, it’s an excellent newspaper. Each day I start by quickly glancing at the Journal and the New York Times to compare headlines and see how the two newspapers report developing stories. Both cover major events but frequently differ in their presentation by placement on the front page…

Who would’ve thought that last night’s presidential debate would unfold as it did? I didn’t. Despite a format that discourages substantive discussion, two very different candidates emerged to help undecided voters make up their minds. Vice President Harris clearly did much better in the debate. She was positive and upbeat while former president Trump was…

Here we go again. Just hours before a presidential “debate,” we are primed by the media and the political parties to believe that something meaningful is about to take place as to the direction of the country, who will be elected our leader and what our fate as a people will be in the immediate…

It’s almost become a major parlor game among political pundits to examine why so many voters are so loyal to Trump and why they stand behind him despite overwhelming evidence of his corruption and faithless execution of his duties while president. While the question begs an answer, it enjoins us to repeat ad nauseam the…