“The ongoing tragedy of American politics has reached a new low as it has been revealed that former president Donald Trump initiated and orchestrated his own fake assassination during his political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania yesterday. Without question, this heinous act confirms his pathological character and trumps even the worst of his previous machinations. Interviews…

With the presidential election bearing down on us amid the meltdown about Biden and the continued absurdity of Trump, I can’t help but liken it to a parody of Saturday Night Live. You’ve got to pinch yourself to see if we are really living this nightmare! We are choosing our next president from a pool…

It would be difficult not to get caught up with the public bloodletting of President Biden since his disastrous performance during the first presidential debate. That is unless you live under a rock. It has been playing out to a relentless drum beat led by the media, outspoken Democrats and the cautiously gleeful Republican opposition….

Last night I slept with the windows open, listening to the katydids sing, enjoying the cool and quiet of the evening. After too long an absence, I’m back at Potlatch in the north Georgia mountains where time moves slowly, a place well suited for contemplating the crises faced by our nation and the larger world…

After Biden’s disastrous performance in the recent presidential debate, the question has become whether he should be replaced as the Democratic candidate. Should he be or not be the standard bearer? During the past several days calls for him to step down have reached a crescendo, put forth by pundits and politicians, potential voters and…

Let’s face it, President Biden came out flat and did a poor job in last night’s first presidential debate. He certainly did not instill confidence in the voters with his halting performance. Predictably Donald Trump was, as Tom Friedman wrote in this morning’s New York Times, a “firehose of lies” as usual. While the “watch…

Bronson K. Springstead, DVM 1936 – 2024 Recently, I lost another friend, one whom so many of us will sorely miss. Unfortunately, this is the burden of old age, but it doesn’t make it any easier to accept. In this case, we lost more than a person, we lost an American icon. “Bronco” was a…

Yesterday I had the good fortune to attend a neighborhood meet and greet for Patti Hewitt, candidate for the U.S. House, 1st Congressional District of Georgia. It was a lovely get together hosted by David Blumenfeld and his wife, Paula Eubanks, at their beautiful home on St. Simons. Ms. Hewitt, a Democrat, is running against…

Recently, we had the extraordinary opportunity to sit down with the twenty-sixth president of the United States and discuss current events. Theodore Roosevelt played a starring role as president and was a world figure during the rise of American power at a critical moment in western history. No one, in our judgment, could provide better…

Given the tragedy of contemporary politics, one has to wonder what the sage of Sagamore Hill would say if he was still on his bully pulpit. As the conscience of his generation, always outspoken and eager to engage on the issues of his time, there is no doubt that Theodore Roosevelt would’ve had a lot…