Sometimes it’s difficult to pinpoint the precise beginning of a historical movement or phenomenon because all too often there’s no way to know what or who actually “lit the fuse.”   For example, did the Civil War start when rebels fired on Fort Sumter or did it really...

If you think the reasons for more chaos has ended, wait a few days. Senator Johnson is going to release a major report on Hunter Biden, and it will directly impact Joe.  It will be emails that show extensive corruption by the Biden family, and the emails are from the...

Listening to one political party squeal about the other political party pushing forward with a Supreme Court nomination reminds me of Captain Louis Renault in the movie Casablanca, who when he closed down Rick’s Cafe said to Humphrey Bogart,"I’m shocked, shocked to...

During a recent conversation about changing attitudes in America a dear friend said to me, “Butch our time is past.”  But my friend’s words didn’t really resonate until I read an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born Dutch...

I believe it would benefit the country greatly if Trump and the Republicans commited to not pushing thru a Supreme Court nominee until after  the election is settled and the new or current president resumes his term in office, and the new congress is sworn in; and in...

YipitData data research notes that Netflix lost 8 times its usual number of subscribers following a backlash for streaming the controversial film Cuties.  If you haven’t heard of Cuties, Google it and prepare to be disgusted. At the same time, Barack and Michelle...

I feel truly blessed to live in the Vail Valley; but the period between June and August has never really felt like summer to me. I grew up on Chicago’s West Side, far removed from the almost idyllic climate of Colorado’s mountains. To us summer nights meant heat...