A little less than a year ago Nancy Pelosi said, “… impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path because it divides the country.” For a brief moment I...
Butch Mazzuca
Questions
Let’s get something straight from the get-go—the history of U.S. relations with Iran did not begin when Donald Trump took office. But judging from recent comments, the left doesn’t to want to acknowledge we’ve been in a de facto war with Iran since they overran our...
Don’t Lose Your Identity!
The commercials about identity theft are cute, but the subject matter is very serious. Identity theft can cause years of agony, including problems obtaining credit, the aggravation of having to clean up one’s financial report and even legal problems. According to...
It’s not that complicated
There are no shortages of opinions regarding the most pressing issues facing this nation. Some cite the rising national debt and point to the fact that historically speaking; large debt always precedes the collapse of government. Others point to the safe spaces that...
Don’t Touch My Social Security
Social Security has long been called the third rail of American politics because of the political danger it poses to politicians attempting to change or reform it. But change it must because Social Security will not deliver as promised to the majority of Americans...
A Christmas Story
This is a reprint of a commentary I wrote years ago in the Vail Daily, and every word is true! For Italian mothers, Christmas is the social event of the season—it’s their raison d’être. They clean, they cook, they bake; they orchestrate the day. In essence, Christmas...
Removing the spin
For three years we've heard Nadler and Schiff tell anyone who would listen that they had "proof" of Russian collusion on the part of the Trump campaign, so in light of the recent IG report I decided to write this commentary and do something novel in the world of...
‘Tis the season…
Recently I had an experience that truly saddened me. It occurred at my local pharmacy when a woman who I didn’t immediately recognize said hello to me. Trying to gloss over that fact that I couldn’t quite recall her name I said, “Oh hi, I didn’t recognize you with...
The Perfect Gift
Attendant to the Christmas season comes the inevitable search for that perfect gift. Now I don’t know if there actually is such a thing as a “perfect gift;” nonetheless, many years ago I heard a story about a gift that comes pretty darned close to describing one, and...
Who’s #1?
OK ~ so impeachment and all things political are occupying the news, but it's the holiday season and enough is enough, at least until the after the first of the year. Besides, trying to have a reasoned discussion about Trump with a liberal is akin to making a square...