November 19, 2025
THE TIME HAS COME TO WALK AWAY
It is said that absence makes the heart grow fonder. It is also said that out of sight is out of mind. I have been writing this column weekly for Nadig Newspapers for almost 53 years, starting in mid-1973. By my count, at 50 columns per year and 1,550 words per column, that amounts to 2,650 columns and 4,100,000 words. That is more than enough productivity for a part-time political analyst.
I have been experiencing age-related health issues over the past year, thankfully nothing of a fatal nature, but my lifestyle and the task of writing has grown more onerous. And the political environment has grown ever more putrid. Up to a decade ago there was some modicum of dignity and respect amongst the political class. I felt like I was writing about politicians with SOME honor. Not anymore. Nancy Pelosi calls our president a “vile creature” who is “killing children” and nobody expresses shock. It’s politics-as-usual.
I have been MIA for 5 of the past 6 weeks. Only one column was written, on Oct. 22. I look at the computer screen and nothing happens. No words or thoughts. I cannot get “into the zone.” This is my mind and body telling me it is over. That it is time to de-stress. No more deadlines and commitments. No more checking voicemails and emails 5 times a day. No more thinking about my next column the moment I finish this week’s column. No more filling-up spiral notebooks with facts and info I hear or read for future use. No more reading newspapers. No more watching wretched local TV news and seeing Brandon’s or J.B.’s ugly faces or hearing a gaggle of ignorant, foul-mouthed “protesters” in Broadview.
I will have the time to watch FOX News 24/7. I have a couple of articles “in progress,” meaning the research is partially done They will be written and published (hopefully) by the end of the year. It was my goal to stick around until the 2027 mayoral election. But that no longer seems important to me. When 2026 arrives IT WILL BE TIME TO WALK AWAY. I will keep you advised if the situation changes. Full Article...
November 12, 2025
NO ARTICLE THIS WEEK
November 5, 2025
NO ARTICLE THIS WEEK
October 29, 2025
MARXIST/SOCIALIST WILL WIN IN NYC BUT REPUBLICANS WILL WIN NJ, VA GOV
This column is about something wholly meaningful – namely: the Nov. 4 elections in New York City, Virginia and New Jersey. This is DEMOCRACY and it will have an impact on Trump and Trumpism. I follow polling daily on the RealClear Politics website and the president’s job approval is in the range of 45 percent -- higher than both Bush II and Obama at this point in their second term. The fact of the matter is that 56 percent of New Yorkers don’t want Mandani’s inexperience and ideology to control their city. There is plenty of wealth in NYC and Mamdani wants to redistribute it from the HAVES to the HAVE-NOTS. He is offering lots to free stuff: Rent-control, free bus rides, free day care. Somebody will pay for it. It is unconstitutional to tax wealth, only income. The “billionaires” have already “earned” (or inherited) their money and can easily park it elsewhere. Mayor Brandon Johnson wants to do the same thing. In both VA and NJ scandals combined with capitulation to Woke/Left orthodoxy have complicated what should be slam-dunks for 2 Democratic congresswomen in states that Kamala Harris carried in 2024 by, respectively, 51.8 and 51.8 percent. Jay Jones, the Black Democrat running for VA attorney general, emailed a few years ago that he wanted to put bullets in the head of the Republican House Speaker and then kill both his kids while his wife watched. INCREDIBLY, Jones is losing in recent polling to incumbent AG Jason Miyares (R) by just 4 points. And even MORE INCREDIBLY, no VA Democrat, including VA governor candidate Abigail Spanberger (D) and the state’s 2 senators (D), called for him to resign. They just mumbled that the words were inappropriate. You think? Full Article...
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