COULD THE STATE LEGISLATURES IN MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN, FLORIDA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND ARIZONA SELECT THEIR STATES’ ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT, OVERRIDING THE ELECTION RESULTS HELD ON NOVEMBER 3? A U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION ON AN HISTORIC MICHIGAN CASE BACK IN 1892 MAY HOLD THE KEY! A recent article in The Atlantic magazine raised the question of […]
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COMPASSION COMES TO LANSING, BUT ARE THERE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES?
Lost in the shuffle in this most tumultuous political year so far in the 21st Century is a package of bills in the Michigan Legislature that appear to be on a fast-track to quick passage, with bipartisan support. They involve recommendations from the Governor’s Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Detention, including elimination of […]
MICHIGAN’S JOAN LARSEN IN THE MIX FOR APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies, setting up nomination fight Richard Wolf USA TODAY Sept. 19, 2020 WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday evening, giving President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans a rare opportunity to solidify conservative control of the court, perhaps for decades to come. Ginsburg, 87 and in failing […]
AMY CONEY BARRETT, NOT MICHIGAN’S JOAN LARSEN, APPEARS TO BE FAVORITE TO SUCCEED GINSBURG ON U.S. SUPREME COURT
Ginsburg death opens complex partisan chessboard affected by timeline, COVID-19, election “You had to know 2020 was going to end with an election that could be decided by a Supreme Court capable of a split 4-4 decision,” tweeted Catholic University professor C.C. Pecknold. Supreme Court exterior By Carrie Sheffield JUST THE NEWS Sept. 19, 2020 The death […]
‘CANCEL CULTURE’ CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM — STEPHEN S. NISBET
“WHERE DO YOU GO TO GET YOUR GOOD NAME BACK?” That’s what Ray Donovan, Ronald Reagan’s former Secretary of Labor, said after he had been declared innocent on charges of grand larceny and fraud by a New York court in 1987. Donovan was the first presidential cabinet officer ever indicted while still in office, but […]
SWEDEN BLUNTS COVID-19, IF ANY COUNTRY HAS
How comeback kid Sweden got the last laugh on Coronavirus: Infections and deaths fall to record lows and economy improves as Britain removes the country that shunned lock-down from the quarantine list Sweden’s infection rate, once the highest in Europe, is now lower than in UK, Spain, France, Italy or Denmark Curve was flattened without […]
MICHIGAN’S TRAUMA CAN BE ‘UNLOCKED’
How did we allow ourselves to be eviscerated? The coronavirus is bad enough, but it has been the REACTION to it by politicians that has consigned 10 million Michiganders to endless suffering. It took 75 years, 11 governors and 38 Legislatures to create a constitutional gridlock that has crippled the state’s economy, closed schools and […]
FINALLY! AN EISENHOWER MEMORIAL IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL
In 2020, Eisenhower Is a Lantern in the Dark by Derek Chollet September 8, 2020 Commentary Four months ago, as America’s monument to Dwight D. Eisenhower readied to open officially just off the national mall in Washington, the celebration was shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the country grappled with its greatest […]
WOULD A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE SIMPLY REPEAT THE 1976 SWINE FLU DISASTER?
Everyone believes we need a vaccine for the Coronavirus, right? That would solve everything. It’s just a question of how soon we can get it. Well, maybe not. We’ve been here before, but few remember it, and those who do appear to have forgotten some obvious lessons. Does anybody recall the infamous “swine flu” debacle […]
The Arizona Republic: CALIFORNIA IS A FAILED STATE
How do we know? They’re moving to Arizona in droves. You can’t blame Californians for moving to Arizona. But let’s hope they leave behind the progressive policies that ruined their state. by Jon Gabriel The Arizona Republic/Opinion Aug. 31, 2020 Driving across Arizona, it’s hard not to notice a surge in California license plates. […]