thependulumswings

Shortly after the Stone Age and way before Black Lives Matter, neckties mattered. They were the perfect piece de resistance for a suit, whether a man or a woman wore them. Suits were mandatory for any serious businessman or woman, which led to the occasional utterance, “Empty suit. ” What’s that? “Empty suit” describes someone …

Whether your “team” won or lost last night it’s time to go to work for all of America. America spoke.  Once when Barrack Obama spoke he said elections have consequences. Speaking of work we hope this website’s glitches are behind us.  It’s beginning to feel like Arizona ballot counting around here.  If you’ve read this …

The pendulum swings.  Always. How far left or right will it go?  As divided as the country is it’s doubtful that it will stray very far.  But, it need not stray far to dramatically tip the balance of power. A few states could lead to a few seats in the House, Senate, or the one …

Tune in to almost any NFL game since the George Floyd riots and you’ll see the friendly reminders in the back of each endzone.  One end has “END RACISM” in all caps.  The other reminds “IT TAKES ALL OF US.” When you put them together you get “It takes all of us to end racism.”  …

A funny thing happened last night on the FOX News Channel.  After the Bret Baier interview with VP Kamala Harris aired the remainder of the nightly lineup took turns running excerpts of it and picking apart what Kamala said and didn’t say. It’s as if they captured the villain queen and walked her about the …

With the election just three weeks from today, united is not where we stand. The real-time debt clock shows the nation roaring to 36 trillion bucks in the proverbial hole. The 30-year mortgage interest rate sits at 7.25%. The nation’s indifference to illegal border crossings is causing harm from coast to coast to how we …

Four years ago Joe Biden said he was running for office because we were in a battle for the soul of our nation. Shortly after he took office he instructed his VP, Kamala Harris, as Border Czar to get to the root cause of the border “problem.” And four years later we have 15 million …

Tuesday night it was JD Vance squaring off against Tim Walz.  Did you watch the possible VPs debate? It’s debatable as to who won. Ask most any Republican and they’ll go on camera, tweet, or tell you that it was JD Vance and it wasn’t close.  Ask almost any Democrat and they’ll explain in similar …

At multiple recent campaign stops Kamala Harris has appealed to the crowd, ” They have pledged to carry out the largest deportation, a mass deportation, in American history.  Imagine what that would look like and what that would be.” Predictably her supporters clap and wave signs.  If you’re tolerant of illegal immigration you’re probably against …

So, who won the debate? Stated differently, who accomplished what they set out to do.   And, was the performance good enough to sway the few voters still undecided in key battleground states? For Trump, the objective was to expose Harris for what she is, not the candidate “for change” she purports to be.  For Harris, …