Author Archives: eeldav

Pandemics, protests and politics, oh my!  Yes, there’s a lot driving the news cycles these days but pending decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court are even more ominous for the nation’s future.  Later this month, or certainly this summer, the … Continue reading →

Many unnerving tragedies have occurred since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis policeman on May 25.  Police frequently attacked and injured journalists covering the resulting protests – President Trump called for federal troops to police American cities – federal … Continue reading →

What more can I write about President Trump and his inept, corrupt administration?  Ditto the Republican Party.  And who needs negative predictions about the path ahead when there seems to be so little we can do about it?  Yet, when … Continue reading →

Anti-government protestors have been aggressively railing against stay-at-home orders in Michigan and other states, demanding their freedom.  But what is “freedom”?  Is it their right to own an assault rifle?   Does it equate to refusing vaccinations for their children?  Is … Continue reading →

The Great Depression of the 1930s was devastating for the entire world, especially the United States.  The agrarian economy of the early twentieth century produced a society that was probably much more self-reliant than that of today’s interconnected, information age.  … Continue reading →

During President Obama’s first term, several of my conservative friends constantly railed about the president’s spending.  I remember one of them saying “Tea Party, here we come”.  When Obama signed a massive stimulus package of around $800 billion soon after … Continue reading →

Almost a year ago I came across an article in the New York Times digital addition that caught my eye.  It encouraged readers to “share your story” and “life lessons,” perhaps to provide some wisdom for students graduating that spring. … Continue reading →

It’s no secret, the Republican Party has been attacking the mainstream media and the federal bureaucracy for decades.  Still, no president has waged that battle with more ferocity than Donald Trump.  After the 2016 election, he admitted to journalist Leslie … Continue reading →

President Trump has gone from claiming that 15 coronavirus cases would be going away to announcing on Tuesday that this pandemic will kill between 100,000 to 240,000 Americans.  I believe he came up with this staggering death toll because he … Continue reading →

President Donald Trump should be the best-informed person in the nation, if not the world.  He gets daily briefings from a highly skilled U.S. intelligence apparatus.  If the Chinese were attempting to minimize the coronavirus severity, these people would have … Continue reading →