JULY 14, 2026

“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!” –the official slogan of the French Revolution. Today is Bastille Day, France’s national holiday.  On July 14, 1789, during the French Revolution, Parisians stormed the Bastille, a fortress and prison, in search of armaments with which to fortify themselves against the royalists.  The French celebrated throwing off the yoke of the royalists,Continue reading “JULY 14, 2026”

JULY 13, 2026

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” –Søren Kierkegaard. The U.S. Department of Justice placed Oregon on notice that officials who refused to remove illegal aliens from the voter rolls, or who aided illegal aliens in voting, would be criminally prosecuted. YES! Unbelievably, Senator Ron Wyden (D. Or.) protested thisContinue reading “JULY 13, 2026”

JULY 11, 2026

“From this Nation’s founding until the last few decades of the 20th century—a period that spans the enactment of all three election-day statutes—having an ‘election’ on a particular day meant completing ballot collection on that day.  Not only is today’s decision inconsistent with statutory text, legal context, historical practice, and precedent; it also threatens toContinue reading “JULY 11, 2026”

JULY 10, 2026

“I don’t care if Monday’s blue, Tuesday’s gray and Wednesday too.  Thursday I don’t care about you.  It’s Friday I’m in love.” –The Cure. “When you leave work on Friday, leave work.  Don’t let technology follow you throughout your weekend (answering text messages and emails) take a break you will be more refreshed to beginContinue reading “JULY 10, 2026”

JULY 9, 2026

“Only socialism can solve decades of capitalist mismanagement in the US. Our newly elected leaders will fight for the working class — not for crumbs.” –statement by the Democrat Socialists of America. When in history has socialism ever benefitted the “working class”? The answer is “never”. “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharingContinue reading “JULY 9, 2026”