The “Squid”

The recent partisan political battle royale over provisions to be included within, or in some primarily Democrat cases, stuffed into, the emergency, gotta-get-this-done-now-not-tomorrow, federal legislation, now known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARE), seemed to leave most Senate and House members reasonably satisfied, at least for … read more

An Outstanding “Stimulus” Ramifications Article

Among the editorial pages of Friday, March 27, 2020’s Wall Street Journal, you’ll find an outstanding piece, written by Kimberly Strassel, in her regular ‘Potomac Watch’ column, entitled “Big-Government Contagion.”  Outstanding because she sorts through (but doesn’t terrify you with) the almost 900-pages of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic … read more

Our Mother Superior

A very definite Congressional Mother, sorry, Mother Superior, has emerged throughout this unnecessarily agonizing attempt to rapidly provide a federal safety-net (funding or loans) for businesses and individuals, as the nation attempts to lock-down, and hopefully, ultimately, lock-out, the destructive COVID-19 virus, which has been carelessly (at the very least) … read more

Why Is It Even A Question?

The source of the coronavirus (COVID-19)?  Surprisingly, after much digging, there seems to be no evidence of any kind that it actually started in Iowa. Otherwise it would, of course, now be known, here and around the planet, named after the state capital, as the Des Moine (da-Moyn) virus.  No, … read more

Patriot Salute

In the midst of this dreadful, and for too many, death-dealing coronavirus crisis,  out came the ever-ready-to-pounce chorus of progressives, first claiming that President Trump was too slow to react, too little too late.  Then, with their shrill voices fully in force, their concern, as could be anticipated, quickly shifted … read more

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