Joe Biden

Will “Butch” Otter’s Legacy Be Thwarted By Depression?
Will “Butch” Otter’s Legacy Be Thwarted By Depression?
Will “Butch” Otter’s Legacy Be Thwarted By Depression?
Driving home from work today I listened to the radio as my Governor outlined his 2016 wish list.  C.L. “Butch” Otter has had the job in Idaho for a long time now.  One year into his third term he originally took the office just as a worldwide recession arrived...
Commentary:  “Beau” Biden, Farewell to a Good American
Commentary: “Beau” Biden, Farewell to a Good American
Commentary: “Beau” Biden, Farewell to a Good American
There was a time when I swapped personal notes with “Beau” Biden.  Other than that we didn’t know each other face-to-face.  Five years ago he suffered what appeared to be a stroke and I wrote him and sent get-well wishes.  My brother died the same year at the age of forty-six after a second round fighting cancer...
Commentary:  Amtrak, Feeding the Dead Horse
Commentary: Amtrak, Feeding the Dead Horse
Commentary: Amtrak, Feeding the Dead Horse
Lefty demands you fund and live his lifestyle.  Following an Amtrak accident caused by ridiculously excessive speed the handful of swells who actually take the train between Boston and Washington are demanding it needs more money.  When you consider the death toll earlier this week could have been much higher if more than a fraction of a percent of the population actually used Amtrak it’s a strang
Commentary:  Food Stamps for Dope Dealers?
Commentary: Food Stamps for Dope Dealers?
Commentary: Food Stamps for Dope Dealers?
Mario Cuomo once told me my perception of welfare was wrong.  The late Governor of New York insisted most welfare recipients weren’t a troop of lazy men “guzzling beer” on a street corner (they sounded like fun guys).  Instead he argued most recipients were children and found themselves hungry and in threadbare clothes through no fault of their own...