Minds Made Up

DC Politics Ideas and Issues National Politics

            Montreal         The January 6th House Congressional committee keeps on plugging away.  In plodding detail and with public testimony, they continue to lay out their case for the outrages that drove the insurrection at the Capitol.  In the latest review, they highlight the arguments between former President Trump and former Vice-President Pence over his refusal …

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Flying Grind

Canada Ideas and Issues

            Washington – Dulles     Pandemic “over.”  Back in the air, we go!  You’d think airlines and airports would be happy to have us back.  In some ways, maybe they are, but be careful about jumping to quick conclusions. Airports are definitely busier.  The line at security in New Orleans at 6AM was epic, snaking …

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Big Lies from a Big Liar

Ideas and Issues

            New Orleans       The House of Representatives January 6th committee’s second public hearing offers a key lesson that anyone should learn by heart, if they didn’t know it deeply already:  when your key people tell you, “it’s over”, the odds are clear, that’s it’s over, and time to go.  In a lifetime of somehow …

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