It has been awhile since I did a podcast or video so I felt I should get out here. The pandemic has changed many many things including my outlook on the future of my country. I do not want to lose my country but it seems it may already be gone. There is a hulking shell, but the actual functioning guts of a REAL country are gone. I touch on Rush Limbaugh’s passing too. He inspired me to do this stuff while he was in Sacramento, but when he went national, he changed significantly. His is a cautionary tale. May he find the peace he never seems to have had in life (R.I.P ..read more

On this Memorial Day, I felt I should talk about my grandfather who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. I recently was gifted a cherished family artifact from WWII. It is a carved wooden cigarette box with a nice “automatic” dispensing feature. It sat on my grandfather’s end table the whole time I knew him. It was always of great interest to my child’s eyes and seeing my mother’s name and grandmother’s name so nicely painted on there fascinated me. Heilbronn 1945 was painted on the top, but ignored that and was always drawn to my mother and grandmother’s given names because they looked so perfe ..read more

In this podcast, I explain why I think this census is more important than the election. I speculate a Biden win might not lead to a Biden presidency. In fact given what I have been seeing a Biden win could put us over the edge. We are a divided nation. Covid-19 is exposing those divisions. The fact wearing a face mask has become a political statement instead of a statement of cooperation and common sense. This is foolishness. The White House’s China bashing is a distraction from this pandemic. Blaming China serves no useful purpose. Pulling out of the World Health Organization is not wise. Thi ..read more

Covid-19 has exposed the flaws and weaknesses in the American system of capitalism. There are many systems of capitalism being executed across the globe. There is the authoritarian capitalism of China. The regulated capitalism of Europe and the oligarchic capitalism of Russia. Maybe Putin’s system is what we most look like right now, which makes sense as we were the sole superpower and symbol of success when the Soviet Union fell. In some ways, Russia today is our creation in the same way the regulated capitalism of Europe is also our creation. One we created right after our victory in World W ..read more

This podcast is not meant to denigrate the efforts of our government or any others around the world. This is meant to provide some perspective. Many younger folks are now standing in front of me asking questions like, Have you ever seen anything like this? Is this not the worst you have ever seen in America? Will they declare martial law? What is going to happen? I have no good answers frankly. There is no true control. Nonetheless, I think I try to provide a real perspective. Yes, things are crappy, but is this the worst I have EVER seen? My simple answer is a short and confident NO! No, t ..read more

Some comments on the Democratic primaries. Frankly, it looks like Biden is going to be “appointed” as the Democratic nominee. If that is the case I think #45 will get four more years. The way the Democratic candidates laid down on Monday before Super Tuesday had to be disappointing to a lot of early voters. I have a suggestion on the COVID-19 coronavirus front too which you might find useful. Also, I show off the new cover of the book and finally the requisite chess lesson. This time I concentrate on handling and moving your pawns ..read more

The circus continues in Washington and now in Iowa which is also coincident with the State of Union. Goodness, there is a lot happening at once and none of it looks very good. American corruption is on full display for the world to see. The Iowa Caucus debacle is amazing in how brazen the sabotage has become in the Democratic primaries. Even #45 thinks Bernie Sanders is being railroaded by the DNC…AGAIN. I write about Iowa a bit here. The fiasco in Iowa really makes the case for paper ballots. Exasperated? Who can blame you? Nonetheless, I bring your attention to Libertarian-Socialism: Am ..read more

The impeachment show is not helping the American brand one bit and it certainly is not helping average Americans achieve anything. This circus is only about the battle for power in a corrupt system ..read more

The impeachment of #45 will be unconstitutional. A successful impeachment in the House which is then shepherded through the Republican Senate by Mitt cannot restore the republic. It is a sad state of affairs, but it is where we are at as a nation. Congressman Devon Nunes’ line of questioning appeared to reveal the transcript of the phone call was obtained through the dragnet surveillance program that collects ALL communications in this country. This makes the transcript the fruit of a poisoned tree really and brings this whole process in question. It is why the impeachment process cannot bring ..read more

If you have not been paying close attention to the financial markets, you may not have heard that the Federal Reserve has had to step in several times over the last few days to control the interest rates being charged overnight between banks. This is smelling a lot like 2008. Frankly, it feels a bit like #45 is running the country as he has run his companies…into bankruptcy. The “tax reform” of 2017 has led directly to trillion-dollar deficit while enriching the wealthy even further. #45 is out in California raising money from these wealthy constituents and at the same time bashing Califor ..read more