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Senator Chuck Grassley was talking the other day about the new tax bill. Senator Grassley is an 84-year- old Republican. He has been in Congress 42 years. He graduated from Iowa State Teachers College with a masters in 1956. From 1959 to 1975 he was in the Iowa House of Reps. The latter year he…

I have to admit that it is somewhat hard to write about the Senate vote last Saturday morning at 2:00 am on the new tax bill. In part because few know what is in the 479 pages (I thought taxes were going to be simplified) and because it has to go to conference to be…

I usually rise early and check on the BBC news among others. I’m not sure whether that is included in Trump’s description of “fake news” or not. I would note that a poll taken by Rasmussen showed the winner of the fake news trophy in the United States is Fox News so maybe he only…

It is with interest that I read of the “scandal” that now seems to involve the Massachusetts State Police. As best I can tell some lawyer represents one, two or more troopers and he seems intent on suing one, two or upwards of dozens of people in federal court because of what happened. But for…

I wrote the other day how the President of the United States in blaming the Texas Church Massacre on a deranged person does not want to see the Blue Whale  in the room. That is that even if the person was deranged or mentally ill, of which there is no history, the massacre could not…

I don’t think there is anyone that believes the Supreme Court of the United States has been right in its decisions as to what the law is  over the years. Those eminent nine justices sitting around in conference over a nine month period from October through June with their smart clerks have always been able…