Time magazine put him on the cover with a headline “The Sniper,” and he was just that for much of his public life.

As long as Democrats draft any legislation assessing a president’s mental fitness to perform their duties and apply it to Trump, it is dead in the water. The same applies to Republicans seeking to prove that Biden was mentally incompetent to overturn his legislation. 

Press releases from members of Congress bear a curious resemblance to Subway sandwiches. Regardless of ingredients, they all contain the same flavor.

At times, the 1930s in this new history read like a lost decade, since many of the socialist and New Deal movements wane or over-reach.

A bit stagnant. A shadow of its former self. It’s heresy to say so, but in certain circumstances such as Buffalo’s, doldrums offer advantages in terms of quality of life, at least for those who remain and can earn a living.

Years ago, Albert Red Star Andrews of the Joseph Band of Nez Perce on the Colville Reservation in north central Washington, told me about a unique Fourth of July event on his reservation.