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No. 4 on Why Not to Vote Republican/Trump This Fall, Plus Quotes for 7 October 2026
The following was originally posted on 18 September 2024. Has anything changed since then? Yes, all the pending charges against Trump were dropped. And not much: he’s just as much—and more—of a crook than he was then. Blatant violations of...
Quotes: 6 October 2026 and Don’t Vote for Trump #3
Hoffman & Redford as Bernstein & Woodward: the good old days
Don’t Vote for “Trump” # 3
Heeding his call to consider himself on the ballot, here’s another reason not to vote for “Trump” in the guise of Republican candidates. And I mu...
Reason Not to Vote Republican-Trump, #2
Taken as a mug shot. Now a convicted felon.
This is another repost of my 2024 posts on why not to vote for Trump-Vance. This one—the first one in that series—still works Again, I’m going to agree with Trump (gasp!): he’s on the ballot in t...
Quotes: 4 October 2026
Henry Adams and the Making of America
Garry Wills
This or that. Either-or. Adams says both-neither. History is far more complex than the interplay of two (or many) ideologies. Chance, mistakes, opportunism, progress, reassessments, forget...
Reasons Still Not to Vote for Trump, #1
Charlie Sykes, a leading Trumpologist (NOT apologist)
Thoughts About the Upcoming Election:
This is a rerun from October 2024. I believe I’m justified in rerunning it because Trump has clearly said he wants us to think of him as “on...
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I’m a retired attorney & counselor. I received my eduction from the U of Iowa. I’m an Iowa native. My wife & I lived in India, China, and Romania between 2012 & 2018.
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