Punching Up is a plainspoken, politically sharp commentary covering, society, politics and common sense and some occasional cat dad stories. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, but never afraid to say the truth.
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Three Candidates and a No-Show
I was the first to give a one-minute opening statement. There was no clock. When the moderator made some sort of sound, I stopped. He said, “Sorry.” I started again, finished a sentence, but left one sentence unsaid. Should have put my than...
Back in Black
Not one of Kelli’s cats.
I owe you an apology, especially if you are a paid subscriber. I have not been nearly as prolific as I should have been over the past few months or handful of months or half a dozen months. Time sometimes warps on...
Commander Kelli
In case you wondered who most influenced Trygve’s writing. (Video at end)
They are not my cats.
I know that regular readers of this newsletter (blog?, column?) frequently see some version of “my wife and her cats” or “my wife’s cats.” Th...
Lieutenant Dawn
I was ten years old the first time I remember being interested in politics. Early, I know. I was watching a CBS news program, with my parents, in the fall of 1994, at the height of election campaigns when a puff piece about politicians’ com...
The Glee is Gone
The image below is from a CSIS report, “Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us”
“If you look at two photographs and you see a normal American in the street and you see an Antifa protest, w...
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Navy Enlisted to USNA Grad, Helicopter and fixed-wing pilot. USMC (ret), OIF veteran (infantry), Science Teacher, Writer. 2024 Candidate for U.S. House. Learn more about me here: https://www.hammerfornd.com/
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