Columnists

THE PUBLIC EYE: What Happens After November 3

Bob Burnett
Friday September 18, 2020 - 04:31:00 PM

There's a lot of concern about what happens after the polls close on November 3rd. Here's the BB view: mainstream media "exit" polls will show that Joe Biden won the popular vote by more than ten percentage points. Before midnight, on the West Coast, enough California results will be published to confirm this -- Biden will gather two-thirds of the Golden State early vote. Then the nation will wait on the electoral-college results. -more-


ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Defying Prognoses

Jack Bragen
Friday September 18, 2020 - 04:27:00 PM

Treatment practitioners do not have a mandate and probably do not have an incentive to be invested in the success of those they treat. Proper clinical work seems to consist of good documentation of how sick a person supposedly is, how hopeless we are, to what extent our inappropriate behavior can be remediated, and to what extent not. Documentation is everything. It keeps the money rolling in. It demonstrates that work is apparently being done. It shows how the sick people can be kept under restriction, and, if not, where to funnel the person into the criminal justice system, as well as how to do that. -more-


ECLECTIC RANT:Trump, the "Climate Arsonist”

Ralph E. Stone
Saturday September 19, 2020 - 09:43:00 AM

In a September 14 speech, Joe Biden blasted Trump for "his disdain for science and facts.” "If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of America ablaze?" Of course Biden was referring to the wildfires raging in California, Oregon, and Washington. -more-


SMITHEREENS: Reflections on Bits & Pieces

Gar Smith
Saturday September 19, 2020 - 09:46:00 AM

Thank You For Your Service

I'm so proud of my son. I just received word that he has enlisted in the battle to defend America's freedom.

It's sobering to learn that your only child is willing to risk his life to protect democracy here at home. That's why I salute his decision.

He won't be flying overseas to shoot and kill strangers in a foreign country, however. He's chosen to serve as a real freedom fighter—right here in the USA.

He's signed up for duty as a poll worker in our November election.

How Kamala's Plan Could Accelerate the Vote -more-