Character Counts

I first voted in a national election for president in 1964 when I proudly pulled the lever (as did most everyone else) for LBJ when he ran against Goldwater. I didn’t vote for him because he was a Democrat from Texas or any other particular reason that I can remember. I do remember thinking that Goldwater wasn’t a very nice guy, but no specifics other than the fact the he was a strong advocate of using Agent Orange to defoliate the jungle, kill the Viet Cong and our troops as well. Since that time I’ve voted in 15 additional presidential election, not to mention numerous other elections of all sorts. Given my time in life, more likely than...

Why I Would Never Vote for Trump.

I’m sure that the last thing any of you, discerning readers, want is more, any more, about the presidential election, or Hillary or the Trumpster. And yes, I know that I promised that my last posting on him would be my last. But like most politicians, I lied. I cannot help myself. I recently read an interesting piece by a reporter for that reportedly liberal rag, The New York Times, wherein he posed a question to himself. It went something like this, “Will I be able to explain to my kids that I did all that I could to make sure Trump did not become president?” For those like me who are aghast at even the remote possibility of Trump as the...