Coronavirus Diaries Day 357: Goodbye, Trump. Hello, Unity?
“This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” -- Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Churchill was talking about a decisive British victory over the Nazis in Africa, but his words apply to any hard-won fight...
What they’re saying about Joe Biden’s inauguration as president
Various people will issue official statements on the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden today. I will try to post as many as I can here: POST-INAUGURAL: GOV. TOM WOLF: "It was an honor to attend the inauguration of Joe Biden as 46th President of the United...
Coronavirus Diaries Day 356: King’s legacy trumps Cult 45’s treason
NOTE: Technical problems prevented this blog from being published on Martin Luther King Day. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one...
Say ‘cheese…’
Every locality has its share of political hangers-on and gadflies. Former Old Forge School Board Director and longtime Donald Trump enthusiast Frank Scavo is one of Lackawanna County's. Scavo's bus tour to the Capitol on January 6th included a front-row seat to a...
With apologies to Looney Tunes …
Catch a wave
Coronavirus Diaries Day 349: Trump’s silence says it all
Donald Trump is exactly who he was all along -- a malignant narcissist con man contemptuous of truth, honor and decency and unable to conceive or concede any cause or concern greater than himself. He is a liar, a cheat and a coward. Watching America burn on his...
Stranded
Mitch McConnell's six-year reign of terror is over, thanks to voters in Georgia. Runoff victories by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossof will create a 50-50 split in the Senate, with incoming Vice President Kamala Harris delivering the tie-breaking vote. "The...
A show of farce
Among the many things that did not go right Wednesday evening at Capitol Hill was the Capitol Hill Police Department's underwhelming (though some might say welcoming) treatment of rioting Trump supporters.
Burned
When Donald Trump started his sorry excuse of a presidency four years ago, his party controlled the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. Now, with twin victories by Democrats in the Georgia Senate runoff race -- victories largely attributable to...
Coronavirus Diaries Day 343: Trump’s army of traitors
I'm off this week, but since the nation is under attack by a sitting president and his cult of traitorous goons, I'm punching out a quick blog. What is happening at the Capitol this afternoon is an act of domestic terrorism. Not a protest. Not a riot. Not an exercise...
Backstabbers
The king and his court
Bognet realizes he lost, hints at 2nd run for Congress
A day after U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright took the oath of office for his fifth term in Congress, his Republican opponent in the November election finally conceded something. In a statement, Jim Bognet agreed Monday that Cartwright was sworn into office for a fifth term...
No place like home?
Snow day
The new stater-of-the-obvious
Our not-so-beautiful baloon
The Abingtons -- Clark Summit in particular -- hit an all-time for COVID cases.
Miracles of science
Coronavirus Diaries Day 321: The incredible shrinking president
On Monday, the Electoral College made official what has been obvious to honest observers for five weeks -- Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States. Period. Full stop. Get over it. Trump never will, of course, and it must have been sheer torture for...
