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THE DANGER OF BEING IN A POLITICAL PARTY’S POCKET
At least since the election of 1932, many ethnic and socio-economic groups have tended to favor one political party faithfully regardless...
Garry S Sklar
May 18, 20212 min read
Quotation Of The Day
As the United States deals with an unprecedented surge of migrants at the southern border, as President Joe Biden acts to increase the...
Garry S Sklar
May 15, 20211 min read
QUOTE OF THE DAY
With the new and more liberal immigration policy of the Biden administration, a large number of immigrants are now crossing the southern...
Garry S Sklar
Mar 22, 20211 min read
WINNERS AND LOSERS
In sports events, there are definite winners and losers. Last week the Tampa Bay Buccaneers decisively beat the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9...
Garry S Sklar
Feb 15, 20213 min read
The Senate and the Vice President
After the Georgia runoff elections held on Jan. 6, 2021, the Senate finds itself with 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans. Not a very common...
Garry S Sklar
Jan 22, 20213 min read
QUOTE OF THE DAY
May 7, 1940 was one of the darkest days of World War II for the British Empire. A motion of no confidence had been introduced against the...
Garry S Sklar
Jan 3, 20211 min read
QUOTE OF THE DAY
This quote is recommended to all Presidents of the United States, now and in the future. Consider it carefully before engaging in any...
Garry S Sklar
Dec 27, 20201 min read
Why We Need The Electoral College More Than Ever
There have been five presidential elections in the twenty-first century and two of them have been mired in controversy, with particular...
Garry S Sklar
Nov 12, 20205 min read
Thoughts About Middle East Peace: A Three State Solution (Part I)
One of the leading news stories of our times, virtually every day in major newspapers of the world, is the ongoing Arab-Israeli...
Garry S Sklar
Oct 9, 202016 min read
American Meritocracy in the Age of Identity Politics
An e-mail to me the other day from an old friend asked the pertinent question of whether Protestants were under represented on the United...
Garry S Sklar
Oct 2, 20204 min read
When Does the President’s Authority End?
The following op-ed was submitted to and rejected by a major national newspaper. While it may not meet the high journalistic standards of...
Garry S Sklar
Sep 30, 20203 min read
RBG, GOV. ANDREW CUOMO AND KRUPSKAYA
New York loves naming public facilities after various figures. To much of the public, the old familiar names remain in common use, but...
Garry S Sklar
Sep 22, 20202 min read
Trump, the Nobel Peace Prize and the NY Times
The NY Times remains true to its core beliefs in its editorial. Anything the incumbent President of the United States does must be...
Garry S Sklar
Sep 17, 20201 min read
Re-evaluating American History
Since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020, various protests have been held throughout the United...
Garry S Sklar
Aug 9, 20204 min read
CORONA VIRUS; PART IV
The Corona Virus, AKA Covid 19, is running rampant in the United States today. Everyday, a new record number of daily cases is...
Garry S Sklar
Jul 10, 20202 min read
COVID 19: PART III: A WARNING
Earlier essays about the corona virus have been posted on this website and have been amazingly prescient about its course. Many states...
Garry S Sklar
Jun 21, 20201 min read
Thoughts About People, Organizations and Gresham's Law
Gresham’s Law, an iron law known to all students of economics has been around for centuries. Briefly stated, it can be explained as...
Garry S Sklar
Jun 9, 20204 min read
Thoughts About Corona Virus: COVID 19 Part 2
We are now two and a half months into the “lockdown” due to the Covid 19 virus. The national unemployment rate is pushing twenty per cent...
Garry S Sklar
May 27, 20203 min read
Thoughts About Wealth Taxes
Recent proposals by some of the Democratic Party candidates , namely, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, during the past...
Garry S Sklar
May 3, 20204 min read
Thoughts about Joe Biden
Joseph R. Biden, Jr, had had a distinguished political career. Thirty -six years (six terms) as a U.S. Senator from Delaware, followed by...
Garry S Sklar
Apr 30, 20203 min read
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