Flight Plan

Democrats and Republicans conducting the People's business in Washington. I recently saw a news clip of a Republican congressman g...

Our national attention span seems to last only few days at a time.  The media reports one thing, President Trump says another, and it...

Oh my, the internet is on FIRE today.  Nasty political name calling is rampant.   It seems like we're on the verge of a coast-to...

Yesterday I had the opportunity to accompany the Mrs to an anti-Trump rally in downtown Dallas.  The first thing I noticed when we arrive...

The Senate is currently on their third....or is it their fourth or fifth....iteration of a "Repeal and Replace ObamaCare" a...

We are obsessed with labels.  Sometimes labels can serve a very useful purpose, but at other times they just get in the way.  How...why...

Many, many years ago when they thought I was too naive to catch on, they (one of our political parties) wanted me as one of their Precinc...

I feel sorry for my conservative friends who are trying to divert attention away from President Trump and focus instead on what they thi...

"You, go get more lipstick....lots of it.  We'll need to spiff up this pig if we have any hope of pimping it to the Americ...

....said the Republicans and the Democrats.  "So just do exactly what I say and everything will be fine." We Americans are p...

I have all my adult life consciously fought to keep myself from be pigeonholed as a Democrat or a Republican.  In general I think of mysel...

I'm sure you've heard of the Fifth Amendment which guarantees citizens the right to NOT have give self-incriminating testimony. ...

Stubborn as hell and it never forgets. Do you understand what's happening with this on again / off again healthcare bill about to...

So the Tea Party wants a new healthcare plan, and they seem to be pinning their entire case on allowing insurance companies to do busines...

There seems to be a disconnect in America today between what some of our politicians are saying and how they are saying it.  I think in many...

No, wait....that was the movie Animal House.  Yesterday's big news was from the WHITE House. It seems that yesterday Prez Trump...