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July 24, 2024

Harris Polling Better than Trump? Fat Chance By Brian Joondeph

What a few weeks it’s been! Starting with President Joe Biden’s trainwreck debate performance a few weeks ago, stumbling and stuttering, with his zinger “We finally beat Medicare,” to an attempted and bungled assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

June 24, 2024

The Question Trump Needs to Ask Repeatedly Until November 5 By Brian Joondeph

The upcoming election is unique in that both current candidates have a record to run on. Not as a senator or governor, but as the U.S. President, each having served a term in the White House.

May 30, 2024

Forget the National Polls – It’s the Battleground State Polls that Count! By Brian Joondeph

Election season is well underway. President Joe Biden is mumbling and stumbling his way toward his party’s nomination for a second term, the final nail in the coffin of American greatness and exceptionalism.

May 10, 2024

Polls Have Been Popping for Trump By Brian Joondeph

The 2024 presidential election is less than six months away. Corporate media outlets are calling it a “tight race.” It probably is, as have been most recent presidential elections, but what do the polls say?

April 26, 2024

Is the GOP the Stupid Party? By Brian Joondeph

The Republican Party has the reputation and hence the name, “The Stupid Party." They nominate weak candidates, fight with each other in a circular firing squad, give good concession speeches and, if somehow elected, then govern against the will of the people they supposedly represent.

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April 12, 2024

Democrats are Getting Desperate (But Do They Have an Ace Up Their Sleeves?) By Brian Joondeph

President Joe Biden is not popular these days. In the Rasmussen Reports daily presidential tracking poll from April 11, only 22% of likely US voters strongly approve of Biden’s job performance. In comparison, 46% strongly disapprove, a 24-point negative swing.

March 15, 2024

Election 2024 – It’s the Border, Stupid By Brian Joondeph

During Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, his advisor James Carville crafted the phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid” to highlight the US recession under then-President George H.W. Bush.  Bush also had his share of “stupid” by raising taxes after uttering his famous promise, “Read my lips, no new taxes.”

February 2, 2024

Lost Trust in Healthcare Experts – What Happened? By Brian Joondeph

Trust is foundational in relationships, whether between two individuals or between individuals and institutions.

A Gallup survey from last summer found, “Americans’ faith in major societal institutions hasn’t improved over the past year following a slump in public confidence in 2022."

January 11, 2024

Migration or Invasion? By Brian Joondeph

Illegal migrants have been entering America through our southern border since the days of Ronald Reagan and before, even during the tenure of Donald “Build the Wall” Trump.

But in the past three years of the Biden presidency, the numbers have skyrocketed.

December 14, 2023

Trumpmentum! By Brian Joondeph

With presidential primary season beginning in just a few weeks, former President Donald Trump has the momentum and is running away from the field of second place contenders.

November 16, 2023

Republicans Need to Figure Out the Abortion Issue By Brian Joondeph

Abortion continues to be a political hot potato 50 years after the controversial Roe v. Wade decision where the U.S. Supreme Court “legislated” a Constitutional “right” to abortion.

October 19, 2023

No Border, No Country By Brian Joondeph

America’s national border is a border in name only. Just ask the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency as they are by statute charged with controlling America’s borders.

September 28, 2023

COVID Masking Déjà vu? By Brian Joondeph

COVID first emerged on the scene 3 ½ years ago, along with facemasks, distancing, lockdowns, quarantines, followed by mandatory vaccination and other dystopian social controls. As life has recently been returning to normal, it feels like Groundhog Day, with an eerie sense of déjà vu, especially around masking.

September 8, 2023

Are you better or worse off than you were four years ago? By Brian Joondeph

This would be a perfect question for a Rasmussen Reports survey, especially ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

July 28, 2023

Is the GOP a Serious Political Party? By Brian Joondeph

The GOP, as a political organization, stands for “grand old party.” Does it live up to its name? Or should it be renamed, “gladly out of power”?

June 27, 2023

Election 2024 – Can We Trust it? By Brian Joondeph

In less than a year and a half America “elects” a new President, along with a third of the Senate and the entire House. At this point the leading contenders for the White House are Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

June 12, 2023

America Has Become a Banana Republic By Brian C. Joondeph

Dictators and tyrants arrest or murder their political opponents. Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Castro, and Chavez are but a few examples. Their power is absolute, and any opposition is hastily eliminated, regardless of laws, ethics, or decency.

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May 18, 2023

Rewriting the Parable of the Good Samaritan By Brian C. Joondeph

In the Book of Luke, chapter 10, Jesus told the “Parable of the Good Samaritan.” Is it time for a rewrite?

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May 5, 2023

Joe Biden Running for Reelection – For Real or More Malarkey? By Brian C. Joondeph

On April 25, barely two weeks ago, President Joe Biden announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, promising to “finish the job.” What exactly does he want to finish?

April 12, 2023

Forget Gun Control: How About Ax Control? By BRian C. Joondeph

Two recent violent assault stories graced the recent metro Denver news. Aside from the fact that these stories are becoming more commonplace in once safe and peaceful Denver, the two stories were treated far differently.