“President George Washington, in his celebrated 1796 Farewell Address, cautioned that American democracy was fragile. ‘Cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of ...

My dad, who passed away in 1975, was a U.S. Navy veteran who served on the USS Wisconsin in the Pacific theater during World War II. He was 19 years old when he went to war. Later in his life, while I ...

When I was a child, Christmas was a magical time to pick out a special something for my sisters and parents to show how much they meant to me. Today the same applies for family and friends who are the ...

As I was growing up, a tradition in our family was for my parents to give us ornaments each year from places they had traveled. My husband and I continued the tradition with our children … so we have ...

After missing as badly as I did on Election 2024, I thought it best to “take a step back” and review past assumptions. Of course, the Fed’s bizarre decision to lower interest rates brought me back for ...

“I no longer feel confident predicting political events here. Economic policy? I feel good about using bandwidth.” – Yours truly, literally less than a week ago. “Just when I thought I was out, they ...

You can’t say that you want to kick the brown people off the voter rolls; you have to talk about voter integrity, protecting the ballot box, safeguarding our elections. All these things you’re talking ...

[Editor’s note: Facebook memories reminded of the largest political gathering I’ve ever seen in the Staunton-Waynesboro-Augusta County area: 2012’s October rally held at Augusta County’s Expoland in ...

For much of the time I’ve been here on Bearing Drift, Bill Bolling has been here with me. Unlike me, he has stayed with Donald Trump and his party throughout the decade, as late as yesterday. As it ...

Tenet Media, the Tennessee-based home of several far right, Trumpist social media “influencers,” has been a recipient of Russian funding totaling nearly $10 million (Tennessean). An indictment ...

Since the end of last week’s Democratic Convention, there have been mumblings that Vice President Kamala Harris needed, 1) to get her polices in place, and 2) have an interview with the press. My ...