“You have to be good for nothing.” – Sam Caraco
A recent study from the Brookings Institute, with data updated on February of 2021, shows that 71% of America’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP is a measure of our total economic output) is found in counties that voted for Biden over Trump in the November 2020 election. I would suggest that this trend held and was…
Read moreDuring off-year elections, when the President is not up for election, like this November, it is common for voter turnout to be low. While an average of 60% turnout during Presidential cycles, that average drops to 40%, historically, for off-year cycles. If that holds true for this November, it will be bad news for our…
Read moreIt isn’t tanks in the street. It isn’t an exchange of fire between opposing militia. If that should happen, that’s not the beginning. It’s the end of the beginning. The conflict has already begun in small ways, like the school board election that most of us ignore. The local community library board of directors being…
Read moreAre you proud of our nation in disarray? It’s certainly a graceless time that we find ourselves in. An obvious sign of our fracturing is all the different variations of the flag as displayed on our homes. You see less of the standard red, white and blue with the blue field of 50 stars, upper…
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It’s Father’s Day. Dad is on my mind. Born September 5th, 1912, he was 46 1/2 when I was born, the youngest of his five. He was third in birth order, one of twelve siblings. What a boisterous group they were! Salvatore L. Caraco was sweet in demeanor. For him, family was everything. He was…
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There was something about the brutal honesty, the nobility, of non-lethal combat that suited Salvatore. He was at home on a football field and a wrestling mat. He found truth there and, damn, he was good. Captain of the football team, captain of the wrestling team and 1972 Heavy Weight Champion NYS Section 2/Class B….
Read moreRep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told supporters last Thursday that they “have an obligation to use” their Second Amendment rights and that the amendment’s provision of a right to bear arms is meant for “armed rebellion”. The Second Amendment to The United States Constitution reads: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,…
Read moreIn 1940 Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, told his countrymen: “I have nothing to offer you but blood, sweat and tears”, as Europe was descending into chaos. He told them the truth they needed to hear. It’s what a leader should do. Treat constituents like adults. Telling the unvarnished truth, leading with hard…
Read moreIt was the summer of 1963 as I remember. We started hearing the music on AM Radio. A music professor would have picked up on the rhythm & blues influence. An expert would hear Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly and The Everly Brothers in their songs. But, what we heard was something different, exciting…
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