As expected, in “Solid Blue” New York State, the 2020 presidential election was no contest. Joe Biden beat Donald Trump by just under 2 million votes. But in Orange County in the Hudson Valley, as in many other counties further upstate, the majority went for Trump. A total of 173,305 Read more…
I really did not want to open the semi-annual survey invitation from Bright Line Watch when I found it in my inbox this past August. This was the eleventh time since 2017 that this team of political scientists surveyed colleagues about the state of the U.S. government, to “monitor democratic Read more…
When I volunteered for military service in 1961 I was required to memorize the six elements of the Code of Conduct for American soldiers, keep a copy of the Code on a card in my pocket and be able to recite them on the spot if commanded to do so. Read more…