Tales from the Mark Side: Hope for the future relies on our ability to understand history
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Tales from the Mark Side: Hope for the future relies on our ability to understand history

mark.young@manateeherald.com Footage of the 9-11 attacks never fails to bring back the exact emotions I felt on that day 22 years ago. It was our generation’s Pearl Harbor – a day that only lived in infamy for a couple of generations as America moved on from the historical consequences of Dec. 7, 1941. How many…

Burn Down A Business And The Democrats Will Give You A Check
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Burn Down A Business And The Democrats Will Give You A Check

We were told 3 years ago that if we gathered in church we would cause the death of many people because of COVID.. People across our country were arrested for going to the beach or worshiping at church. Forget about the mental health benefits of gathering at church, the Democrats and Republicans in Name Only…

Tales from the Mark Side: : Part two of the Manatee Herald’s VP interview
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Tales from the Mark Side: : Part two of the Manatee Herald’s VP interview

mark.young@manateeherald.com (Editor’s note: In the second half of our interview with Kamala Harris we discuss the southern border, foreign policy and the alleged MAGA threat.) ME: Madam VP, before we get into the heart of our remaining topics, gender identity seems to be a hot topic in America. Everytime the subject comes up, I’m reminded…

Democrats Don’t Like Parental Involvement In Child Rearing
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Democrats Don’t Like Parental Involvement In Child Rearing

The Democrats and the American left are terrified of the structure of the American family. Karl Marx also did not like the structure of the family because he viewed it as a threat to state control. During the Cold War, many Soviet children were removed from families deemed anti-Marxist and put in state-run nurseries. The…

Tales from the Mark Side:A 200th column surprise! Meet the VP
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Tales from the Mark Side:A 200th column surprise! Meet the VP

mark.young@manateeherald.com It’s always amazing to reach a milestone and that is definitely what our 200th visit is all about! According to Larry Elder anyway. I had no idea 200 columns was a big deal until I heard Elder talk about it during one of his egotistical rants about how Larry Elder thinks Larry Elder is…

Tales from the Mark Side: Post GOP debate polls: The winners and losers
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Tales from the Mark Side: Post GOP debate polls: The winners and losers

mark.young@manateeherald.com I admit that I get a little giddy when I see something that shows Americans are paying attention. It does my heart good and the post GOP debate polls were pretty much along the lines of what I expected, assuming that Americans were indeed focused. If it was the intention of Vivek Ramaswamy to…

Tales from the Mark Side: And the winner of the first GOP debate is …
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Tales from the Mark Side: And the winner of the first GOP debate is …

mark.young@manateeherald.com It was a little laughable watching Fox News brag about how 13 million people tuned in to watch the first GOP debate. I laughed the next day when they released their numbers because Tucker Carlson’s X (formerly Twitter) interview with President Trump began with 75 million views and at last check was up to…

Your Car Costs More Because Of Democrats
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Your Car Costs More Because Of Democrats

Car prices are rising for hard working Americans. Higher interest rates and government regulations are making the cost of car ownership much more expensive and both of these reasons can be attributed to Democrat Party initiatives. We often hear the Democrats claim to be looking out for working Americans. In reality, their policies benefit the…