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The Wall Street Journal recently noted that many universities are cutting back on admissions to doctoral programs while they are freezing hiring in this area. The doctoral programs are the ultimate “ivory tower” arena of society. Professors, who tend to be leftists, opine about many causes while they have been insulated from the economic realities…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been the topic of much public discourse over the past weeks. Another term that has entered the public discourse is Effective Altruism (EA). EA is the belief that young wealthy tech people are the best people to direct how AI should be incorporated into our society. These young tech employees believe…
Tom Tiffany is a Republican congressman who is running to be the next Governor of Wisconsin. Recently, he was travelling between campaign stops in a small plane which experienced engine trouble. The pilot was forced to make an emergency night landing in Lake Wausau which is 100 miles east of Green Bay. The pilot and…
It is easy to grow tired of listening to the Democrats and their local media outlets lament about the shortcomings of the Trump administration. They are loath to give Trump any credit for the positive changes in our country. Jim Geraghty recently opined in National Review about some of the major issues that have been…
Since the dawn of the 21st century, the Supervisor of Elections in Manatee County has always delivered primary election results by 8:30pm on election night. Gone were the days of hand counts that were announced at midnight. Scott Farrington should have dressed election poll workers in tie-dye T-shirts as he took our election returns back…
When you question why many Republicans don’t trust federal employees, read the Homeland Security Department’s Inspector General report on the actions of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) crews working after the hurricanes of 2024. The FEMA crews in question were going door-to-door in the Lake Placid area of central Florida. This outreach was to help…
The political tidal wave that the social media junkies were attempting to recreate to take over the Republican party in Manatee county turned out to be a faucet leak. McClash and his commentators tried tirelessly to manipulate the voters into believing that defeating Ballard, Rahn, Poulton and Connerly would create “Nirvana” in Manatee county. The…
Despite the backroom shenanigans of the social media fringe groups in Manatee county, Melton Little went down to defeat in his quest to be nominated for the State Representative position vacated by Will Robinson. Little, a slip and fall attorney, had spent decades pushing a leftist Democrat agenda. Little worked hard with the trial lawyers…
The voters of Manatee County District 4 ignored the Bradenton Times endorsement of Glen Gibellina and returned Mike Rahn to the Manatee County Commission. Rahn’s business expertise and common sense approach to governing has benefited our county. Gibellina may have overcome his dark past, but his claim to fame is commenting on multiple items at…
