February 18th

Friends, Happy Presidents day! To celebrate here are some fun facts about our nation’s most powerful men: Shortest President: James Madison (5 feet, 4 Inches) Tallest President: Abraham Lincoln (6 feet, 4 inches) President with the least time in office: William Henry Harrison (31 days) President with the most time in office: Franklin D. Roosevelt … Continue reading February 18th →

February 11th

Friends, With valentine’s day on the horizon, it seems Congress is feeling the love. Congressional negotiators have agreed in principal to an immigration deal to avoid another shutdown. Elsewhere, the world is a little less rosy – a new Presidential candidate with a temper, anti-Semitic tropes, and a “forgotten” Khashoggi report. Let’s dig in. Immigration … Continue reading February 11th →

February 7th

Friends, The week past three days started with the State of the Union and ended with a Green New Deal. Somewhere in the middle, the state of Virginia devolved further into chaos after another statewide official admitted to wearing blackface and the Lt. Gov’s accuser went public. So, all in all, unfortunately, it’s just another … Continue reading February 7th →

February 4th

Friends, If you woke up this morning with a feeling of serenity and contentment, you aren’t alone. After a week that featured a blatantly racist year book page, calls for resignation, ballooning “executive time” and another impending shutdown it seems the only constant in life anymore is the New England Patriots, champions again. Let’s dig … Continue reading February 4th →

January 31st

Friends, While the majority of the country dealt with frigid temperatures, in the nation’s capital, the block, as they say, remained (blazingly) hot. Kamala Harris publicly called for nationalizing the health care industry, bipartisan appropriations negotiators began immigration talks, Venezuela’s socialist dictator threatened another Vietnam war and Trump disagrees with his own intelligence chiefs… what … Continue reading January 31st →

December 23rd

Friends, Seasons greetings! Before I embark on this more-serious-than-normal edition of the Lens I want to wish you and yours a beautiful holiday season. Now that that’s over, in case you missed it, the American government has shutdown, our allies feel “betrayed”, “blindsided”, the Kurds are facing imminent slaughter, the last great protector of the … Continue reading December 23rd →