Commentary By Brian Joondeph

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                            September 8, 2023Are you better or worse off than you were four years ago?  By Brian Joondeph
This would be a perfect question for a Rasmussen Reports survey, especially ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

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                            July 28, 2023Is the GOP a Serious Political Party? By Brian Joondeph
The GOP, as a political organization, stands for “grand old party.” Does it live up to its name? Or should it be renamed, “gladly out of power”?

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                            June 27, 2023Election 2024 – Can We Trust it? By Brian Joondeph
In less than a year and a half America “elects” a new President, along with a third of the Senate and the entire House. At this point the leading contenders for the White House are Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

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                            June 12, 2023America Has Become a Banana Republic By Brian C. Joondeph
Dictators and tyrants arrest or murder their political opponents. Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Castro, and Chavez are but a few examples. Their power is absolute, and any opposition is hastily eliminated, regardless of laws, ethics, or decency.
May 18, 2023Rewriting the Parable of the Good Samaritan By Brian C. Joondeph
In the Book of Luke, chapter 10, Jesus told the “Parable of the Good Samaritan.” Is it time for a rewrite?
May 5, 2023Joe Biden Running for Reelection – For Real or More Malarkey? By Brian C. Joondeph
On April 25, barely two weeks ago, President Joe Biden announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, promising to “finish the job.” What exactly does he want to finish?

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                            April 12, 2023Forget Gun Control: How About Ax Control? By BRian C. Joondeph
Two recent violent assault stories graced the recent metro Denver news. Aside from the fact that these stories are becoming more commonplace in once safe and peaceful Denver, the two stories were treated far differently.

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                            March 10, 2023COVID-19 Lab Leak: Another Conspiracy Theory Come True By Brian C. Joondeph
Where did COVID-19 come from? Was it a lab leak or from a Chinese wet market? Any scientist or researcher suggesting the former, that COVID-19 originated in or was released from a lab, was ridiculed as a conspiracy theorist. The lab in question is the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the “largest BSL4 lab in the world” the type of facility where such research would be conducted.

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                            February 7, 2023Why Have So Many People 'Died Suddenly'? By Brian C Joondeph
The Twitter hashtag #DiedSuddenly has been trending based on the plethora of sudden and unexplained deaths among the young and healthy over the past two years. Stories abound and here are a few found at the time of this writing.
December 30, 2022Are the FBI and Big Tech now the Fourth Branch of Government? By Brian C Joondeph
Recent revelations from the now weekly Twitter releases paint an ugly picture of the FBI, DOJ, CIA, and other government agencies. It seems the so-called “deep state” does indeed exist, wielding power far exceeding their mission, scope, and Constitutional authority.
December 16, 2022Will There Be Any Presents Under America’s Christmas Tree This Year? By Brian C Joondeph
It has been a rough couple of years, first with COVID, then an economy pummeled by inflation and recession. Most Americans are hoping for a shiny present under the American Christmas tree this year. But will it be a lump of coal instead?
October 28, 2022Republicans are Going to Win Big in November – Here’s Why by Brian C. Joondeph
If you get your news from Twitter, the New York Times or the Washington Post, or virtually any cable or TV news network...
October 11, 2022The Mother of All Debt Bombs is Approaching By Brian C. Joondeph
America is facing formidable challenges as we approach the midterm elections when voters can exercise their choice to make a course correction in current leadership and the direction of the country.

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                            August 10, 2022Monkeypox: The Real ‘Don’t Say Gay’ By Brian C. Joondeph
Several months ago, Florida was accused of passing the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, as named by the corporate media. It is actually called the “Parental Rights in Education” law and does not even contain the word “gay.” The law was passed by the Florida legislature and signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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                            July 18, 2022Jockeying for 2024: Who are the Early Contenders? by Brian C. Joondeph
The 2024 presidential election is more than two years away, but the jockeying has begun among those contending for the most powerful job in the world. An incumbent president typically is the odds-on favorite, although there have been recent exceptions named Carter, Bush, and Trump.

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                            May 24, 2022Our Increasingly Unpopular President By Brian C. Joondeph
President Joe Biden, now in the second year of his presidency, is becoming increasing unpopular in the country that supposedly elected him with a record-setting 81 million votes.

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                            March 31, 2022Biden’s Wealth Tax – More Class Envy Rhetoric By Brain C. Joondeph
President Joe Biden, perhaps looking at the rising budget deficit along with his desire to spend far more money than the U.S. Treasury has in its coffers – not to mention his sinking poll numbers and dim prospects for his party in the November midterm elections – has proposed a wealth tax on the uber rich. The White House calls it the “billionaire minimum income tax” which is neither limited to billionaires nor a tax on income.

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                            February 10, 2022The Incredibly Shrinking Joe Biden by Brian C. Joondeph
President Joe Biden was never a colossus of intellect, statesmanship, or wisdom, from his decades in the U.S. Senate, moving to the vice-presidency, and now the Oval Office. His predecessor and teammate for eight years, President Barack Obama famously noted, “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f**k things up.”

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                            December 17, 2021The Gutting of Women’s Sports by Brian C. Joondeph
 Women’s sports came into their own with Title IX in 1972, leveling the playing field by providing funding that was lacking in the past. At that time there were only 300,000 women and girls participating in high school and college sports, but by 2012 that number increased to 3 million girls in high school sports and 190,000 in college sports, a sixfold increase.

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                            November 30, 2021Remember When Travel Bans Were Xenophobic? by Brian C. Joondeph
In the early days of COVID-19, health officials knew little other than that this virus was contagious, lethal for some, and originated in China. In late January 2020, President Donald Trump banned U.S. entry to foreign nationals who recently visited China, a common sense measure of turning off the faucet to avoid an overflowing sink of illness in America.