Author: Jack

In his March 8 State of the Union speech, Joe Biden nailed it. He was a feisty, articulate, 81-year-old who took his fight to the enemy. He made a few, but only a few, verbal stumbles; nothing serious. He stated his case for reelection -- even though it wasn’t supposed to be a campaign speech. … Continue reading He Nailed It. So Why Do I Still Feel So Bad?

We have a strange democracy. To defend this assertion, I hit the Internet for some common definitions of ‘democracy’: •  control of an organization or group by the majority of its members. * The values of freedom, respect for human rights and the principle of holding periodic and genuine elections by universal suffrage. * a … Continue reading A Strange Democracy

In answer to a question about the military and the President, I recently heard General C. Q. Brown, the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, say that he would work for “whatever President had won the most recent election” – or words to that effect. Okay, but General Brown wasn’t asked to elaborate … Continue reading What’s a President or a Corporal to do?

The way things are going, Trump will be our next President. Either he wins the election or he will take it. Of course, much can happen in the next eleven months but that’s the way things are going now . . . There’s something wrong. Biden and the Democrats just don’t have a message that … Continue reading Try To Imagine This

“It’s the economy stupid” was a phrase coined by James Carville in 1992, when he was advising Bill Clinton in his successful run for the White House. It’s been winning advice for Presidential candidates ever since -- until now. Now it ‘s not “the economy”, that’s just a bunch of statistics like Gross National Product. … Continue reading It’s Not the Economy – Three Reasons Biden is Losing

A fugazi is Italian slang for a fake, deceit, load of crap, bunch of baloney, bull s - - t, and the like. We’re being given a huge fugazi by some politicians, judges, pundits, and lawyers who tell us Trump is allowed to run for President despite Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. You don’t … Continue reading Section 3, 14th Amendment

I want to write a Jack’s Journal article about education, and I want to be optimistic, but that is proving to be difficult. There is little to be optimistic about.             Consider the data on student performance. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) report on the Condition of Education, the percentage of … Continue reading Education in America

“May you live in interesting times” is said to be a curse originating in China intended to bring the cursed one the pain, stress, turmoil, and anxiety of living in a time, not of peace and tranquility, but of “interesting” things like instability, danger, war, and disorder. We, unfortunately, live in very interesting times, interesting … Continue reading The Curse of Interesting Times

I have been having fun with, and learning a lot from ChatGPT. It is amazing, and often very helpful. I use it for finding information, not for doing writing for me. Though I know people who use Chats to write for them, I don’t do that. That’s because I like to write for myself, and … Continue reading Fun and Errors With ChatGPT

The Constitution of the United States may be a major issue in the next Presidential election (2024). The Democrats will make it so if they can. They think that will help Biden defeat Trump. Probably not, but maybe.          In this Jack’s Journal article, I refresh your memory and mine about the history of the … Continue reading The Constitution: Some History and Freedom of Speech