SEATTLE’S HEAD TAX – PUNISHING SUCCESS

When I read the Seattle City Council passed the head tax 9-0, I was stunned.  Although the original proposal called for a $500 tax per employee, the Council voted “yes” to the reduced $275 after the Mayor threatened to veto the original bill.  The punitive tax will affect for-profit companies that gross at least $20 […]

IF DONALD TRUMP CURED CANCER….

If Donald Trump cured cancer, this is exactly what I would expect to happen.  The Left would be outraged and I would expect headlines in the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, on CNN and MSNBC to read, “What Took Him So Long?”  “My Body, My Choice!”  “Trump Cures Cancer But Unable to Tackle the Common […]

SILENCING THE OPPOSITION

  For the Left in this country, free speech doesn’t matter.  Opposing views need to be silenced.  Period.  Although we hear all the time, “let’s have a national conversation,” the Left really doesn’t want to hear anything other than their own voices. The latest case on point surrounds the recent shooting at the Marjory Stoneman […]

GUN CONTROL AND THE LEFT’S CONTINUED PREDICTABILITY, HYPOCRISY AND DISREGARD OF EVIL

  I wouldn’t bet we’ll have three straight days of sunshine here in the Pacific Northwest, but I’d always bet on the Left’s predictability, hypocrisy and disregard of evil when it comes to mass shootings.  The Left’s knee-jerk reaction will always be more “gun control.”   Whether it is the Sandy Hook shooting, the Las […]

CAN WE LEGISLATE EVIL?

If you don’t believe evil exists, you might as well stop reading and continue to believe that gun control will cure all of society’s ills.  I wrote about this at the time of the Sandy Hook shooting, and I’m writing again because the left doesn’t seem to get the point. Having worked as an attorney […]

PICK A BETTER COUNTRY

I stole this title from Ken Hamblin’s very fine book because I couldn’t come up with a better title that would fit this post. I thought of calling it “I’m Sick And Tired Of A Bunch Of Overpaid Millionaire Testosterone-Driven Malcontents Who Wear A Uniform And Throw Around A Football For A Living Showing Disrespect […]

WHY I HATE/DISTRUST THE PRESS

Way before Donald Trump became President, I had a dislike and mistrust of the press.  A boss of mine, back when I was a legal secretary, who was one of dozens attorneys involved in the Getty estate, told me, “Never talk to the press.  They’ll always get it wrong.”  Solid advice. Years later, when my […]

MY RANT OF THE WEEK: CONGRESS

Sometimes I wish I was clueless.  Indifferent.  Uninformed.  Unfortunately, for me, I am none of these things.  And my poor husband has been subjected to my ranting all week about what’s been happening in Congress.  He is a saint. All week, I’ve watched Senators posturing, sermonizing, feigning concern for the American people and grandstanding. I […]

IS THIS WHAT DIVERSITY IS ALL ABOUT?

Let me start off by saying that I’ve come to the point where I hate the word “diversity.”  When I worked in the Los Angeles Dependency Court in the 90s, we were subjected to lunchtime speakers who lectured us about diversity – blacks, women, Native Americans, gays – you name it and we had to […]

CHARLIE GARD, POPE FRANCIS AND THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY FOR LIFE

I was listening last week to Glenn Beck discussing the Charlie Gard situation with Bill O’Reilly.  During the conversation, Glenn asked Bill if he had read the “official statement” from the Pope.  Neither Bill nor I had read the actual statement.  The Pope apparently said this was a “complicated matter” and the wishes of the […]