Public Opinion Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – Is the glass half full or half empty? It’s unclear whether we should report this as good news, meaning we are making progress informing the American public to pay attention to climate change news, or bad news showing that half of Americans are ignorant boobs. According to…
Sunday Reader – By Glynn Wilson – It’s been two and a half weeks since the traumatic events in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6 when a violent insurrection was staged at the United States Capitol building in an attempted coup to take over the government and overthrow democracy itself. While the insurrection was thwarted in…
Democrats Win Historic Victories in Georgia and Take Control of Power in the Senate – By Glynn Wilson – On a historic day when all Americans should be celebrating a great victory for democracy, that news according to the visual media at least was overshadowed by a gang of delusional rednecks led to a fake,…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — As the sun comes up over the smokies, reflecting the first morning light off a thick layer of Christmas white snow covering the ground and the trees, it’s amazing how quiet it can be in a city. As much as we love remote mountain…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — For nearly four long years, America has endured Donald Trump’s deceit. On a daily basis, he has lied in OUR White House, on Twitter and television, at times surrounded by MAGA cap wearing white fans in football stadiums. From the day he first came…
Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania Expected to Flip Biden’s Way – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American people are waiting on pins and needles and in many cases with strong drink to find out who won the presidential election of 2020, as most states have reported results that show Joe Biden leading Donald…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — These are the last words I will write and publish before the election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and I have to be brutally honest. There will be no pretense or posturing here. I could turn out to be wrong, but I don’t think so.…
Or we can keep fighting it for another four years – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The election of 2020 is one week away and I’m driving up Highway 15 toward Gettysburg thinking about the Civil War we still seem to be fighting 155 years after the bloody war…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A majority of American voters, 54 percent, who tuned in to the final presidential debate in Tennessee Thursday night tell pollsters that Joe Biden was the clear winner over Donald Trump. Only 39 percent said Trump won, although many pundits gave him credit for not being as much…
Why or why not? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – To find the roots of this most basic of questions in American politics, go back 40 years. Georgia peanut farmer Jimmy Carter was president, and while he was a good man and turned out to be the best of ex-presidents, he had…
“War is the continuation of politics by other means.” – Carl von Clausewitz “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must…
By Glynn Wilson – The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the political fight over her replacement could jolt the presidential race and the competitive battle for control of the United States Senate just six weeks before the election, prompting survey research company the Morning Consult Poll to question whether Democratic or…
By Glynn Wilson – U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama and other Senators returned to Washington this week to face a power play by President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the Supreme Court seat left open by last week’s death of popular liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at 87. “I’m saddened…
Biden Leads in Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan and Colorado – By Glynn Wilson – Democrats should be able to issue a collective sigh of relief at least for a few minutes in the first week of September as the Democratic Party’s ticket for president, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, still holds an eight point lead nationally…
By Glynn Wilson – Joe Biden went before a troubled nation on video Thursday night from his home state of Delaware and accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, promising to rescue the country from an incompetent, racist president who has been guilty since day one of gross abuses of power. Biden appealed to all…
By Glynn Wilson – Former President Barack Obama chose Independence Hall in Philadelphia to frame his video address to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, with the United States Constitution as the backdrop. This speaks volumes, which will largely be ignored by the talking heads on TeeVee, because they simply don’t get it, and brushed…
Republican Tommy Tuberville Tops Jeff Sessions, Likely to Win Runoff and Face Senator Doug Jones in November – By Glynn Wilson – PENSACOLA, Fla. — Joe Biden came back from the political dead on Super Tuesday and reemerged as the front runner in the Democratic Party’s primary race to take on President Donald Trump in…
Climate Change Protests and Impeachment Inquiry Give Us Some Hope — The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Well this is extraordinary. Since I came down from the mountain in the Catoctins, crossed through the nation’s capital and setup camp on the Potomac River in Virginia, the people woke up and…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an extraordinary political turnabout, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an appearance on national television late Tuesday afternoon and announced that a formal impeachment inquiry would be launched in the House against President Donald J. Trump. What prompted this political change? The Speaker has resisted calls to impeach…
By David Underhill – Bread and circuses pacified the Roman masses while the emperors with their legions patrolled far borders to pacify barbarians who resisted joining the empire. Joe Biden updated this governing method at his presidential campaign launch rally in Philadelphia. He offered a buffet of appetizing items to improve America’s education, infrastructure, health…
Camping, Hiking and Boating at Kymulga Grist Mill and Covered Bridge Park
