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It's not expectations, it's the man's integrity I'm thinking about when I point out the difference between his words and actions. On the campaign trail and subsequently, he does not say he and congress will get it done, he says he will get it done. When he does not get it done, that's an...

I think I understand people's point when they say allow insurance companies to sell across state lines. It has something to do with competition and free markets, right? But if that was true, would insurance not differ now between big and small states? In Florida, we have a population of 20...

Trump has said many things about healthcare, including: “We’re going to have insurance for everybody,” Trump said in press conference Jan. 11. “We’re going to have a healthcare that is far less expensive and far better.” Or, as he said in a September 2015 “60 Minutes” interview, “I am going...

In the case of healthcare, Trump is following the legislative process but what he is doing is unrecognizable when compared to what he promised he would do. Did he not know the legislative process existed when he made these promises? "The president promised the American public, “We’re going to...

No wall. No repeal and replace. No GDP increase. No Muslim ban. No NAFTA renegotiation (except a couple minor items). No funding cut to sanctuary cities. No change in business tax rate. No declaration of China of currency manipulator. No reduction in the number of tax brackets. No drain the...

How many expediters have health insurance now? If the bill now before the U.S. Senate, how many of those expediters will continue to have health insurance of equal or better quality?

Being employers and merchants, this issue is of great interest to Diane and me. I did not look closely at either study that was recently announced but understand they came out with divergent conclusions. It's going to be hard to pin anything down because the labor market is affected by multiple...

Opinions are legion about what the GA-6 election results mean or don't mean. I'm reluctant to draw any conclusions beyond the obvious about who won. It would be nice to see some thorough exit poll results but I don't know if any were done

Sad but true. So it falls to us, the individual citizens, to be responsible consumers of the news. Example: Washington Post headline is "Hard-fought House race in Georgia comes to an end as a referendum on Trump." I accept as fact that this race has been hard fought. The campaign activity has...

When critiquing the media, consideration must also be given to those who consume what the media produces. One of the reasons we have corrupt politicians is corrupt voters elect and re-elect them. Many vote for the candidates who will give them what they want by placing their personal interests...

When Diane and I were politically active, I was interviewed by over 100 news reporters. Additionally, I was an occasional guest on the CNN and Fox news talking head shows. Every chance I got after each interview, as the journalists and crews were packing up their gear, I asked the journalist...

I am not without hope. Many who touted ethics in journalism and tout it today are themselves journalists. Reform is possible and can easily come from within the trade.

Apples and oranges. A daily tracking poll asks how do you feel about the president now. An election poll asks how are you going to vote on a future date?

Agreed. That said, a partisan press is not new in American history. A Google search of "history of partisan press" provides some interesting reading.

They said nothing. These are daily tracking polls of the president's job approval rating. In Trump's case, these daily tracking polls began on Inauguration Day. They are a useful indicator because the same pollsters use the same methodology every day. Rasmussen and Gallup numbers differ with...

You don't have to believe it. Check it out for yourself. If you are rooting for Trump like you root for a sports team who you will back no matter what, go ahead and embrace the fake news narrative. If you seek to be open-minded and willing to separate fact from fiction, take that stand and study...

I regularly view the Rasmussen and Gallup daily tracking polls. At present, Trump is near his all-time lows in both. If you follow these polls and the daily news, you will see that the less Trump tweets, the better he does in the polls. The less he talks about the investigations, the less the...

How is his way of fighting back (tweets that continually focus the spotlight on the investigations) working for him? Might another way be more effective? As the investigations get better organized, more fully staffed (Mueller now has at least 20 lawyers under his command or coming on board...

When Trump directed the imposition of new regulations regarding Cuba, for each of those new regulations, which two existing regulations were removed? Remember, he promised to remove two old regs for every new reg imposed.

As I view the political landscape these days, two things stand out. (1) The ongoing drumbeat of daily "breaking news" based on unnamed sources is a calculated and intentional attempt to oust or neuter Trump. The "journalists" who engage in this activity are corrupt. They undermine the power...