Author: Larry Horist

I sincerely extend my best wishes to Bernie Sanders for a speedy recover from his heart attack and stent operation.  The operation is not all that serious – although underlying causes can be.  The only delay in getting back to full activity is waiting for the incision into the artery near the groin to heal.  These days it does not qualify as major surgery.  It can often be done as an outpatient procedure. How do I know that?  I have more than a half dozen of those little devices in…

President reached into my neck of the woods to nominate another great judge for a lifetime appointment to the United States Federal District Court for southern Florida.  In fact, he plucked his choice from the overwhelmingly liberal Democratic Broward County. The nomination of Anuraag “Raag” Singhal – who currently serves as a Circuit Court judge – has previously served as an assistant state attorney and a criminal defense lawyer.  He had previously served as president of the Broward Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (BACDL).  Singhal is a first generation American. …

I am not into conspiratorial theories and I do admit that the headline is a bit provocative.  BUT these are unusual times and the loyal opposition – as we once called the out party – seems to have discarded the “loyal” adjective. It started with the efforts to upset the 2016 election by having the Electoral College to break faith and elect someone other than Donald Trump as President of the United States.  Failing at that, the newly formed #NeverTrump Resistance Movement tried to have Congress block Trump’s inauguration –…

Perhaps the political class is starting to realize that we the people are sick and tired of the rhetoric warfare in which differences of opinion are consolidated into warring camps.  It is bad enough that politicians are victims of strategic character assassination.  As in any “war,” the people are propagandized into evil incarnate. During World War II, we had to temporarily hate the German people, the Japanese people – and the same during the Vietnam War.  The fact that we have good relations with these nations today gives hope for…

Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ihan Omar had to unpack their bags when the Israeli government declared them to be persona non grata.  In the spirit that nothing negative in the world happens without President Trump being involved.  You know … it was his fault that a nut-case shooter killed 22 people in El Paso, that the stock market declined for a couple days and that Jeffery committed suicide – and if it is discovered that Epstein was murdered, that makes Trump even more culpable. Of course, Tlaib and Omar hit…

One of President Trump’s hitherto most loyal AND effective defenders has raised the prospect that it may be necessary to replace Trump and Vice President Pence as the Republican standard bearers in 2020.  In fact, he says that he no longer supports Trump’s re-election.  WHAT?? Businessman and political wonk Anthony Scaramucci — who served a very … very very … short time as White House Communications Director — has been one of the most reliable and effective supporters, defenders and explainers of Trump the man and the President.  Now he…

While it is still early in the presidential marathon, we may be seeing the beginning of a trend that was predicted here – several times – over recent months.  Just days ago, I wrote this: “There are probably enough radical or gullible people in the country to keep either Sanders or Warren as a threat to Biden – but not both of them.  There may be enough to actually overtake Biden and give the nomination to Warren.  In that case, the big winner will be President Trump.” Essentially, what happens…