While the Epstein issue for President Trump is escalating, the  life of those cronies he pardoned for helping him attempt a coup in January of 2021 has also worsened . The Georgia election interference case against President Trump just appointed a new prosector for that case. Peter Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, headed a nonpartisan state agency to select one, and he was chosen. He replaces Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. As you know federal pardons don't apply to state crimes. The judge remains the same, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee. Remember this? A Fulton County grand jury    indicted   Trump in 2023 when he was out of office along with 18 others who allegedly formed a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, which Trump narrowly lost to President Joe Biden. Following the loss, Trump had   famously called   Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and asked him to “find” the...

Every Friday in the local Star-Advertiser, Bob Sigall has a column about Hawaii.  Here is the bio of the man behind the Rearview Mirror stories. Can't find a  Wikipedia  page or anything official , but he came from California, owned four businesses before graduating from high school.   At the age of 8, found golf balls from a course near to his home, cleaned them up and sold for 10 cents each. In the 10th grade made a lot money washing windows. Went to the University of Hawaii. After grad school, opened a practice as a therapist for entrepreneurs.  Three years later joined a business consulting firm.   Never took a class in journalism, and has a master's degree in psychology.   Taught marketing classes at Hawaii Pacific University.  For his final exam, at the end of his courses, had a party.  Early on published four books:    The Companies We Keep, 1,2, 3 and 4 .   His student reports were used to write thes...

My one editorial of the day.  We will soon be into March.  You would think that vaccinating a group of 6.5 million people ( 2% of the population )--those who work in K-12 schools in the USA--should be a national priority.  It is not because old people and other frontline workers were deemed more important.  Now, while this makes some sense, the next group should have been those associated with schools.  He won't, but if President Joe Biden were to today proclaim that, for the good of the nation ( meaning our economy, but also education ), K-12 teachers and related workers should be next in line for the Johnson&Johnson ( one shot, with a good chance to be approved around the end of the week ) vaccine, immediately after Easter ( April 4 ), it will be safe to open schools.  While somewhat short, a two-month period will be adequate under these extraordinary circumstances to finally prepare the current class for next fall.   One more unexpected sh...