I regularly make fun of Republicans.  That Trump quote from   People   magazine, for example,   was false .  As you must know, the 2022 term is   gaslighting .  I'm honestly trying to do Republicans a favor today.  For my nostalgic posting, I revert to 16April2011, almost a dozen years ago: SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR REPUBLICANS Remember, this was about now, 12 years ago when then President Barack Obama's prospects for re-election did not appear bright, and as late at Labor Day in 2011 his approval rating plunged to a new low.  To quote  Brookings  ( which is a liberal think tank ): Economic growth was mediocre,  unemployment remained stubbornly high, and the public’s confidence in the future was waning. The president seemed unable to find a credible narrative to explain his plans; worse, he seemed to have lost the connection with the people that had fueled his remarkable victory in 2008.  Democrats: Characterized opponent Mitt Romney as a heartless plutocrat, and his running mate wa

Friday, April 29, will be the beginning of my 15th year of this daily blog.  You know how long that is? Imagine going back to your first year of pre-school, and suffering through kindergarten...all the way to graduating from high school.  That is a period of 14 years, or how long this site has existed. However, when going to school, we had weekends, holidays, semester/Spring/Christmas breaks and the whole summer off.  My blog, with rare exceptions--especially when I'm in China, for Google, which manages this site, and that country have had a long feud-- has been a daily production. Thus, the equivalent of 29April2022 is sort of like the day after graduation from high school, and I next will be off to college. I've had 5238 postings,  beginning with 29April2008 .  Click on that and you will see how unsophisticated it was, with no graphics.  Wrote about a book signing for  SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth  still on sale for $19.75.  Well, if you divide by 365, you will get 14.35