Old Guy Rant: Critical Race Theory 101

A Political Column by Larry Wiwi Over the weekend I began a self-education process to learn more about Critical Race Theory (CRT) than the snippets and soundbites one gets from news and social media and downloaded Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, 3rd Edition by authors Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic.   It is truly a stunning …

Old Guy Rant: Outreach to a Biden voter

Political column by Larry Wiwi Like perhaps most families, mine is split on political lines and the unspoken agreement is we generally do not go very far down the political discussion path since it usually ends in sharp disagreement, perhaps even a full-blown argument. A few weeks ago I violated that agreement because I was so …

Old Guy Rant: Lady Justice is no longer blind

Political Column by Franklin County resident Larry Wiwi Old Guy Rant:  Lady Justice is No Longer Blind If you believe that Lady Justice still blindly holds the scales of justice and that we are all equal under the law, you have not been paying attention – today Lady Justice sees what she wants, and importantly …

Old Guy Rant: Clarity on COVID

Political column by Larry Wiwi Sometimes I wonder if we will ever really recover from COVID since after all new variants might spring eternal even if the Chi-Coms don’t let another variant loose, but I am much more worried about the collateral damage than the disease. For starters, the CDC, prince Fauci and a whole host …

Old Guy Rant: We knew this on Nov. 4

Political column by Larry Wiwi Old Guy Rant:  We Knew This on November 4 I can’t really convey how much it breaks my heart to write this column because it is largely a column of sadness and failure on a global scale, and I take no solace in the fact that like most conservatives, I …

Old Guy Rant: Collective good vs. common good

Political column by Larry Wiwi, Franklin County resident The “general welfare” clause in the Constitution has been used and I would argue abused, to vastly increase the size and scope of the federal government far beyond the wise intent of the Founders. The modern Democrat party, more appropriately called the Socialist party has morphed the “common …

Old Guy Rant: Third Obama term

Political Column by Franklin County resident Larry Wiwi If you believe Biden is calling the shots as president, you are sadly mistaken since he proves almost daily he can barely put words together in coherent sentences, and Kamala Harris has demonstrated why she  did not even make to the primaries in her own bid for …

Old Guy Rant: School boards and woke corporations

Political column by FC resident Larry Wiwi I recently performed what I consider a citizen duty – I went to my local school board and asked what plans or policies the school corporation had with respect to teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) and they gave the expected and desired answer that there are no plans …

Old Guy Rant: Our Israelite moment?

Political column by FC resident Larry Wiwi Do not let the title fool you, I make no claims to be a Biblical scholar, and in fact am in the middle of my third cover-to-cover run through the Bible and it is not getting much easier to sort through this long and complex text.  That said, …

Old Guy Rant: Time to Pressure the Statehouse

A political column by FC resident Larry Wiwi If you read the Federalist Papers you would know the Founders expected the states to keep the federal government in check, which is why prior to the really-bad-idea 17th Amendment, Senators were chosen by the state legislatures, not the citizens.  Alexander Hamilton said it best in Federalist …