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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 …
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Political column by FC resident Larry Wiwi Though we are still 18 months away from the mid-term elections conservative voters need to be thinking now about the hard choice we have to make: Support the Republican Party or not? Given the current insanity promulgated by the commander-in-thief – open borders, green new deal, anti-XL pipeline …
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Political column by Larry Wiwi, FC resident By now you have heard all sorts of commentary on Biden’s executive orders and attempts to take a couple more steps toward the Democrat’s goal of disarming American citizens, but just in case you read the NYT, or listen to CNN, here are some very simple, verifiable facts …
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Political column by Larry Wiwi, a FC resident I am a political junkie, it all started as I anxiously watched the results of the Nixon/Humphrey contest in 1968 and I have been hooked ever since, including taking about every political science and American history class that U.C offered during my college years. In all those …
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Political Column by Larry Wiwi, Franklin County resident The Democrat party has done a remarkable job of convincing half or more of US voters that they are the party of civil rights and the “little guy,” especially those on the lower end of the earnings spectrum, so remarkable in fact that Josef Goebbels would be …
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By Franklin County resident Larry Wiwi As a conservative, I have read many columns by Andrew McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor among other talents and generally I agree with his assessment on most topics, but recently read a late December article of his in National Review and find myself in disagreement though I am certain …
Political column by FC resident Larry Wiwi Living under the illegitimate reign of Biden for less than a week, it already feels like the 1980’s three movies series Back to the Future where intentional changes to events caused the lives of an entire city to live in an awful, alternate reality. It took Biden only …
A political column by FC resident Larry Wiwi My crystal ball is likely no better than yours in these unusual times, but this is what I think we can expect and what we can do. Though I continue to believe the election was stolen and will not accept Biden or Harris as my president, one …
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A political column by Larry Wiwi I do not believe most of what the MSM reports about the rally on the Mall on Jan 6 and the reason I do not is because I was there, and here are the key points: Before about 2pm, the massive crowd was happy, courteous to each other and …
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By Larry Wiwi If you had a chance to watch the confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett or for that matter the hearings of Judge Kavanaugh what you saw on full display was the contrast of principle versus politics and it is very instructive about how to think about this election. The Constitution is …