Trump’s $5000: A Voter Bribe?

ANALYSIS and OPINION: Trump called the GOP together to have a midterm convention. This was/is highly unusual. There’s no doubt a huge reason was that Trump and the GOP are not, according to recent polls, doing well and are thus at risk of losing control of he House of Representatives, the Senate or both. In Read More …

America’s Faltering Character: Trump’s Triumphal Arch

  OPINION and ANALYSIS: Trump’s Triumphal Arch. Does it remind you of anything? Have you been to Paris at anytime during the last 200 years?  Napolean.  You remember him don’t you.  From history class.  Yeah, the self-proclaimed emperor of the French who brought decades of European land battles that regularly engaged hundreds of thousands of Read More …

Is Bucking Socialist Control Needed? Stats Say No

ANALYSIS and OPINION:   [Editors Note:  Either prior or subsequent to this blog post and video, we  did or have done several related articles on this subject.  One deals with how various socialist-linked politicians’ and candidates’ beliefs line up with the Democratic Socialist of America platform. See: https://reasonandbalance.com/aoc-el-sayed-angie-nixon-socialist/ In another we provide you with the Read More …

Truth Ethics & the Law: Trump Casualties

  OPINION and ANALYSIS: The confirmation of Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence illustrates yet again, that Trump hires only unqualified sycophants to head his departments and agencies. Clayton bows to Trump’s demand that all of his lieutenants falsely deny the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s election as President in 2020. With confirmation of Clayton Read More …

Democratic Socialists: Should We Worry About Them?

ANALYSIS and OPINION: Mayor Mamdani and other Democratic Socialists are gaining a bigger voice around the country. Some say they are causing a civil war in the Democratic Party.  Worse,  President Trump and Fox News tell viewers to be worried about the rise of communism and point to the Democratic Socialists as proof. What is Read More …

Trump Is Seizing Power-Impeachment Letter

  OPINION and ANALYSIS: Our democracy hangs by a thread.  Trump has fired the Democrats on the federal Election Assistance Commission. Interestingly he also wants a more secure fence for the White House.   Before that, it was push push push the SAVE Act which would disenfranchise poorer voters who would least likely to vote for Read More …

Dear Fox News: Platner Is No Longer News

ANALYSIS and OPINION: Well, we all make mistakes. No excuses we did in jumping on the Platner bandwagon about a month ago.  But, this doesn’t change one bit what the overall objective of what we, and everyone, should be trying to achieve in November, 2026:  And that is to preserve democracy and rid ourselves of Read More …

New Era? Spreading AI Wealth to All

    Opinion and Analysis: [The following article, and its videos are now also part of a more comprehensive video that also deals with other interrelated subjects. You can see that article and its videos at : Click here for updated editon of this blog post and its videos] Before we get to our video Read More …

Lee Religion & Trump

ANALYSIS and OPINION: Our thoughts on whether Jesus and Robert E. Lee would have approved of Donald Trump and more are discussed in this video.  Social security, rents and population decline are also touched upon. If you would like to READ more about Robert E. Lee to ascertain whether or not Lee would approve of Read More …