14 Plus Reasons to Vote for ?

ANALYSIS and OPINION Dear Maine, Texas, Michigan, Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio & All Americans here’s our informative and insightful explanation.  It starts with by far the biggest issue and then gets to the economy, foreign policy  etc etc.

GOP Silent While Trump Bullies UN & Isolates US

ANAYLYSIS and OPINION Trump’s September 2026 speech at the United Nations was a humdinger.  Memorable for sure.  Nothing but belligerence and contempt is what he showed the World.  He talked and acted as if he alone would decide whether Iran deserved to exist or would be annihilated.  One has to wonder if he understood that Read More …

SOME GOP WANT TO LOSE THINKS FOX PUNDIT

OPINION and ANALYSIS: On September 18, 2026 the New York Post published an article on a Laura Ingraham (of Fox News) statement that indicates that she thinks that some Republicans actually hope the Democrats take control of Congress in the upcoming elections.  In fact the title of the article is: Many GOP pols ‘secretly’ hope Read More …

Senate Control Trump & Graham

    OPINION and ANALYSIS: Yet another of the former Reagan-type Republican, this time, the venerable conservative columnist of many years, George Will, comes out swinging at the innumerable  transgressions and deficiencies of today’s GOP.  In his sights this time is Darline Graham, the GOP candidate to fill her deceased brother Lindsay Graham’s old seat Read More …

Democracy’s Final Battle: Respected GOP Judge’s Warning

    OPINION and ANALYSIS J. Michael Luttig, a highly respected retired judge who sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently published an article on the New Republic where he essentially stated that the GOP has abandoned its commitment to upholding the Constitution and has chosen to follow Trump.  For Read More …

Immigration Trump & Right Wing Agency Takeover

  OPINION and ANALYSIS: This post and its associated video are being published with the critically important 2026 midterm elections in mind. The video itself is only 3 minutes and cannot come close to addressing all the major problems that the Trump presidency has created.  We basically pick two major issues to discuss and will Read More …

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 …

Distraction Politics 2026

  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 …

Democracy’s Demise? Musk a Trillionaire

  OPINION and ANALYSIS Several sources have reported that Elon Musk is now a trillionaire. Considering he reached the $500 billion dollar plateau less than one year ago, this means that the man who was already the richest man on earth, has gained an additional $500 in wealth in less than a year.  This represents Read More …

How Are Trump & the GOP Doing?

ANALYSIS and OPINION The Iran War, the alienation of NATO, Social Security, Immigration, support for Ukraine, the Environment amongst other issues discussed.  Several videos will be posted on this page concerning these issues.   TRUMP VERSUS THE EXPERTS: In February of 2026 we posted a blog that asked whether Trump’s policies were consistent with what Read More …