I Get to be One of 8 – There is NO Such Thing as a Little Thing

I am Excited to be One of EIGHT. There was the Chicago 7 and now I am one of Debate Night 8. Mark Halperin is a nationally recognized pundit. You can hear him weigh in on political issues on some talk shows...
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Early Voting Day Was a Throwback to Civility

I thought carefully about how I would vote this year. I decided early voting would be my choice. I actually did the same thing in 2016. My thinking then and now was the same: if I was hit by a...
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Are You Making Any of These Mistakes in a Virtual World?

You say you are a professional. Pre-Covid, you were probably right. What about in a Covid world – how would you rate your degree of professionalism on a daily basis? You may remember the old Hollywood Squares with Whoopi Goldberg...
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What to Look for in the First Presidential Debate: How These Debates are Different than 2016?

You don’t have to be a student of history to know something about the Kennedy-Nixon debates. There is also a good chance that you heard about the “You sir are no JFK” line from the Bentsen v Quayle debate, and...
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The Only Reason the Emmys were Important This Year

With the first presidential debate a week away, why am I talking about the Emmys? The virtual Emmy’s was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel this past Sunday. It is now history and the debate if the future. BUT there first is...
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How and When I Knew Baker Mayfield was a Bust

I was such a Brown’s fan that my first car was orange and brown. I was such a Brown’s fan that my first major purchase when I started working after grad school was a pair of Brown’s season tickets. I...
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Women Finding Their Own Voice AND Jewelry

Two wore huge hoop earrings, one wore turquoise, one wore a bold colorful necklace and there were few pantsuits to be found. The female governors, members of Congress, and well known faces appeared to throw out the manual on how...
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John McCain Returns With a Nail in a Coffin

After the first night of the Democratic Convention I said, I like it. I still like it. I like to hear the different voices and see the different faces of the party. Some speakers were given one minute, two minutes,...
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The First Night of the Democratic Convention was Owned by a College Student and Daughter

I liked the first virtual convention. I don’t know what the “real” talking heads will say, but I am a head and I talk and I liked it. I knew about John Kasich and I am in the camp that...
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My Experience with Kamala Harris

I first heard Kamala Harris speak at the Verizon Center for AIPAC in March of 2017. It was a rather intimate audience of me and 18,000 others. It was my first in – person with the new Senator from California....
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