Archive for the 'Politics' Category


The Vice Presidential Debate

JD Vance is very intelligent, but he’s unlikable. Whereas Tim Walz is smart, he might not have as high an IQ as Vance, but he’s definitely likable. This is what the Democrats didn’t understand in 2000 and 2004. And 2016, while we’re at it. Their candidates were skilled, but not very likable. I’m still not […]

Mailbag-Nick/Nova/JD/JB/Books…

Re: Nick Gravenities Thanks for paying tribute to Nick. I have a lot of great memories of Nick. It’s interesting that he has a current album out. I’m honored to have played on it while remembering rehearsing with Nick in his parents basement in Chicago in the early 60s. So much happened between then and […]

“The Apprentice” Movie

www.theapprenticemovie.com The first half is fantastic. This is not the film I thought it would be. I figured it would be a left wing takedown, a la Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11,” a movie trumpeted by the left, released just before the 2004 election, but despite the flick’s condemnation, Bush ended up winning the presidency anyway. […]

Re-Nova Festival Exhibition

Dear Bob, I can’t thank you enough for covering the Nova exhibition—your column was outstanding. As the son of a Holocaust survivor who endured Auschwitz and Buchenwald, I traveled to Israel this past December to witness firsthand the horrors of the October 7th attacks. I visited Kibbutz Nir Oz, the Nova Festival site, and other […]